Starting a new job or moving home are commonly cited as two of the most stressful events in life. Imagine doing these at the same time and in a foreign country where you have little or no understanding of the culture or day-to-day customs and habits.

This presents an enormity of potential difficulties for both HR / Global Mobility team and the employee, but what is the greatest challenge to overcome? We really wanted to get to the bottom of this so undertook some customer insight (or market research, if you prefer) to find out exactly what was going on. Time and time again, the same topic kept rearing its ugly little head