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this https://weworkremotely.com/ https://weworkremotely.com/ is really interesting but I notice a lot of jobs require the candidate to be an US resident, that

this https://weworkremotely.com/ https://weworkremotely.com/ is really interesting but I notice a lot of jobs require the candidate to be an US resident, that doesn't make any sense to me.

spraak 10y ago
Well, it's usually due to taxes. The company I work for hires people from other countries officially as contractors, otherwise they would need to maintain a legal presence in every country that they hire in - or so I'm told.
- amalrik_maia 10y ago
  tks @spraak for clarifying.
- sytse 10y ago
  Yes, this is a difficult issue. At GitLab we have people in more than 30 countries. In the majority of countries we have contractors, in some (US/NL/UK) we have a company, in some we hire through a reseller (India/China), and in Belgium we can hire on the Dutch payroll due to the EU. I hope someone starts the Stripe/Adyen for payrolling people. If you plan to do so please email me so I can help with advise and be your first customer and investor. EDIT I made a blog post about this https://gitlab.com/sytses/sytses.gitlab.io/commit/e9a000d321430937027fc6f30fb3e99179e61fa4 https://gitlab.com/sytses/sytses.gitlab.io/commit/e9a000d321...
  - amalrik_maia 10y ago
    please take a look https://www.bitwage.com/ https://www.bitwage.com/
    - Kiro 10y ago
      How does it work exactly?
      - sytse 10y ago
        It seems to be more about the payment than the employment.
  - dirtyaura 10y ago
    A good idea. Also non-trivial to do, which would give a moat if executed well. Btw. This seems to be a more readable version of the URL, one that you posted linked to git commit https://sytse.com/2016/12/28/adyen-for-payrolling.html https://sytse.com/2016/12/28/adyen-for-payrolling.html
    - sytse 10y ago
      Thanks for posting the proper link.
  - anondon 10y ago
    If your schedule permits, you should definitely blog more often. Your comments here are so well thought out. PS: Gitlab is awesome, keep up the good work.
    - sytse 10y ago
      Thanks anondon, that is very kind of you to comment.
- StavrosK 10y ago
  Why would they not just hire people as contractors (instead of turning every non-US-resident down)? That's how I've been working for years and it's better for me as well as for the company.

this https://weworkremotely.com/ https://weworkremotely.com/ is really interesting but I notice a lot of jobs require the candidate to be an US resident, that doesn't make any sense to me.

spraak 10y ago

Well, it's usually due to taxes. The company I work for hires people from other countries officially as contractors, otherwise they would need to maintain a legal presence in every country that they hire in - or so I'm told.

amalrik_maia 10y ago
tks @spraak for clarifying.
sytse 10y ago
Yes, this is a difficult issue. At GitLab we have people in more than 30 countries. In the majority of countries we have contractors, in some (US/NL/UK) we have a company, in some we hire through a reseller (India/China), and in Belgium we can hire on the Dutch payroll due to the EU. I hope someone starts the Stripe/Adyen for payrolling people. If you plan to do so please email me so I can help with advise and be your first customer and investor. EDIT I made a blog post about this https://gitlab.com/sytses/sytses.gitlab.io/commit/e9a000d321430937027fc6f30fb3e99179e61fa4 https://gitlab.com/sytses/sytses.gitlab.io/commit/e9a000d321...
- amalrik_maia 10y ago
  please take a look https://www.bitwage.com/ https://www.bitwage.com/
  - Kiro 10y ago
    How does it work exactly?
    - sytse 10y ago
      It seems to be more about the payment than the employment.
- dirtyaura 10y ago
  A good idea. Also non-trivial to do, which would give a moat if executed well. Btw. This seems to be a more readable version of the URL, one that you posted linked to git commit https://sytse.com/2016/12/28/adyen-for-payrolling.html https://sytse.com/2016/12/28/adyen-for-payrolling.html
  - sytse 10y ago
    Thanks for posting the proper link.
- anondon 10y ago
  If your schedule permits, you should definitely blog more often. Your comments here are so well thought out. PS: Gitlab is awesome, keep up the good work.
  - sytse 10y ago
    Thanks anondon, that is very kind of you to comment.
StavrosK 10y ago
Why would they not just hire people as contractors (instead of turning every non-US-resident down)? That's how I've been working for years and it's better for me as well as for the company.