Is it Business As (Un)usual in Mobility? Mastercard, Textron, and Westinghouse Electric Company Share Their Insights

Conversation Highlights

following are a few snippets of what was discussed during the one-hour session:

• Marisa Johnson, Sr. Manager, Global Services, Textron, Inc. on the importance of flexible mobility in light of the pandemic: “Forevermore, we’ll have a points-based policy, which was one of the things that came out of the pandemic, because it has really highlighted to us that everybody [has] really unique concerns and situations that they’re dealing with. […] So I think one of the things we have learned is how much flexibility is really required and needed for our [mobility] program.”
• Trish MacDonald, Director, Global Mobility, Westinghouse Electric Company discussing the roll-out of a points-based policy using Cartus’ core/flex relocation solution, Benefits Builder: “Without Benefits Builder, that really would not have been possible for us to roll [our international permanent transfer points-based policy] out. It would be too administratively cumbersome. The feedback thus far has been positive from the employee experience perspective.”
• Melissa Myer, Director, Talent Mobility, Mastercard on remote work policy beyond the pandemic: “When we look at our remote work policy, which we’re currently building out and developing, we’re looking at our future of work. What is it going to be like in our future? […] Really trying to align our remote work policy to where the company is going in the future.”
• Marisa Johnson on the most challenging locations today: “Argentina was a challenge for us. Australia was also a challenge for us. […] Singapore continues to be a challenge—mostly because the dot continues to move on quarantine requirements.”
• Trish MacDonald on the key questions and challenges identified around COVID-19 vaccinations: “We’ve been talking about these vaccination passports and what does that really mean for mobility. And we do frequently talk about this during our weekly calls with our immigration partner and, really, there’s no solid information on what that will look like. […] We will, of course, be closely monitoring the vaccination passport discussion to determine how it will impact our business and our global mobility and global immigration program going forward.”
• Melissa Myer sharing insights around diversity, equity, and inclusion… “And I do think that this is something that absolutely is going to be integrated into our mobility policies. […] It’s something we have to think about going forward to make sure our policies are very equitable and that we’re giving everyone an opportunity for a mobility experience, so I do think it’s definitely going to be integrated more in the future.”