Last week John got some bad news.
His company is downsizing and moving its head office to another city.
It's moving because it can no longer afford to do business where they are now.
Expenses are too high, especially salaries. So it's more difficult to compete with other companies.
In fact, several other companies will be moving out to.
Office space is expensive in the area, along with the cost of living for employees.
As a result, it's becoming more difficult to hire good employees.
Nobody wants to live there unless their salary can support a good standard of living.
His company is downsizing and moving its head office to another city.
It's downsizing and relocating its head office to a less expensive area.
Nobody wants to live there unless their salary can support a good standard of living.
With all these changes, John thinks there's a good chance that he will be transferred to the new head office.
This could happen fairly soon.
If so, it would be foolish to buy a house at this time.
Linda still disagrees about buying a house, but she is willing to wait a year to see what happens.
She hopes that they won't have to move, but they may have to unless John is willing to change companies.
She would prefer not to move because she doesn't want to lose her job.
Why would it be foolish for them to buy a house at this time?
Why would she prefer not to move?
Now they have to consider what they'll do if he is transferred.
John has to decide whether or not he should begin to look for a new company.
If you could find another job in the area, it would put less stress on his wife.
If they stay and can wait for a while, maybe housing prices will begin to come down.
If prices don't come down, then he and his wife will continue to disagree about buying a house.
Sooner or later they're going to have to make a decision and stop fighting about it.
What will he have to do with his transferred.
If he is transferred, he'll have to decide whether or not to stay with the company.
There's a good chance he'll be transferred. So it would be foolish to buy a house at this time.
If so, it would be foolish to buy a house at this time.
John has to decide whether or not he should begin to look for a new company.
If he is transferred and he decides to leave the company, he will have to find a new job.
She hopes that they won't have to move, but they may have to unless John is willing to change companies.