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Why workers are shunning plum foreign postings

Some companies have found that the impact of the pandemic has intensified a reluctance to move abroad for work.

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Not long after I turned 30, I was sent to Washington to be the bureau chief for an Australian newspaper in conditions that today seem unbelievable.

The move was less impressive than it sounds. The bureau consisted of one staff member – me – and I was not the youngest foreign correspondent at the time.

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