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I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by dewey »

affgrff2 wrote: post #14

Btw: Is there a way to legally employ or be imploded in a 100% location independent way? I mean, technically I can dream up some crypto stuff to do so. But do you think it is possible to make it possible with regard to taxes, health insurance etc.?

Usually in cases like that where the company doesn't have a local entity you will be employed through a EoR (Employer of Record) like Remote, Deel and many others.

Then you are not directly employed at the company but employed through another company which then grants you the benefits for the local country that were negotiated. The other alternative is a regular freelancer / contractor relationship.

Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by shagie »

etothepii wrote: post #9

I don't think there is any chance gitlab will let you work from DPRK

Gitlab's list of where they have professional employment operations is https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/employment-so... - along with the "who they work with."

It is a much shorter list than "anywhere" and many of those employers of record will have their own constraints on if you can work in another country while using them as a service. For example, if you're working out of Brazil, then the hiring partner is Remote.com but then if one heads over to Chile, then its Global Upside. If its Spain, then its Remote.com again, but its questionable if you could head over to Portugal to work.

The "work anywhere" becomes complicated once a company is on the hook for taxes and work visas.

Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by sintezcs »

I’ve been looking for a new remote job recently, and I’ve heard the following from a couple of companies: “We are a truly remote company - you can work from anywhere in the world! (Except Russia and Belarus)”. Just curious, does the companies from your list allow remote work from these countries?

Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by homarp »

saasxyz wrote: post #13
flog wrote: post #10

The first job I looked at stated they were hiring "anywhere across the US", so this doesn't look like a very well curated list.

Please post a link too so that I can take a look and others can trust your claim as well. Some mistakes happen. I am trying my best to eradicate such postings.

https://www.realworkfromanywhere.com/2179261410 100% remote work environment - work from anywhere in the US

https://www.realworkfromanywhere.com/1165562271 Remote based, US only.

https://www.realworkfromanywhere.com/6398528378 Because we're looking for teammates who overlap with our clients' teams working hours, this is a remote position available to anyone throughout the Americas (UTC-3 through UTC-10).

Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by orangepurple »

affgrff2 wrote: post #14

Btw: Is there a way to legally employ or be imploded in a 100% location independent way? I mean, technically I can dream up some crypto stuff to do so. But do you think it is possible to make it possible with regard to taxes, health insurance etc.?

Every country on earth demands some form of payroll tax, social security tax, unemployment insurance in the form of self-employment tax, or a combination of the above. It is dependent on your "tax residence" which is a very complex topic you should research because governments WILL go after you for that cash.

Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by peter422 »

So the plan here was to scrape the job listings off another site (freshremote.work), pretend those people posted on your site, make a show HN and then hope someone is tricked into thinking this site actually gets traffic and pays you $49?

I understand what you are doing but how is this providing any value? Wouldn’t people just be better off going to the site you are scraping from?

Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by sokoloff »

paxys wrote: post #2

Do you verify if these jobs are truly location independent? In my experience all such companies really mean "anywhere" as long as it is in a handful of approved countries and time zones, and the rest will get a "sorry we can't hire in this jurisdiction because of compliance/HR/tax issues".

No one is (legally) hiring truly location independent.

Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by orangepurple »

sintezcs wrote: post #23

I’ve been looking for a new remote job recently, and I’ve heard the following from a couple of companies: “We are a truly remote company - you can work from anywhere in the world! (Except Russia and Belarus)”. Just curious, does the companies from your list allow remote work from these countries?

Courtesy of OFAC, these places are generally off limits:

Belarus, Burma, as well as Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and Zimbabwe

You can't touch these people or companies either no matter what:

https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/consolidated/consoli...

The amount of stuff you are prohibited from doing business with is huge: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/office-of-foreign-as...

Re: I made a site for 100% location independent jobs

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Post by cercatrova »

peter422 wrote: post #26

So the plan here was to scrape the job listings off another site (freshremote.work), pretend those people posted on your site, make a show HN and then hope someone is tricked into thinking this site actually gets traffic and pays you $49? I understand what you are doing but how is this providing any value? Wouldn’t people just be better off going to the site you are scraping from?

That is in fact how every job board gains traction. I've seen it happen multiple times.
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