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Siemens has possibly the largest mobility program in the world with (pre-COVID) over 300,000 moves and business trips each year. Yes, 300,000! The vast majority of the moves are short-term but they also have 23,000 work assignments and 2,000 longer term moves each year.

In an announcement that has shocked some in the industry, SIRVA and BGRS have announced their intention to merge. Together they will be the clear market leader by revenues and staff numbers. With similar mergers taking place in recent years including MI Group and Weichert, Teams and SIRVA and the now infamous failed deal between SIRVA and Cartus this signals a clear current trend in the industry.

Benivo's technology team is located in Armenia. Andranik Sargsyan, Senior .NET Developer at Benivo Armenia, realized there is a need to help develop coding and programming skills of his peers in Armenia. Benivo wants to help Andranik achieve his vision: Help any Armenian who wants to learn coding — with the opportunity to do it for free!

As Global Mobility Director at eBay, Eric Halverson defined a VIP move “as a move that you can get fired for if it goes wrong”. In his experience, “True VIPs have such high visibility within the organization that upper management will come in and restructure your organization and vendors if they don't like what is going on.” So, for those employees who are in fact VIPs, it’s critical to get it right.