Why do they require you to uproot where they could simply hire another person that lives locally??
Hired gun. Sometimes it's necessary to have an outsider in, to run a 'cold eyes review' program, and cut away the cruft that accumulates over time, in any organisation.
Not exactly family friendly.
No.
But they're not alone in that - look at Oil & Gas industry offshore rotation rosters, particularly expat ones, as a prime example.
Most of those who work these jobs plan to do so only for a limited time, purely for the money - to accumulate significant capital that would take decades to build up, in a 'normal' job.
