Relocation: All the right moves

Employers

Trends show that the push toward a streamlined, no-frills relocation policy during the nineties is giving way to more in the way of fullservice transitional support. That can be especially true for a key company person whose position poses weighty questions regarding relocation costs, the privileges of rank, and dollars versus relative value.

Spending more dollars on soft issues

For the past several years, the average cost of an employee relocation has stood at $45,000 to $50,000. For a variety of reasons-perhaps the employee has a valuable wine collection, or an antique car-the cost of moving a corporate exec. utive often runs well above the average. But the cost of relocation can involve more than just the packing and moving.