Hello... I am looking for advice from families who've moved their family for work. My husband has been offered a really great business opportunity that we are thinking we can't miss out on. It would involve moving from Victoria to Queensland for at least 5 years. We have three children - 8, 5 & 3. My husband would be working a lot the fist two years, so I would be doing everything else as I'm a stay at home mum.
The opportunity would set us up financially, but I have trouble deciding if that's worth the upheaval of our whole lives...?
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Maybe he goes for 3 months to see if it's going to work out (if you can manage that financially) before deciding to move you and the kids up?
Defence force families move all the time and the kids can thrive. As an army brat the best advice I can give is to help your kids retain the friendships they have now after the move. I lost so many friends from packing up and moving every two years. BTW, QLD is awesome, get air-con :)
We moved for my dads work a few times as kids. Loved it, it was an adventure. We got to see different stuff, and make lifelong friends. I personally would do it without hesitation. Don't just look at it as a work opportunity though, look at it as an opportunity to experience a new place, meet new people and see some new places. If you go into it thinking that it's going to it thinking its a negative for everything other than career you will hate it. Start looking and what you and the kids will get out of it other than money.
I would let hubby go first for at least 3 months as most jobs have this long for trail period. My husband,I and 3 kids left the state, sold everything we owned as job sounded amazing, unfortunately it all fell through. We lost a lot of money and lost everything. We wished he went first. Good luck. :-)
We moved from Adelaide to Rural NSW 3 1/2 years ago. Best thing we every did.
It's hard without family at first, but you soon make friends and get used to it.