Atlanta Employee Relocation Services

With an employee relocation, your company will relocate employees (anywhere from one to a large number) to a different location of your company, domestically or internationally. You may do this to enhance your competitiveness in your industry, to open a new location for your business, to transfer newly hired employees, or for other reasons uniquely your own. As part of the employee relocation, you’ll create or rely upon already-existing corporate policies to share what relocation costs and support will be provided by the company.

Examples of relocation assistance can include packing and unpacking services, household goods transportation and/or storage. If moving to another country, it can involve assistance in helping the employees to learn a new language and about the culture of their new homeland. As part of this, you can partner with an employee relocation company like Suddath to streamline the process as we leverage our relocation experience and expertise.

Employee relocation assistance can vary significantly, based upon multiple factors. If, for example, your business is in an especially competitive space—like tech or finance—then you may offer more generous assistance to retain your talent. The size of your company can make a difference—and so can what you’ve done in the past if this isn’t your first employee relocation assistance package. If you’re going off of past packages, consider the inflation rate at the time versus today.

Beyond those factors, consider what your company can afford to pay to keep quality employees and how your company culture would inform those decisions. It may help to talk to Suddath experts about our relocation services to get a sense of what we can offer and their costs. We provide a wide range of relocation services, from policy development or refinement to account management to group move oversight. As with all our relocation assistance, we customize what we flexibly provide for a company’s specific needs.

In the past, relocation assistance was often provided for top-org chart employees only. Today, though, they’re being offered to a broader range of valuable team members.

According to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the maximum amount of relocation assistance allowed is twenty-five percent of the person’s annual rate of basic pay. To arrive at that, take the pay at the beginning of the service period. Then multiply it times the number of service years without exceeding four years to arrive at your maximum number. With OPM approval, your company can raise the amount to fifty percent of the base pay given that critical need is demonstrated. You can pay the incentive in an initial lump sum; in installments; or as a final lump sum. Or, you can combine these methods. This is a high-level response, so reach out to OPM for more specifics.

Your company can pay for relocation assistance in a broad range of ways as long as you meet OPM requirements as described in the answer to the FAQ of “What is the maximum relocation allowance?” This includes paying expenses directly and reimbursing employees for qualifying ones they’ve paid.

Absolutely, and Suddath has one of the broadest reaches of relocation companies, getting people where they need to go in virtually every corner of the world. Our employee relocation specialists also offer plenty of resources, including one that companies can share with their employees: “Expat Life: The Complete Guide to Moving Overseas for your New Job.”

Suddath has been moving people overseas since 1919 and, each year, we successfully complete about 16,000 international moves. As evidence of our reliability and trustworthiness, we’re a six-time winner of the International Mover of the Year Award. This award is given by the Forum for Expatriate Management, the premier worldwide community for relocation professionals, who chose Suddath because of our excellence, innovation, and the impact we have on the expatriate community.

When Suddath was chosen as the winner, Walter Myers, Suddath’s President of Moving & Storage, said this: “This award directly reflects the outstanding efforts of our operations and assignee services team, who consistently deliver exceptional results for our clients’ global household goods moving program. We are extremely proud of our team’s dedication and commitment to excellence and the enthusiastic support of our loyal customers, all of which made this honor possible.”

Suddath has more than one hundred years of experience in the relocation business. We offer a broad range of relocation services, including these:

• Policy Development and Account Management: Our account managers will assist HR professionals in understanding cost components of employee relocations, serving as an extension of your team. We’ll put our attention on the details while helping your company to advance in an evolving world. Specific relocation assistance services offered include policy review, development, and benchmarking; custom key performance indicators; real-time access to key move data, analysis, and strategy development; an extensive quality assurance program with measurable metrics; and tailored industry updates and insights into issues and trends.

• Group Moves: Relocation services can include an initial survey and consultation; developing a plan, budget, and detailed timelines; full-service moving and destination services; single-point-of-care for each employee; local expertise through our best-in-class, global agent network; mobile tools that track and notify you and your employees; and around-the-clock support.

• Corporate Moving Services: Employees enjoy 24/7 access to their dedicated move counselors to receive single-point-of-care. We provide full service moves, including through air freight, full container load (FCL), and less than container load (LCL) ocean freight and consolidated groupage services; household goods management; claims management and customized insurance programs; temporary, permanent, and portable storage; specialized crating, packing, appliance services, and more.