<p>Can you please say how does job rotation work for a new field engineer on an international assignment?</p>
<p>It varies by employer, but many have a 28 days on 28 off program which includes air stipend for travel in and out of country for each shift. You can opt to go back to the US or travel elsewhere using that stipend. Many companies pay for business class on longer flights. Housing is often in dorms or compounds with food service. During the 28 days on you work long hours, 6 or 7 days per week. You may want to ask more specific questions.</p>
<p>Does job rotation work in the same way for fresh hires?
Can fresh hires start working in an international location straightaway instead of instead of working in a domestic location?
Does the company cover travelling costs in and out of the location? Do employees receive air tickets or a sum of money to buy tickets?</p>
<p>These are employer specific questions, of course. But, often there is a period of training in the home office before rotators would go to location. And travel is paid by the company directly to the travel service arranging it, no sum of money is paid to the employee for international travel. All business travel (including flights in and out of the rotator location) are generally required to be be arranged (and paid for directly by the employer) through an in-house or approved travel service. If the rotator prefers not to travel to and from his/her home, the base price that would have been spent travelling home can be applied to airfare to an alternate destination, but typically the required travel service must still book those flights.</p>
<p>Is it the choice, of the employee to get recruited as an internationally mobile field engineer?
Does the passport matter when it comes to recruitment for international positions, because I’am a Sri Lankan passport holder living in Canada?
Does the company help you in getting visa to work abroad?</p>