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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
We are most likely moving to Amsterdam
this Spring or early Summer. My DH has been asked if he would be interested in a position in Amsterdam (it would be a promotion for him). It is a internal job, he is flying to Amsterdam to meet with the CFO, Legal Counsel and HR on Thursday. It is crazy as I have only been here in Spain for 7 months, but what you going to do. Good news is I think I will be able to work in The Netherlands...here I can't unless I get company sponsorship.
I know there was at least 1 IN that lives/lived in Amsterdam...anyone remember who?
DH's office is in Utretch outside Amsterdam, but there is talk it will be moving closer to Amsterdam by the time we would need to move.
Re: We are most likely moving to Amsterdam
I'm the one that lives in Amsterdam (and I actually went to college in Utrecht).
Sounds like a great opportunity for you guys!
And yeah, you should be allowed to work here if you're here legally (through YH company visa) but I bet Onesly and TotZiens know more about those rules. (I'm a Dutch citizen, so never had to deal with that.)
Amsterdam-Utrecht is a crappy commute! I did it for 2.5 years and while it was okay the first 2 weeks or during school vacations, I really hated it the rest of the time. It's really really busy, both by car (ginormous traffic jam the whole way) and by train (often had to stand). So I'll cross my fingers for him that the office will move closer to Amsterdam. If it would stay in Utrecht, you should look into actually moving there. While it's smaller than Amsterdam, it really is a cool city.
If you have any questions about Amsterdam/Utrecht specifically, pm me.
My food blog
What I'm looking forward to in 2012:
Eating our way through (northern) Italy on vacation
<a href="http://www.thenest.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Home DI work here and got my work permit on a piggy-back with DH's work permit. Our company's law firm handled it all, so I can't get you the nitty gritty of it all, but if your DH is on a "skilled migrant worker's visa" then you're set, automatically!
I live further south, down in Eindhoven, but let me know if you have any other questions and I'll be happy to help!!!
So glad to get another NL nestie!
BFP Apr 2012, EDD Dec 19 2012 * twin h/b at 6wk, 9wk scan * Baby A lost at 12wks, Baby B was my rainbow born at 36wks
::half closed eyelids::
Sweeeeeeeeet.
Yeah I am getting more excited as time passes. DH goes for his interview/meet and greet tomorrow. I guess as some point we will get the relocation package as well. He will be starting his position as of 2/1/2012 (as Senior Manager), which is good since we have tickets to go to Argentina in January that is in conjunction with a work trip of his. We won't have to move right away, but we are told Spring/Early Summer 2012. Hopefully by then they will have decided where the office is going to be relocated to. I don't mind living in Utretch if we need to...both DH and I hate long commutes so we plan to live close to the office.
I am not sure what we should ask for as part of the relocation package? For the Nesties who came to The Netherlands for a work opportunity is there anything specific we need to ask for?