I know most people will love this, but it's made it newly impossible to find jobs that will sponsor visas for those of us that want to move abroad
70% of startups offer remote work options as hiring heats up, YC data shows
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Re: 70% of startups offer remote work options as hiring heats up, YC data shows
#12Cool. Now start offering more part time roles.
- Live and move anywhere.
- Set your own hours.
- Four day work weeks.
- Part time roles.
- Work for both FANGMA and a startup [1]
- Sabbaticals.
[1] (Startup could be flexible so there's no overlap in meetings/oncall. Also makes it super easy to switch jobs while still getting paid from one of the two roles.)
Re: 70% of startups offer remote work options as hiring heats up, YC data shows
#1370% Of Startups Offer Remote Work during Pandemic, YC data shows. Let's see how this looks 2 years after the pandemic is over.
90% I predict. There is little to no advantage of having an in-office work force for tech startups unless physical presence is necessary for the job. Managers can crow all they want about wanting to see asses in chairs but the data does not support it.
Myself and many people I know can't stand permanent WFH and specifically seek jobs with offices.
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#14Be interesting to know for the "remotes" how remote is remote. Some are localish remotes, some are world wide remotes, and some somewhere in-between.
One of the problems seems to be ( and I'm sure some start up will try to solve this) is employing people worldwide has a lot of legal issues with regards to local employment laws and payment issues.
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#15I wonder if this will last after the pandemic is over. If if ever ends.
One of the side effects of the pandemic is that there is now a global remote-first tech workforce. Working remotely is a skill that companies might not have wanted to gamble on their people learning, but now everyone has this skill. There's momentum in this direction now and changing it would actually require increased costs for many companies - more office space, fewer employees in low-cost areas, etc.
Re: 70% of startups offer remote work options as hiring heats up, YC data shows
#16Startups are going to either need to start paying a lot more or giving more serious equity stakes if they want to hire anyone who isn't straight out of college or already wealthy.
Re: 70% of startups offer remote work options as hiring heats up, YC data shows
#17Be interesting to know for the "remotes" how remote is remote. Some are localish remotes, some are world wide remotes, and some somewhere in-between. One of the problems seems to be ( and I'm sure some start up will try to solve this) is employing people worldwide has a lot of legal issues with regards to local employment laws and payment issues.
I think a common solution to this is that if you want to be a remote worker with a worldwide employment pool, you need to set-up an entity from under which to invoice, whether that would be freelancing or having an LLC, and then you take care of your taxes, healthcare, and so on yourself. At least this is how I know everyone (myself included) do it. It's not really complicated, you just need to hire an accountant, and company formation usually is also not expensive.
Re: 70% of startups offer remote work options as hiring heats up, YC data shows
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
90% I predict. There is little to no advantage of having an in-office work force for tech startups unless physical presence is necessary for the job. Managers can crow all they want about wanting to see asses in chairs but the data does not support it.
Myself and many people I know can't stand permanent WFH and specifically seek jobs with offices.
Co-working?
Re: 70% of startups offer remote work options as hiring heats up, YC data shows
#19Are there any startups attempting to sort out the tax situation when working from different places. It would involve a lot of figuring out with governments but as things stand I think being a digital nomad is going to be done semi illegally.
I would definitely sign up and pay my fair share to the correct jurisdiction.
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#20I’m more curious about changes to state taxes laws in the future in response to the rise of remote positions. I know quite some people who live in low CoL states but get the same salary as those in high CoL states like Cali or NY