Anyone else surprised at the short gardening leave? Him starting in March changes things. I thought he would be out at least until September of 2025,which would hurt his participation in the 2026 design. If, however, he does start in March, he can absolutely be a major part of the redesign and that changes the calculations for who might be a force in 2026.
It’s not insane to not want to move away from friends and family, uproot your immediate family, and move somewhere where you don’t speak the language, is culturally different, and might be a lot hotter than what you’re used to in a way that you don’t like.
If it really was insane to not want to do that, when the UK was in the EU and had free movement you would’ve seen millions of people moving to Italy (especially considering the vastly cheaper housing). And we’d be seeing it from other EU countries even now. But we aren’t. There’s more to life than hot weather and nice food.
Not comparable because not everyone in the UK was going to be paid millions and millions while doing it. Also, that was hyperbole, sorry if it was not explicit.
I uprooted my family for five years and it was a brilliant experience for everyone. My kid speaks four languages, we learned a bunch of new ways of thinking and living, and expanded ourselves quite a bit. It has tough moments no doubt, but it is worth it, especially for the kids.
