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Re: Companies hiring remote software engineers anywhere in the world

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Post by Raynos »

marcus_holmes wrote: post #33
jkukul wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many of them hire you as a contractor, of course. However, I noticed that more and more companies use an "HR as a service" (e.g. deel.com) to act as an intermediary who has an official branch in most countries and takes care of all the formalities for you.

I move between countries. Anyone happen to know how this works for this situation? (i.e. I'm currently in Mexico, but next week I'll be in Guatemala. Does Deel cope with this, and if so how?)

I’m moving locations a lot myself too. I’ve found deel / remote is not great because it tethers you to the country you started in.

For my situation setting up my own us llc and contracting/consulting through it means I can move around. Also the us llc onboards cleanly for any companies using gusto and for others I send a W9 that they know how to handle.

Re: Companies hiring remote software engineers anywhere in the world

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Post by mbrameld »

comprev wrote: post #70
indymike wrote: post #54

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This is going to start showing up in job ads: "This job is not available for people in the State of California, Washington or New York"

It's becoming more common to see footnotes in adverts like that in general. As an example, Discogs.com [0] explictly states the states where you can remote from. "This is a remote position. Open to candidates located in OR, WA, CA, CO, ID, AZ, TX, IL" [0] https://discogsinc.bamboohr.com/careers/118

That probably has more to do with nexus for tax reasons than salary band advertising requirements.

Re: Companies hiring remote software engineers anywhere in the world

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Post by dielll »

wojcikstefan wrote: post #8

The YC company I work at (and have been happy working at for the last 11 years) is hiring remotely, anywhere in the time zones of Americas, Europe, and Africa: https://jobs.close.com

Hey, do you have an employee referral program? If so, can you refer me? Would love to apply, however I know employee referrals gets one a foot in the interview door quickly.

Re: Companies hiring remote software engineers anywhere in the world

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Post by jkukul »

Raynos wrote: post #81
marcus_holmes wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I move between countries. Anyone happen to know how this works for this situation? (i.e. I'm currently in Mexico, but next week I'll be in Guatemala. Does Deel cope with this, and if so how?)

I’m moving locations a lot myself too. I’ve found deel / remote is not great because it tethers you to the country you started in. For my situation setting up my own us llc and contracting/consulting through it means I can move around. Also the us llc onboards cleanly for any companies using gusto and for others I send a W9 that they know how to handle.

> because it tethers you to the country you started in.

How would is the alternative you describing different? Didn't you just tether yourself to US?

When setting up Deel you could have just stated that you were in US and move around like you're doing now.

Re: Companies hiring remote software engineers anywhere in the world

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Post by yccs27 »

badcppdev wrote: post #37
yccs27 wrote: post #30

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Additionally to the silbling comments - if the employer only offers USD payment, virtually all banks will offer some financial product to hedge against currency risk. This comes at a price, of course, but presumably the employer pays well enough that it's still worth it.

Can you tell me about this product? Does it cover 1 year of employment?

I was thinking about foreign exchange options [0], which buy you the right to exchange some amount of money (your salary) at a given some later date (payday) with a fixed exchange rate. You‘d buy one for every paycheck within the period you want to insure against the risk.

(I realize now that I‘m not actually sure how easy it is to get them as a consumer at a bank - alternatively you might be able to get them via Robinhood or similar.)

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_exchange_option

Re: Companies hiring remote software engineers anywhere in the world

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Post by surge »

Existenceblinks wrote: post #3

Yeah the current "remote" really really sucks and sounds like snake-oil. It also give wrong stat when reading online comments. Many people that said it's easy for them often came from people live in the same city and country as those companies. "Remote" by default gives an impression that's it's global.

It's not snake oil, there's literally tax issues and legal problems with having employees located overseas. If you hire employees in another country, you have to pay taxes or comply with a slew of different regulations your company is not familiar with or equipped to handle.

Re: Companies hiring remote software engineers anywhere in the world

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Post by marcus_holmes »

jkukul wrote: post #38
marcus_holmes wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I move between countries. Anyone happen to know how this works for this situation? (i.e. I'm currently in Mexico, but next week I'll be in Guatemala. Does Deel cope with this, and if so how?)

Even if you move between countries you still must have a tax residency somewhere. So you're employed from the place where you have your tax residency.

Not really. I left Germany last year. As I wasn't a citizen and I'm not now a resident, I'm not a tax resident of Germany. Edit: clarification: I specifically de-registered with the German tax system, as required by German law. And to establish a new residency, I would have to live more than 180 days in that country, which I haven't yet.

I have multiple citizenships, so I'm not automatically a tax resident of a country I'm a citizen of.

I'm an edge case for tax laws.

Re: Companies hiring remote software engineers anywhere in the world

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Post by comprev »

mbrameld wrote: post #82
comprev wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's becoming more common to see footnotes in adverts like that in general. As an example, Discogs.com [0] explictly states the states where you can remote from. "This is a remote position. Open to candidates located in OR, WA, CA, CO, ID, AZ, TX, IL" [0] https://discogsinc.bamboohr.com/careers/118

That probably has more to do with nexus for tax reasons than salary band advertising requirements.

Yes, that's probably the reason but also demonstrates how "limitations" on the supposed freedom of remote work have always been there.

Re: Companies hiring remote software engineers anywhere in the world

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Post by xwdv »

snapcaster wrote: post #56
xwdv wrote: post #47

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It’s also pretty straightforward to work through a VPN and get paid out to foreign accounts.

Technically yes, but also this is likely fraud in most countries and would probably get you fired if found out

That shouldn’t stop anyone here who still embraces the classic hacker ethos.

Re: Companies hiring remote software engineers anywhere in the world

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Post by RestlessMind »

jkukul wrote: post #79
paxys wrote: post #74

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And companies that do that will soon realize that cutting off the three states with the highest concentration of qualified tech workers isn't a winning strategy.

Keep in mind that the companies listed on that website are hiring globally. By not disclosing a salary range these companies would only cut off three states of ONE country. Also, I'm pretty sure that if most of these companies disclosed the salary range it wouldn't be interesting for people living in the states in question. What seems like an entry level salary for people in California, Washington, New York or Colora…

> talent pool of this other 90% of the world

I have hired a lot of people and for key hires above a certain level, existing tech hubs (SV, Seattle, NYC, Denver) account for a vast majority of the available candidate pool. There are a few other hubs beyond these (London, Singapore, Bangalore) but you are constraining yourself massively.

New grads / junior ICs is another story.

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