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[MollyBloom]

My boyfriend is working for them. I plan on trying to get a job with them in September. Two questions:

1. Will I get placed near him if I tell the interviewer I would like to live near him?

2. Is there any chance they would move us into a different apartment together? When I go, he will have been there for 6 months already.

Thanks!

[Bibbitybop]

Problem 1: You aren't coming together. Moving a man from a studio or one bedroom to a 2 bedroom or bigger place is unusual. Maybe you and your boyfriend can work with this out with SMOE or the school.

Problem 2: SMOE's head office is disorganized and if they tell you where you will be placed before you come, you may be placed in a completely different location. Beyond that, the head people have been known to place people in different areas and away from their preferred locations. Why? Who knows, but its a year long contract and if you get placed outside your promised area, you need to be ready to deal wih it.

You need to get all special agreements in writing and singed by SMOE. Make them tell you on paper that you can get place with your boyfriend.

[MollyBloom]

Thanks! Helpful!

I am aware that placement with SMOE is disorganized and people rarely get their desired place, that's why I am iffy about asking them in the first place.

My recruiters (working with a few different companies) say "of course they can place me where I want to be", which I take grain-of-salt-like.

We were thinking maybe we live apart for a year, then when he resigns, he and I ask for a different place together. But then in that circumstance, how will the furniture in the apt. be handled? We can't have two of everything. I don't know if they will even be up for that because then they wasted buying stuff on me just so that I could move in with him in 6 months.

It just sounds too messy even now...Plus, I don't want to piss anyone off. But who would deal with something like this...SMOE or our separate schools?