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Why would anyone employ a remote worker who demands a US salary when the same remote work can be done in any country with cheaper cost of living and consequentl
by klipt 7y ago
Why would anyone employ a remote worker who demands a US salary when the same remote work can be done in any country with cheaper cost of living and consequently lower salaries?
If you have to be on-site, you're only competing with locals. If you're remote, you're competing with the world.
- Mediterraneo10 7y agoA strikingly large amount of remote-work offers require the person to be in a particular time zone. Managers want you to be able to communicate with the team at times that are normal working hours for everyone. Even if there are Eastern Europeans or whatever who are comfortable working nights, they still wouldn’t get hired in spite of the opportunity to pay them less.
- iLemming 7y agoTaxation and other regulatory, bureaucratic nuances
- pragmatic 7y agoCommunication. It's already hard to communicate with others with slack, video,etc. Now throw in various languages and the lag of third world internet and it is pure hell.