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Office Tranfer |
| Message Name: |
Political strategy for moving to Dallas |
| Date Posted: |
02/26/2006 |
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Well I probably work internship this summer in Orange County, CA but eventually want to move to Dallas, TX. So what do i do? Do I tell DT that I want to work in the Dallas office after I get a full time offer, or do I wait to start work in the OC office then mention that I want to transfer offices? Thanks! |
| Message: |
I suggest you inquire into opportunities now or keep quiet for a few years. Either check out Monster.com for openings in Dallas or talk to a regional recruiter within the firm (or one of the headhunters we keep on retainer).
If you start with OC, you will probably have to stick around for a few years before a move becomes viable. In the meantime, you will have to work hard and get good evaluations. If you get bad evaluations, your chances of transferring diminish.
If you get into OC and then let them know immediately that you want to leave, then you risk undermining your position; in other words, your managers will see you have one foot out the door and you will get the lower-quality work. It is the people that managers and partners either WANT to work with or HAVE to work with that get better projects, better training and better evaluations (this last one in part because the managers are more inclined to try to keep a pleasant working relationship with the people they will be stuck working with for the indefinite future). With lower-quality work and lower evaluations, your mobility will be hindered.
You would be better served by either committing to work in OC, and then unexpectedly jumping at an opportunity to go to Dallas, or trying to get to Dallas now.
By the way, I've heard bad things about the politics of the Dallas office and its history of firing people. Are you sure you want to go there?
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