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Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by ido »

scalesolved wrote: post #46

I think a lot of these job postings would have a lot more success if they showed salary ranges, in fact that just applies to all job postings. Why apply for EU remote working (if living in the EU) when you can remote work for a US based company? The timezone is off but programmers should be able to work autonomously and independently.

A lot of employers want employees that will be active during normal business hours (+/- a couple hours).

There are still quite huge wage & cost of living differences, e.g. a Bulgarian programmer working remotely for a Danish, Norwegian, Swiss or English company will be getting several multiples of what they'd be able to get locally and still be in roughly the same time zone (which is important for some companies/individuals).

I am living in Berlin and work remotely for a west-coast Canadian company (9 hours time zone shift) and it is in many ways quite a sacrifice.

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by ruirr »

peteretep wrote: post #54
metachris wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Typically, you are "tax resident" if you spend more than 180 days per year in a country. (Note: that doesn't mean that if you split your time equally between three countries you avoid being tax resident at all. If only avoiding tax was that easy...) I've been informed by my tax consultant that you are tax-resident in the country where you spent the majority of time in a year. If you split your time between three or…

That's far too simplistic, sadly. It's perfectly possible to be tax resident in multiple countries - I am tax resident in two, for example, neither of which is the US. Here's how you try and work out if you're tax resident in the UK: https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/residence There are automatic resident and non-resident qualifiers, but everything else involves a whole range of factors.

It depends in the country really. In Portugal and Spain it is really that simple, you do not live more than 180 days in a year in the country, you are not tax resident.

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by chrisseaton »

kuschku wrote: post #66
chrisseaton wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Working more than 8h overall a day, no matter in how many jobs, is highly illegal. EU working time directive? You can just opt out of that, and it doesn't apply anyway to lots of jobs like doctors, military etc, so it certainly isn't simply 'highly illegal'.

At least in Germany, there is no legal opt-out. Only in emergencies, and even then only 10h a day.

> Only in emergencies, and even then only 10h a day.

Are you saying that if there's some major medical incident, with medical facilities overwhelmed, hundreds of people needing help, German doctors would just say 'sorry, ten hours, I'm off home to watch TV'. I'm sure that's not true.

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by ameen »

codegeek wrote: post #67
ameen wrote: post #60

As an Indian, I doubt I'll qualify for work in these companies. The problem for non-EU, non-US devs wishing to work remotely [1] is that most companies can't legally employ you or aren't willing to jump through bureaucratic hoops just to employ you. I'd subscribed to a remote-only jobs board and the issue was that either I didn't qualify for work due to my residency, or the company never really responded. I would say…

"become more Anti-immigrant (thankfully it's rising)" That is not very nice of you. Sure everyone wants the best options for their careers no matter where they are, but don't say these things loosely. I live in America and to be honest, it is still one of the most immigrant friendly countries in the world. Yes they have difficult and archaic immigration rules which need to be improved. If you are truly good, then com…

Sorry you couldn't detect my sarcasm. But it's disheartening to see U.S. of all places succumb to such stuff [1]. U.S. was built on enterprising immigrants who made it the country it currently is. No other country could then stake a claim to be a melting pot of the world nor could they dominate in so many industries. Software Engineering elsewhere is just following the lead established by American companies.

I work with Startups more often than with established companies (I work with interdisciplinary teams) and for a fledgling startup to onboard a remote employee is risky.

[1] - When a leading Presidential candidate wants to block you from entering the country because of your faith, I'd say most others would resort to stronger words.

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by dkns »

ameen wrote: post #60

As an Indian, I doubt I'll qualify for work in these companies. The problem for non-EU, non-US devs wishing to work remotely [1] is that most companies can't legally employ you or aren't willing to jump through bureaucratic hoops just to employ you. I'd subscribed to a remote-only jobs board and the issue was that either I didn't qualify for work due to my residency, or the company never really responded. I would say…

> be harassed by less-qualified xenophobic residents

Nice generalization.

> pay obscene taxes

I quickly skimmed the wikipedia article about taxes in India and it seems like if you were to earn as much as companies in Europe are paying for developers you would be either in 30% bracket or 20% bracket. 30% is more than I pay and I live in Europe. Doesn't seem obscene to me.

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by mtbcoder »

nraynaud wrote: post #26
ned wrote: post #16

When you are full-time employed, remotely, by a european company, and living in another european country, does anyone know : — do you set yourself up as a freelance consultant, and pay your healthcare and retirement fund yourself? — …or do you let the company pay that for you in the country they are based in, and somehow benefit from that? How does it work exactly for these social benefits that are very important in…

In France it's risky to be self-employed and have only one customer, that could be re-qualified as a disguised employment. I don't know exactly how that works with foreign companies. edit: my remark on foreign company is that, by having no nexus in the country of the consultant, going after them seems difficult

The IRS in the US also has regulations regarding single employer contractors/consultants. A company cannot turn its employees into independent contractors to skip out on things such as payroll taxes.

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by jasonkester »

scalesolved wrote: post #46

I think a lot of these job postings would have a lot more success if they showed salary ranges, in fact that just applies to all job postings. Why apply for EU remote working (if living in the EU) when you can remote work for a US based company? The timezone is off but programmers should be able to work autonomously and independently.

Especially considering the huge disconnect between what EU and US employers consider reasonable. I see [salary missing] and read "probably pays EU35,000 for a Senior Dev."

If you are willing to hire from the EU talent pool, and are happy to pay US rates to do so, that is something you should shout from the rooftops. It will get you the cream of the crop. And I'd be willing to bet there is some very good cream here.

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by newjersey »

scalesolved wrote: post #59
coldtea wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If the salary is higher for the same position then the company has been underpaying you, if the salary is lower then they are trying to get someone on the cheap. Either way I'd want to know if this situation. Of course you do. But for the exact same reasons the company doesn't want you to -- that's what the parent is saying.

I had the impression that the parent implied the situation was advantageous to both employees and companies yet in reality it's only advantageous to the companies.

I'd say you have the right impression.

> Either way this does no good neither to you or the company.

I'd go further and say that GP's argument is wrong. Open and public salaries are good for everyone. Just look at buffer. https://open.buffer.com/transparent-salaries-and-formula/

Re: Europe Remotely – EU-friendly remote dev jobs

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Post by impostervt »

ameen wrote: post #74
codegeek wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"become more Anti-immigrant (thankfully it's rising)" That is not very nice of you. Sure everyone wants the best options for their careers no matter where they are, but don't say these things loosely. I live in America and to be honest, it is still one of the most immigrant friendly countries in the world. Yes they have difficult and archaic immigration rules which need to be improved. If you are truly good, then com…

Sorry you couldn't detect my sarcasm. But it's disheartening to see U.S. of all places succumb to such stuff [1]. U.S. was built on enterprising immigrants who made it the country it currently is. No other country could then stake a claim to be a melting pot of the world nor could they dominate in so many industries. Software Engineering elsewhere is just following the lead established by American companies. I work w…

The US has been anti-immigrant for pretty much it's entire history. Whether you were Irish, Polish, Chinese, Catholic, Mexican, Jewish, Muslim, whatever - at some point, a vocal group of Americans didn't want you to come here. But people came anyway. And they made it work. I can't think of any other country on Earth that is as diverse as the US.
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