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Ask HN: What are the UK/EU based remote-only companies or remote friendly?

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Re: Ask HN: What are the UK/EU based remote-only companies or remote friendly?

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Post by hackerm0nkey »

chrisseaton wrote: post #7
growlist wrote: post #5

Funny isn't it, we're always told that employers struggle to recruit in IT but they also apparently stubbornly refuse to offer a perk which could drastically increase interest in the positions they are offering. As remotework said ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

> stubbornly refuse to offer a perk I think describing remote working as a 'perk' is not a good idea. Really it's more efficient for both parties, and is a sensible way to work. Calling it a 'perk' makes it sound like a silly benefit just for the employee, on the same level as ping pong tables.

I think of it more like a productivity tool rather being a `perk`, but gotta explain that to who's in charge.

Re: Ask HN: What are the UK/EU based remote-only companies or remote friendly?

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Post by zabana »

remotework wrote: post #3

Hotjar [1] is based in the EU. You can also have a look at Europe Remotely [2] only remote jobs in Europe, and nodesk [3] is one of the few remote job boards where you can filter by remote location. Because remote doesn't always mean remote ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ [1] https://hotjar.com/ [2] https://europeremotely.com/ [3] https://nodesk.co/remote-jobs/

thanks for the links !

Re: Ask HN: What are the UK/EU based remote-only companies or remote friendly?

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Post by growlist »

chrisseaton wrote: post #7
growlist wrote: post #5

Funny isn't it, we're always told that employers struggle to recruit in IT but they also apparently stubbornly refuse to offer a perk which could drastically increase interest in the positions they are offering. As remotework said ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

> stubbornly refuse to offer a perk I think describing remote working as a 'perk' is not a good idea. Really it's more efficient for both parties, and is a sensible way to work. Calling it a 'perk' makes it sound like a silly benefit just for the employee, on the same level as ping pong tables.

Well yes, but perk seemed like a better shorthand than 'condition of working', 'working arrangement' etc.

Re: Ask HN: What are the UK/EU based remote-only companies or remote friendly?

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Post by growlist »

hackerm0nkey wrote: post #10
growlist wrote: post #5

Funny isn't it, we're always told that employers struggle to recruit in IT but they also apparently stubbornly refuse to offer a perk which could drastically increase interest in the positions they are offering. As remotework said ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think there's a high degree of ignorance in this area nowadays. Companies (well old-fashioned managers) think of remote work as a way of slacking off work, hence not encouraging it or even offering it in the first place. It's only the people who do work remotely and know how to do so understand the productivity impact and the freedom it brings from being tied to an office all day every day in this day and age.

Exactly - I get so much more done, and have more flexibility to put in extra time when I need to.

Re: Ask HN: What are the UK/EU based remote-only companies or remote friendly?

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Post by inertiatic »

courtewing wrote: post #2

Elastic is technically a European company and is distributed around the world. EU headquarters is in Amsterdam, US headquarters in Mountain View, AP headquarters in Singapore. https://www.elastic.co/

Somewhat disappointed with applying there. Spent some time writing a detailed cover letter as my experience lined up very well with the requirements for a role, never got a response months later.

Re: Ask HN: What are the UK/EU based remote-only companies or remote friendly?

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Post by muzani »

hackerm0nkey wrote: post #10
growlist wrote: post #5

Funny isn't it, we're always told that employers struggle to recruit in IT but they also apparently stubbornly refuse to offer a perk which could drastically increase interest in the positions they are offering. As remotework said ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think there's a high degree of ignorance in this area nowadays. Companies (well old-fashioned managers) think of remote work as a way of slacking off work, hence not encouraging it or even offering it in the first place. It's only the people who do work remotely and know how to do so understand the productivity impact and the freedom it brings from being tied to an office all day every day in this day and age.

Some people do slack off work. It's sort of like welfare. We're more concerned with who would abuse it, rather than who it would help, even when the benefits exceed the potential fraud.
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