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to-12-month assignment. “As an employer and a mobility team, we are involved in conversations with line managers and HR stakeholders to identify who these people might be,” says Ged Gibson, one of a team of relocation experts at Cisco. “We expect the employees to have some
skin in the game [personal investment in an undertaking] for these types of assignments, to encourage employees to have a commitment to the relocation. This is where the à la carte options come in. We need the employee to offer some element of responsibility for the move. There could be some option for the employee to contribute to housing in some way instead of Cisco covering all costs, for example. “These types of assignments could
then be seen by the employee and the business as providing valuable international experience and an enabler for career development.”
Responding to Brexit? In consultation with stakeholders across the business and its regions, this emerging scheme means that Cisco can support its employees in a more tailored way. Dependent on the budgets and other
factors, it potentially offers some self- initiating employees greater support in line with business needs. It also affords the business greater flexibility in adapting to unique personal circumstances following the possible disruption around Brexit, as well as the new US administration’s trade and immigration policies. “There is a distinct possibility that the
number of self-initiated moves will rise, given the current uncertainties,” notes
Ged Gibson. “There may be EU nationals looking to return to their home country from the UK, and vice versa for UK citizens in the EU. There may be an increase in these types of moves for US citizens too, perhaps, as US companies are encouraged to favour domestic investment. “It’s fair to say it is still very early days
on this issue, but there is definitely the potential for more people to want to self- initiate a move.” Given Cisco’s policy development in
this area, it also seems fair to say that, whatever the outcome, the organisation has considered, and is ready for, the trends that may emerge from the current uncertainty.
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