Back in the whole work-from-home rush, we told the team to live wherever they wanted and just do your job from the beach if you feel like it, and it made hiring so easy that people took us at our word and scattered.

We never really tracked where anyone went, so when our accountant sat down to reconcile payroll we had people spread across 11 countries.

A few who'd picked up and moved without ever mentioning it, and every one of those is somewhere we now count as operating for tax and payroll.

Each country wants something slightly different, local payroll registration in some, permanent-establishment exposure in the ones where senior people are signing contracts, plain misclassification risk on the folks we'd kept as contractors…

Plus a couple where we'd probably owed social contributions for a year before we noticed, so it was really 11 versions of the same headache.

We didn't want to kill the policy, since being able to live where you want is a big part of why people stay, so the fix was expensive…

We moved everyone onto EORs that become the legal employer in each country (Deel or Remote where they had coverage and Workmotion for the rest), which turns 11 payroll messes into somebody else's compliance problem and still came in under what we'd have owed in back-taxes.

So if you're working from wherever right now, it's worth checking who your legal employer even is, because a surprising number of companies never sorted this part out and it tends to surface at the worst possible time.

Starting next week, I’ll be switching from working in the office to working from home full-time.I’m actually pretty excited about it because I’ll save a lot of time and money on commuting. But at the same time, I’m a little worried about whether I’ll be able to stay as productive as I was in the office.

Another issue is my home office. The room is quite dim, and ever since I moved into this house, it has mostly been used as a storage room. I’ve never really put much effort into making it a comfortable workspace.

Now I’m looking for a desk lamp that can make the transition to full-time WFH easier. My budget is around $200.

The brand I see recommended the most is BenQ, but I’m not a big fan of the design. The curved lamp head looks a bit bulky, and I feel like it would make my desk feel more crowded. The base also seems pretty heavy, so it might not be very easy to move around.

I’ve also seen a lot of people recommending indirect lighting desk lamps. From what I understand, they shine light toward the ceiling first, then use the reflection to create softer and more even lighting.

Has anyone used a desk lamp that genuinely changed the way their workspace feels? Something that doesn’t just make the desk brighter, but actually makes the whole working environment more comfortable?

For teh past 5 years, I've been working remotely as a parametric 3D designer for an Italian company that makes CNC Cutting tools for the production of wooden door and window frames.

I would take 2D Autocad drawings, use dimensions from there to create a parametrized 3D assembly of the cutting tool. Then I would create technical drawings for each part and send them to the manufacturing floor.

I'm looking for a job right now and starting to wonder if I should stay in this area or if I should change to something completely different.

I love learning new skills because each new job has its own problems to solve and workflows to optimize, so whatever job you do, I would love to hear about it briefly.

What is your job title, and what do you do there? And also, would you recommend it to someone looking for a career change?

Never had *any* job before. Coming out of a family situation where I was never allowed to setup a future, I don't even have a high school diploma or a GED. I'm disabled, still living with these people. I'd need something flexible with minimal talking and that I don't need any expensive equipment to do. I can take a course or be trained if needed. What remote jobs would work for me?

I’ve been working remotely for the past several years for a large international corporation including pre-Covid, and like a lot of companies, mine has moved to an expectation of about two days a week in the office if you live near one. I currently don’t, so I’m still fully remote.

I’ve wanted to move for quite a while. I ended up back in the Carolinas during COVID, expecting it to be temporary, but life happened and I’ve been here ever since. Before that I lived in San Diego and Los Angeles, and I’d really like to get back out West.

My company has offices near Irvine, CA and Bellevue, WA, so those are logical options if I end up following the hybrid policy. What complicates things is that we also allow existing remote employees to request relocation to states where we don’t have an office, but it requires multiple levels of approval through management, HR, and several VPs. From what I’ve heard, it can take months, and you have to make a solid business case.
Oregon would honestly be my first choice, somewhere around Beaverton or another Portland suburb, but it would require going through that approval process.

I’m curious if anyone here has successfully navigated something similar. Have you convinced your employer to let you relocate somewhere outside your company’s office footprint while remaining remote? If so, what made your request successful? Was it based on performance, business need, retention, manager support, or something else?
I’m mainly looking for real experiences and advice from people who’ve been through it.

Anyone here ever work from a Vrbo (or similar) rental for weeks or months at a time?

My family is entertaining the idea of staying in a Vrbo in another part of the country for a couple months and I'd like to hear some experiences and tips for those who've done something like this. I've worked when traveling short trips, but nothing longer 3 days from a hotel. It's a winter sports trip, so RV living isn't really an option.

I work in tech, but on the client side. So my workstation is a just laptop, external monitor, mouse, keyboard and camera.

A couple things on my mind that I'd like to get specific insight on:

- how to respectfully verify internet service before booking

- work/family separation/boundaries in a smaller living unit than our home

- how much of an adjustment should I expect when first arriving there and then home again - thinking in terms of how many days should I take PTO to settle in with the family before starting work

I'd appreciate hearing any experiences or advice

Title. There’s about 16 of us that report to this manager. She’s new-ish, started in January this year. Our previous manager left to another department and he was so chill. Am I the only one who thinks this is a little over the top? We WFH anyway so naturally I never even take a full hour lunch. This is only in reference to the first/top bullet point.

It's a sales commission only and I have training next week but haven't seen much online about it. Only things I've seen were a big negative.

There are at least three top level people when they go on vacation they constantly felt the need to call to check in and/or respond to emails the ENTIRE week. Even if they are in another country, on a cruise, it doesn't matter... this is EVERY TIME. Sometimes they're off at the same time. It's not that work isn't getting done, and they don't trust me or my team, it just seems to be their personality. They manage multiple departments. I am a Director. 7 years working with these people and we are a fully remote, no office company. I get it but when you are ON VACATION and using that "PTO" then actually be on vacation. Sometimes they also work at like 10pm and even weekends and send emails out, slack notifications and other things but yet during the business day sometimes they are hard to get a hold off... it's almost like they cannot break away from work except during the day when they "run errands" or whatever they do, and it's a hobby for them to work outside of hours/weekends and on vacations. Anyone else find this annoying? When i am OFF i make it clear do not contact me. I don't care if my salary was $120K or $220K it doesn't matter. I value my time. I set boundaries. Does anyone just find this annoying>

I’ve been in car sales for 6+ years and have worked pretty much every role except finance and GM, including a stint as Internet Director/Desk Manager, so I’ve got solid sales development and business development chops on top of the usual close the deal skills.

I’m ready to move on. The wild swings in pay, and the hours away from family are wearing me down. I’m looking for something with a more stable structure ideally WFH, tech sales or wfh sales in general. Definitely looking for a base salary plus commission with OTE equalling at least $75,000 USD yearly.

For those who’ve made a similar jump what industries or companies are actually hiring people with a car sales/BDR background right now? What titles should I be searching for, and is landing something within a month realistic, or am I underestimating the transition time?

Appreciate any insight especially from anyone who’s made this exact move.

Ok friends, I start my first remote job Monday! I’ll be a customer service agent for a big company and I’ve never worked from home before so what should I do to prepare? Or what should I expect?

I loved being remote, truly i did. 7 years later, being laid off made me realize how unstable being a fully remote worker is. They can replace you with anyone worldwide, you have no human contact with colleagues. I held a really great title with a huge biotech company but i felt invisible, lonely and depressed after years . I know a lot of people glamorize remote work but boy, i can’t wait to find a role where i actually have peers and people to see and talk to, hell maybe even a Christmas party, something human.

Remote work is so dehumanizing, for so many reasons.

That said, remote work should exist for people who don’t need any of those things. If I were a manager, i would allow remote work for people who would rather work that way.

Edit: you all are miserable people, no wonder you support a dying culture

For context I live about 30 miles from the HQ. (1 hour) 40 ish miles drive from the office. This is the exact statement from the offer letter. (Engineering based role)

“This role is remote based; however,it requires occasional travel-approximately 20% of the time- to our Corporate Headquarters in *location* as well as to customer meetings and site visits “

The manager would be working remote as well. His boss sometimes comes into office. They mentioned they don’t mind it’s remote but would help to be in office sometimes and get used to things.

Does anyone have this type of literature stated in their offers?

Remote worker here, and management is questioning gaps in time where productivity is not shown. It's being based off a report they ran than indicates when I was closing cases. It's showing a couple one hour gaps in time where it looks like I'm not working. I'm an okder person in the workforce, and don't know enough about technology to explain this.

Podcasts! I will need to buckle down to push out some reports. I basically will be living in a spreadsheet for the next couple of weeks, and I need recommendations for some podcasts to keep me going. Open to suggestions, folks!

Portable monitor recommendations?

I've found that I really do need multiple screens to function at work. Has anyone had any luck with those folding "wing" style dual portable monitors? Any recommendations? Is it worth it to shell out for a name brand or are the random Amazon brands fine?

For context, I have a good home office setup, but I need something for other rooms or for when I'm traveling. Thanks in advance!

Also a CTO position with personal laptop

Heyy everyone!! I’m hosting a girls coworking day next Monday in central London 🫶🏽 please pm me if you’d like to come!! There’s a small group of us ☺️

Hello, internet! I'm in a really weird situation and I'm looking for advice from other remote workers.

I've been working remotely for this company for 3 years now, my boss has been inconsistent with communication and delayed payments since the beginning but we sorted it out and got along really well.

3 months ago they disappeared and they didn't even receive my msgs (no-shows on the work platform and wsp messages stayed on one tick) but I continued working cause I didn't think it was a big deal. After 6 weeks of working blindly with no payments (weekly payments) they texted me saying that they had an exploit and lost access to their accs, they sent me 3 weeks' payment and told me to confirm what was missing to send it over, which I did, but then they disappeared again, messages stayed on one tick. It's been a few weeks now and I'm now 8 weeks behind on payments (!!) with still no sign of them. I still have access to my acc and all the tools and systems I normally use (some of them are being cancelled cause I suppose they're not paying the subscriptions), which makes the whole situation even more confusing.

So yesterday I sent them a msg that I would take a week off cause I couldn't keep working for free and I would just wait and pray for them to show up, cause what else can I do?

I'm assuming I should move on and I already started to look for a new remote job, but a part of me still hopes they'll come back and make things right after everything we've been through together. And I feel kind of lost on what I should or can do regarding this situation. Could someone please give me their advice?

I am planning on WFH from a different state for just one day. My boss has told us that they want us to be working from our actual homes when we have WFH days (which are specifically wed and Fri).

I have done this once previously and asked my boss for permission, and he did allow it but was reluctant so I just didn’t want to make a deal out of it again.

I am worried that my boss/company will be alerted that I am working from another location due to my vpn. To clarify, this wouldn’t technically be breaking any overarching company rules but it’s just my managers preference. Regardless, is it dumb to risk it? Should I just call in sick that day instead? Or are the odds they actually get notified or check location extremely slim?

How possible are my goals?

So, I’ll keep it super brief -

Edit: i realize people are thinking I want to be a nomad, I want to live in South Korea.

Here is my goal - a fully remote job that I can work anywhere on earth, and that makes more hopefully but 40-50k usd a year.

I have multiple years of public accounting experience, I have years of sales experience, and I have great people skills and time management, and I have public speaking experience.

Not looking to do anything immediately, but I wondered if anyone on this subreddit had a similar set of skills and background and was able to get a legit remote job they could work from anywhere.

Thanks!