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Re: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?

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Post by stefanyas »

taylorhou wrote: post #8

my company has almost 50 full time in the US and 120+ full time internationally. x2-3 in the next 12-18 months. hiring for pretty much every possible role and willing to be creative/flexible. dm me to chat! apmhelp.com is our core service (think bookkeeping/maintenance coordination for rental properties) fyxed.com is a fintech product we're launching soon (think pipe but for rental properties)

Hey! I'd like to know more about this. I'm not sure how to get in touch with you.

Would you mind sending me an email at stefan@stefanyas.me?

Re: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?

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Post by fy20 »

mettamage wrote: post #9

Curious question: does that also mean you get US salaries between $100K - $120K?

I'm in Eastern Europe working for a US company earning just over $100k/yr. Been working for this company for 4 years now. Before that I was working as a contractor in the UK earning more, but wanted something remote and more relaxed :-)

Re: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?

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Post by necovek »

MrRiddle wrote: post #59
necovek wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was mostly highlighting how LetsDeel service is not really "selling much" for hires in Serbia — I am not sure what's the value add in other countries. There are many ways to set up in Serbia, but for something resembling actual employment (which the topic is about), you are basically prohibited from using an entreprenuership since 2020, so you can either set up a LLC or take on a huge tax burden by self-reporting t…

That’s true, I had to open an LLC because of that. However, tax burden for self reporting is exactly the same as when you’re employed at some company, it’s negative in other ways, like losing a bunch of benefits.

It was not the same last I looked: income tax rate was 20% vs 10% (though with 20% flat deductions, it was effectively 16%), and the gross calculations are done against is smaller even if percentage numbers are the same (taxes that employer pays come out on top of the gross, whereas when you self report they come out of the gross: eg. 20% on 100 is 20, but 20% out of (100+20) is 24). It's not that simple, but it's ultimately the worst way to get taxed.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?

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Post by necovek »

mattnewport wrote: post #61
necovek wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From what I can see, their guide for contractors to set up in Serbia ( https://www.letsdeel.com/blog/how-to-set-up-as-an-entreprene... ) is outdated (2019 law changes are not taken into account) and even incorrect (VAT taxation limit of 8M RSD is not the same as fixed-taxation-if-total-revenue-of-less-than-6M-RSD), even though it says it was written on Oct 18th 2021. It also does not seem to help anyone in Serbia at…

I don't know about Serbia but in the countries we're dealing with so far (Canada and the UK) they have local companies in those countries that act as the employer of record and handle compliance with all the local employment, tax and payroll requirements.

Cool, so they are simply falsely advertising a much larger number of really supported countries than they really have.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?

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Post by redis_mlc »

registeredcorn wrote: post #26
itake wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In 2017, I had $132k USD/yr salary working in Vietnam full time. I am sure you can negotiate a lower salary if you don't want to earn more than $120k.

This might be a bit personal but, honestly, what is the QoL like with that level of income? I've been to a few Asian nations previously and was extremely impressed how well one could eat on such a small amount of money. I had never seriously considered staying long-term, due to complications you may be familiar with, but I would imagine you can live pretty well with that kind of pay.

If you speak and read the local language, life is very good on a US salary.

The main QoL issues are that things take longer to do (you can visit 10 stores in the US in the time it takes to do 1 or 2 there), and traffic jams can suck.

Also, engineers there have the same status as rock stars in the US.

Note that a lot of "digital nomads" report having problems getting new work there, or worse, returning to the US broke and struggling to find work - so starting their life and career over.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?

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Post by theonething »

qnkhuat wrote: post #64

I recently just got an offer from an SF-based startup, I'm so excited about it because I love the product and the fact that it is open-source. My comp is a bit adjusted by my location (Vietnam) but it's still six figures.

six figures in Vietnam is amazing. Congrats!

Re: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?

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Post by jonp888 »

noway_norway wrote: post #52
ilyanoskov wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you please point to how to make such an arrangement legal in Germany? I thought it’s only allowed for 18 months to work as a contractor only for one company? Or please send me a brief email, I have been looking for quite a while for a solution to this. Thank you very much in advance.

Following this. I just started working remotely for a US based company while living in Germany. Thought this was perfectly fine as long as I register as a "freelancer" in Germany?

If you are a "freelancer" that in fact works full time for a single client, especially if the "service" you provide is to personally perform unspecified tasks for a certain number of hours per week, then this is known as "fake self-employment" and is illegal.

A true freelancer generally completes individual work packages for multiple clients, and is free to complete the work any way they like, for instance by subcontracting it to another suitably qualified person.

If it were legal, all employers would declare all their employees "freelancers" and therby evade all employment regulations regarding notice periods, dismissal, vacation, sick pay, parental leave etc.

Your "employer" needs to employ you according to German labor laws either via their own German subsidiary, or an employer of record.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?

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Post by handsondev »

EdwardDiego wrote: post #62

Kiwi here, I work for a large US company, full time remote, nearly all of my team is in Europe - UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Czechia, but I often collaborate with staff in Australia and their NZ sales teams also. I'm employed by their NZ subsidiary so tax and employment law is all straightforward. My initial salary offering was above local market, but definitely not SV levels. In terms of timezone alignment,…

a bit of a tangent here - I have been looking for such opportunities but most of those are restricted to US remote - would you be able to share any pointer where to find such opportunities? I am a backend dev with Java/Python/Clojure experience. Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?

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Post by longnguyen »

itake wrote: post #15
mettamage wrote: post #9

Curious question: does that also mean you get US salaries between $100K - $120K?

In 2017, I had $132k USD/yr salary working in Vietnam full time. I am sure you can negotiate a lower salary if you don't want to earn more than $120k.

Curious: where can I find those remote opportunities in Vietnam?
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