Why 40% of Relocations Fail - and It's Not Performance

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27 Aug

Why 40% of Relocations Fail - and It's Not Performance

Why 40% of Relocations Fail - and It's Not Performance

Thursday, August 27, 2026 (12:00 AM to 11:59 PM)
.75 PDCs
Provider: RemoFirst
Course Name: Why 40% of Relocations Fail - and It's Not Performance

Speaker: Leah Cottham, Rachel Fiegler
Program Type: Videoconferences, webcasts, audiocasts, podcasts, eBooks, self-directed E-Learning
Registration URL: http://www.remofirst.com/live-events/us-relocation-failure-rate

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After attending this session, participants will be able to: - Identify the primary logistical (not performance-related) causes behind relocation failures, including the commonly cited 40% failure rate. - Explain how revenue per employee (RPE) can be used to measure the financial impact of relocation decisions, and why most organizations fail to track it for relocated hires. - Describe the key visa pathways available for relocating international talent to the US, along with realistic timelines for each. - Recognize common US-specific compliance pitfalls that catch global employers off guard during relocation. - Apply practical first steps for building or strengthening a company relocation policy that treats the process as an employee experience issue, not just a logistics line item.

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This session features a conversation with Rachel Fiegler, Cofounder & CEO of Pinpointe Group, a NYC-based real estate brokerage whose NYCbound program helps companies relocate international and out-of-market hires into New York City. Drawing on her day-to-day experience managing complex relocations, Rachel unpacks why nearly 40% of relocations fail, and why that failure is almost always tied to logistics, not employee performance. The discussion opens by examining why so few companies measure revenue per employee (RPE) for relocated hires, and what that blind spot costs organizations that scale internationally without accounting for it. From there, the conversation moves into the practical mechanics of a US relocation: which visa routes are realistic for different hiring scenarios, how housing and logistics challenges show up uniquely in a market like New York City, and where companies most often run into US-specific compliance issues. A central theme throughout is reframing relocation as an employee experience challenge rather than an administrative task. Attendees will hear real examples of the gap between what a company assumes relocation involves (a stipend and a start date) and what an employee is actually navigating (housing scarcity, credit history barriers, visa uncertainty, and family disruption). The session closes with practical guidance for HR and People leaders on what to prioritize when relocating a first hire into the US, common myths to unlearn, and what a strong relocation policy looks like in practice. Format includes structured audience polling throughout to benchmark attendee practices in real time, along with a dedicated Q&A segment.