Mobility finally got me!

In this organization, employees are moved from one company to another in the Group after meeting certain criteria. One of them is number of years at present company. Mobility is compulsory for executives but not for non-executives and is done bone fid, in a good faith. The primary reason they move is for the sake of career development, so said the management. As an HR person I must believe in this and uphold this policy. Mobility is dreaded by family men -- those who are deeply rooted at wherever they are, welcomed by the young and restless. Mobility can happen within the company i.e. you are moved from one dept to another. We call it intra-company. It also can happen inter-company, i.e. you are moved from one company to another, within the same location or 1000 miles away. It is not easy to uproot the employee already in his comfort zone. You not only move the employee, but the wife and childrens. Children change school. The wife changes job. New neighbors and neighborhood. New house. New culture? Yes -- if you are posted overseas. So you see mobility is not easy. But for the discomfort and hardship, the employee is compensated well.
Finally my time has come. In the name of development, I was moved from this company to another plant in the same region. This happened in February 2008. My superior -- HR senior manager -- said I need some experience as a Management Committee member. This new outfit provides me this opportunity whereby I report direct to CEO. The good news is I get new working experience but the bad news is the new company is much smaller and not as profitable as the current one.