Eliza

Employment

relocating overseas

Hi, I'm responding to the current segment about IBM employees being offered employment overseas. I'm a former New Yorker currently living in Argentina with my boyfriend, who is also a US citizen working at a local Argentine company.
I love living in Argentina and it's been a really great experience, but I think the major issue for US citizens living and working abroad on foreign wages, is the issue of debt. We both have student loans and a bit of credit card debt, which we must pay on every month in US Dollars. I think this is a pretty common situation for younger US Citizens; USA is a culture of debt! so that is the one huge problem with this idea.
I also feel badly for Argentine workers, who need the work too!
However, for anyone who has no debts, or has some money saved up, this would be an amazing way to get to know another country and another culture, study another language and expand their horizons.
Eliza

Buenos Aires, Argentina