yes, it's all of the above.
Better not upvote you then :)
Why are "remote" jobs in late 2025 still limited to hiring in US/CA/UK/DE?
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#12In my experience, legal and tax complexities are more than sufficient to restrict the countries that we have remote workers living in. We work globally so practical things like timezones aren't really a factor; we have plenty of experience working around them. That even goes as far as things like personal security in locations that are particularly dangerous. In my line of work that usually means risk of kidnapping.…
Are you hiring?
Re: Why are "remote" jobs in late 2025 still limited to hiring in US/CA/UK/DE?
#13If you want to work remote, then easiest approach is to establish yourself as a company / self employed and do effectively freelancing. Entering into employment contract with somebody outside your legal presence is a problem for lawyers. Paying an invoice to a company somewhere in Eastern Europe is not a big deal.
There are duck quacking principles. Just because a contract says "Supplier: XYZ Ltd" doesn't mean it isnt employment from a tax and employment law point of view.
In theory yeah, practically whole outsourcing business stands on the fact that nobody will poke too much into "business is paying periodically this one-guy company in India".
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#15In my experience, legal and tax complexities are more than sufficient to restrict the countries that we have remote workers living in. We work globally so practical things like timezones aren't really a factor; we have plenty of experience working around them. That even goes as far as things like personal security in locations that are particularly dangerous. In my line of work that usually means risk of kidnapping.…
B2B contracting solves all of the problems, especially for cross-country collaboration.
Re: Why are "remote" jobs in late 2025 still limited to hiring in US/CA/UK/DE?
#16If you want to work remote, then easiest approach is to establish yourself as a company / self employed and do effectively freelancing. Entering into employment contract with somebody outside your legal presence is a problem for lawyers. Paying an invoice to a company somewhere in Eastern Europe is not a big deal.
Did you try that? These "remote" jobs that OP is describing filter you out instantly because of geography, so there's nobody to speak to about B2B contract.
These that did not filter me that way, offered both: either regular employment or B2B. These are truly rare, say 2%-5%?
My guess is that in countries like US, B2B contracts for individual SWEs are considered something very special and snowflake'y. Like they fully expect you to disappear three hours in, never to be seen again.
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#17My company hires remote staff worldwide. We use Deel and Remote and normally include time zone rather than location if it's relevant. There are countries where we don't hire for geopolitical reasons like China. Having staff in those locations can make it complicated if you seek funding (including loans).
Having said this most companies I encounter that have overseas workforces set up local corporations where staff work in proper offices. We have a lot of customers so I see this a lot.
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#19A major factor for many companies is the strength of intellectual property rights and their enforcement. For most tech companies, their IP forms one of their primary moats, so naturally, it follows that they will be adverse to sharing their IP with anyone who is not within a jurisdiction that would honor the contract that outlines those IP rights. Many jurisdictions have IP laws on the books, but they are scarce enforced, making them effectively useless. And even those with relatively decent IP laws, litigating such a matter in a foreign land is not worthwhile for many companies. If it was simply a matter of cost, more companies would willingly engage qualified engineers all over the world, but given the risk of IP compromise or loss, that bargain ends up looking penny wise but pound foolish.
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