‘We can hardly settle after the move’
Moving the whole family eighty kilometers away for that fun new job: it’s a tough business.
Matt (37): “The challenge my employer gave me to manage things at our headquarters not only meant an opportunity for me, but also a move for the whole family. We had to live eighty kilometers away.
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New house
We received a relocation allowance, help from real estate agents and the children were given priority at the school of our choice. But no matter how beautiful our spacious home is, with a buried trampoline in the garden, we can barely fit in there.
“Had I known this, I would have kindly declined this job”
It’s not that bad for me, I’m away all day and at the weekend we drive to family and friends in the Achterhoek. But my wife and our two children struggle with the urban mentality here and would love to return to our old village. If I had known this, I would have kindly declined this job.”
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