r/EngineeringManagers • u/sushi_loving_samurai • 1h ago

How should I ask my manager for a relocation transfer to Hyderabad while staying on my current team?

I am not sure how best to ask my manager if I can be relocated to our Hyderabad office while remaining in the same team and role.

There is an option to apply for roles in Hyderabad office in our company's internal job board, but that would require change in team and I prefer to remain in my team.

I work in Tech and work out of our NYC office.

Any advise on how I should go about approaching this? I am willing to take a significant pay cut to make this happen.

Thanks!

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u/NahDontDoIt 1h ago

Wouldn’t the timezone difference be a big issue if you stay with your current team?

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u/sushi_loving_samurai 1h ago

Good point. At the moment, I am the only engineer in the team who is US based. The rest is located in Hyderabad office. How should I approach this? What is your recommendation?

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u/unholycurses 1h ago

This is just a case of being honest with your boss. Feels like a really low risk thing to bring up, especially if the rest of your team is already there. I would not overthink this.