Overview
- Shweta Desai, 37, says she left a Head of Product role in London paying nearly £100,000 to move to Melbourne, sharing the change in a viral Instagram video cited by news outlets.
- After arriving in 2023, she reports failing to land a similar post in Australia and taking a job managing Airbnb apartments that includes cleaning, laundry and guest messages.
- She says the experience changed how she thinks about money, which she now defines as freedom and options.
- She now manages the apartments, teaches English to children, and is building a coaching and small‑business practice.
- She has launched The Rebuild Room, a WhatsApp community for women navigating career breaks and relocations that grew from responses to her posts.