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[quote=Anonymous]Anyone ever make this arrangement with their company? How did you go about proposing it? How long had you been with the company and what kind of work did you do?

We have sudden news that we need to relocate for DH's work, though the move itself probably won't be for another 3 months. I work for a consulting/"contracting" company in VA in the health field. I've actually been working from home the last month or so due to lack of space at the client site, with the occasional day in the office to get face time and make sure they remember that I exist! Most of those office days have been nonproductive because there's not space for me to sit comfortably and network connection can be poor.

Anyway I really like my company and my job there is about to expand and provide a lot of opportunity, so if possible I'd like to stay working for them after we move (1,400 mi away). But of course, it's an unorthodox request. I believe I can do the vast majority of my work remotely, and my strategy is to propose it and suggest we all try it out, see if it works, and if it doesn't we'll go our separate ways. Seems like a bigger risk for me - it will probably be harder for me to find a new job where we're going than for them to find a new person in the DC area if it comes to that.

So how would you present this? Would you even try it? My boss(es) and I get along very well. [/quote]

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