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Show HN: RemoteMore – We connect developers with full-time remote jobs
- westoque 7y agoOne thing often not discussed with remote work is the legal aspects of it. It’s easy to say you want to work for a company on the other side of the world. What if there’s a disagreement in the team and the employee goes rogue and puts the code out in public? You can’t do much unless there’s a legal entity in the country of employment.
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoYou are bringing up a very good point. We will build the solution to this - we will incorporate in different countries, and offer to take care of the legal part as a service. Then it is real employment and not freelancing like on other platforms. It makes a lot of sense to allow people to work together regardless of where they are based. So someone needs to build the solution to make it easier/better. Btw, Remote work doesn't have to be across countries.
- social_quotient 7y agoWhy is this being downvoted?
- MoronInAHurry 7y agoProbably because it's a bit ridiculous for some random guy that set up a website to suddenly declare that he's going to solve this complex international legal issue.
- em-bee 7y agoin my company we have hired people before so they could work for clients in other countries. they stayed with us until they found a better legal arrangement. this can be risky. effectively you are taking on the responsibility for the employee based on local labor laws (which, depending on the circumstances may not let you fire an employee) while you still have a contracting relationship with the company, who can cancel their contract at any time.
- wolco 7y agoWhat if they do it locally? The information is already out there. Having someone in jail doesn't help you.
- mooreds 7y agoSorry, what makes this different than all the other remote job boards that have been posted at HN over the past years? https://hn.algolia.com/?q=remote+job+board https://hn.algolia.com/?q=remote+job+board
- wolco 7y agoSomething doesn't need to be different. Variety helps the ecosystem as a whole.
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoThanks, Wolco :-) We thought the internet needs this, so we built it.
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoThat it is not a job board :-) You create your profile once, and the companies contact you with remote work job offers.
- mooreds 7y agoFair enough. So it's more of a LinkedIn with a focus on remote work? Thanks for the explanation!
- SkyPuncher 7y agoHow many companies are actually on the platform? I'm currently in the market for a remote job, but have a hard time seeing how this would deliver me value over actively applying to remote job board positions. ---- Quick EDIT: I just noticed Basecamp as the first company in your showcase. Basecamp has been on a hiring freeze for 18 months now with a public blog post about it. Are you actually working with those showcase companies or simply mention them because they're well known remote-first/remote-friendly companies. Post: https://m.signalvnoise.com/things-are-going-so-well-were-doing-a-hiring-freeze/ https://m.signalvnoise.com/things-are-going-so-well-were-doi...
- rohan1024 7y agoThat page has a fantastic TED talk about why work does not happen in office https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XD2kNopsUs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XD2kNopsUs BTW all the best OP
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoThank you very much, @Rohan1024
- johnnyo 7y agoIs there a way to see potential job descriptions before signing up?
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoYou don't see the job descriptions - the companies see your profile and get in touch. This approach is better for the developers, you don't need to make lots of applications, just 1 profile.
- johnnyo 7y agoNot necessarily better for the developers. If you don't have any recruiters or jobs I'm interested in, its a lot of work to create a profile and no benefit. In fact, it could just create a bunch spam for shady, underpaying gigs.
- lordnacho 7y agoOn the contrary, you'll get contacted for a bunch of stuff you have no interest in. Just like on LinkedIn if you happened to mark yourself open to offers. Is much better as a dev to just send an app for a few jobs.
- tom_mellior 7y agoBut there is close to zero motivation to make a profile if I have no idea what companies might see it.
- analognoise 7y agoThere's never any remote FPGA or circuit design work posted. I know it's niche, but a ton of embedded stuff requires or utilizes them, and it's a relatively difficult skill to hire for. So you'd think it would be a great fit for remote work.
- SkyPuncher 7y agoDoesn't that have a pretty big hardware dependency? That seems like the biggest challenge of working remotely.
- analognoise 7y agoLast time I consulted for a startup, they sent me something like 15k worth of hardware, and I just expensed stuff like cables. You can get a big bad FPGA development board for a few grand, but finding people who are any good at all with FPGAs is really difficult.
- yakshaving_jgt 7y agoSeems like you know something others don’t. Maybe you should build this?
- ilaksh 7y agoI hope you are screening based on actual skills and not just what they look and sound like.
- donretag 7y ago"Commission per hire: 15% of annual salary" So basically getting the same fee as a normal recruiter, without them doing any of the work. Lower fees will attract more companies. For the standard recruiter fee, I rather just use a firm.
- rohan1024 7y agoThey are claiming to pre-screen candidates which in case of remote job I think is not a bad idea.
- hartator 7y agoHow do you pre-screen people to get if they will be a good fit for remote?
- ben_jones 7y agoIMO you’d look for time management and communication skills as well as a strong sense of self-assessment and independent decision making.
- dudul 7y agoNote that the comment you're replying to asked How, not what do you screen for. How do you screen for the skills you've outlined?
- ben_jones 7y agoThanks for pointing it out, and ya its really hard to do. I think you identify certain signals and do the best you can in your interview process to flesh them out, for example: 1) History of working remotely successfully in the past 2) Strong verbal or written communication skills, i.e. ability to explain complex ideas concisely or to break down large ideas into consumable smaller ones. 3) Higher education background, indicating the ability to push through benign task and consistently reach performance goals (c's get degrees) 4) Aligned long term-goals for example, engineer foo wants to hit a certain salary level by gaining an expertise in $tech_x, and at the same time your company has domain experience in $tech_x that could facilitate for your employer 5) Ability to break down past projects in the context of "how would you do it differently with a do-over" or "what are some examples where you mismanaged technical debt" None of these ideas are perfect, and execution in the interview is perhaps the hardest part. I myself am a college drop out which makes it ironic that I would suggest people with degrees make for better remote workers, but when it becomes a search for signals a degree from certain tiers of universities is too hard to pass up as a hiring manager who just wants to do a good job.
- codingdave 7y ago"Pass our screening" -- I both like this, and do not like it. While I agree that not everyone is made for remote work, most of the skills to communicate and work effectively when remote can be taught. So what are you screening for? The underlying personality traits that make or break working remotely? Or the learn-able skills? Also, while not as important, it is worth noting -- for people like myself who have been working remotely for almost a decade, having to go through a screening is a turn-off.
- ben_jones 7y agoJust because all workers can be trained to work remote does not mean all employers are capable of doing that training for all employees. There should be cases for skipping the training like yours, but it’s going to be necessary for a lot of companies who otherwise would burn 4 months failing to on-ramp somebody.
- codingdave 7y agoAgreed 100%. Which implies the employers should also be screened - are they 100% remote, or just allow remote workers? Do they really know how to work remotely, or are they new at this? Do they do occasional gatherings of remote people? Is it world-wide remote, or "in-our-time-zone" remote? Are you truly free to live anywhere you want, or do you need permission to move to a state that doesn't already have an employee in that jurisdiction? These are all potential deal-breakers for remote professionals, so I'd expect some employer screening to gather answers such as these. I wouldn't exclude companies from the site based on the answers, but I'd absolutely tell potential candidates the answers so we can self-screen out of the ones that don't match needs.
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoCurrently, we have a call with the companies to see if they are serious about their position - e.g. what's their budget. We will require the companies also to have profiles, in which they answer to things such as development methodology, how many people in the company work remotely, do they offer flexible working hours etc.
- kaushikt 7y agoWhat do you screen in a candidate?
- dudul 7y agoThe "Developers hired through our service" section is super fishy. I googled the 2 devs presented and found their Linkedin. The guy hired "in Portugal by a Danish company" doesn't list any Denmark based company in his profile. The one hired "in Spain by a German company" seems to live in Eastern Europe and doesn't list any German company in his employment history. Also, including Basecamp, Gitlab, Zapier, Trello, etc logos without having a formal relationship with them probably opens the door for legal actions.
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoThe guys have not updated their LinkedIn profiles - but feel free to reach out to them to ask them! The company that hired Klaus is now hiring 2 more remote developers through our service.
- rhizome 7y agoProbably a good idea to limit the hiring examples to people who have updated their LinkedIn. :) Make the additional exposure a fringe benefit.
- z3t4 7y agoWould be good with an example video so you know what kind of video you should do with yourself.
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoMany thanks for the feedback! We will implement it :-)
- blisterpeanuts 7y ago"We will review your profile and ask you to submit a short video to ensure that you have good fit with working remotely." Why is a video needed? Seems counter-intuitive; someone's age, appearance, and presentability are probably less important in full time remote work (should never be a factor in any job, but the reality of course is that there is a likability factor for on-site workers). The only thing I can think of is if some of the employers need to video conference a lot, and want people who don't look like hideous monsters, or some such thing. What am I missing here?
- tempotemporary 7y agoOn the internet no one knows that you’re (not) a dog.
- riffraff 7y agoProbably avoiding people presenting themselves as a skilled Dev but actually being a dozen folks in sweatshop.
- reaperducer 7y agoForm what I read on HN, that doesn't help. You can hire someone to do the interview for you, and then get the remote job. Similarly, some people will interview well, know all the right answers, and then sell or outsource the job to someone who will do it for less.
- reaperducer 7y agoWhy is a video needed? Yeah, it seems like a liability in some jurisdictions, as it gives a potential employer a way to discriminate against people of a certain age, ethnicity, or other protected characteristic. I know that photos are common on CV's in certain parts of the world. But there are very important legal reasons that they're anonymized in others.
- aivisol 7y agoWhy your contact address is in Berlin but phone number in Denmark? Also: please fix "How does it works?" to "How does it work?" on the front page.
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoWe used to live in Denmark with my co-founder, we got investment in Germany and we relocated. Feel free to add me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bborisov/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/bborisov/
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoUgh that's an embarrassing typo - we were changing that page, sorry for that. I'll fix it tomorrow (it's late in the evening here at the moment).
- detaro 7y ago"Headquartered in Berlin" you probably should have the legally required information about your company and a privacy policy. Not worth the potential trouble.
- negamax 7y agoToptal has definitely cut out a brand name for themselves. But most good companies has their in house recruitment team. I wonder how RemoteMore will value add to them. This is one trend I really want to accelerate
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoOne thing on our roadmap is - resources (series of videos) on best practices for managing a remote team. We see ourselves mostly as helping the companies to adopt remote work, and in this way helping the developer community. Most developers are ready to work remotely, it is the companies that need to get ready (as a whole, in general).
- buboard 7y agoIf you have any ideas, i m all ears (making a similar community)
- BorisBorisov91 7y ago@Buboard - great to hear! Let's talk some more about this. My email is boris.borisov@remotemore.com
- Antoninus 7y ago15% + my info? With so many remote job boards out there I don't see a benefit.
- ourcat 7y agoTypos on various pages : "How does it works?" fix to > "How does it work?"
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoIs there anything else that you've noticed? Do let me know and I'll get it fixed. :X
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoThat one is now fixed, the other 2 that were mentioned yesterday will also be fixed soon.
- firefoxd 7y agoWhat's the relationship with the employers? I find the main issue with job website that are posted here is that there is usually zero relationship. Meaning it's mostly information copied from the career page of companies. That's why most these job boards disappear after a couple years. I suggest if you gather enough interest here today, use it to get actual connections with employers, even if it's a handful.
- PorterDuff 7y agoIt sounds like a reasonable idea for another job shop who gets a cut, perhaps dealing with some of the contractor's paperwork over time. The more the merrier. Good luck. What I would like to see are contractor middlemen who are more technically specialized. An embedded systems one would be a great thing.
- rom1v 7y agoremotemore is a "palindrome" if we group the letters 2-by-2: re-mo-te-mo-re (I guess this is on purpose)
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoYep, we like this name for multiple reasons. It is a palindrome. Also, it repeats the same sounds in two words, which typically make the words sound better. It's easy to pronounce, and spell, etc. But most of all, it shows what we stand for: More Remote work :-)
- lawlorino 7y agoI tried making a profile and noticed a few points of friction: 1) LinkedIn syncing does not seem to work, had to enter everything manually. 2) required entry of end date of your current employment in the experience section 3) Spelling and grammar errors (e.g. "Freelancng")
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoThank you very much for the feedback! 1) LinkedIn, unfortunately, doesn't allow the use of their API for hiring products. So we cannot pre-fill the profile using their API. We're thinking about two possible solutions: - To add a checkbox for permission to import data from LinkedIn manually. - To write something that gets the data automatically from LinkedIn. The problem with the automatic solution is - what does LinkedIn think about that? Are we allowed to do it? If anyone has feedback, or experience with this topic, it will help us very much! 2) We'll fix this in about 2 sprints 3) We'll fix this in the next 2-3 days.
- eternalny1 7y agoI worked remotely for years, then went back to an office environment, now am fully remote again. If it's up to me, I'm going to be a remove senior dev for the rest of my life. No more offices. There is absolutely no need. I work on very complex projects and am disciplined, but outside of that there is nothing special required. I discuss issues via Slack, we have occasional team video/voice chats when discussing issues that involve the whole team, and then carefully track issues in JIRA. Can I play video games all day? Yes, and if the work doesn't get done I'll be fired. It's the same as being in an office. You get assigned work, you either do it or you don't do it, and if it's good and ready when it's due you either do more work or you're fired. Zero issues with any of it ... and I'm not going back.
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoTotally. Remote work makes work to be about the work you do, not some other thing such as hours spent in the chair, or office politics.
- rohan1024 7y agoAre you in the US? I think it's easier for US developers to find remote jobs than rest of the world.
- em-bee 7y agoexactly, in a few office jobs i either had a private office or i was sharing a room with people who were not on my team. i could have played games or commenting on hackernews all day without anyone noticing, or i could have worked just as well from home or anywhere else.
- Tade0 7y agoWouldn't a flat fee work better than a percentage given the obvious workaround of giving the newly hired developer a sudden, gigantic raise?
- all2 7y agoI don't want to have to add a photo to my profile. Doge.jpg! I choose you! Once a value in the "city" line of salary selection is selected, I can't unselect it. If all I want is remote work, and I accidentally click that line there is no way (that I found) to undo it. Except for starting over. Which I did. I'm interested in what you do for a "profile review".
- k__ 7y agoI work remote for 4 years now. One year as employee and three as freelancer. I think the last one fits me perfectly, because of the time/space freedom both freelancing and remote work bring. I sleep till noon. Only work a few months a year and have plenty of time for my relationships.
- forgotmypw 7y ago>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app. For developers For companies Pricing About FAQ Blog Login Find a remote developer job Create your profile and work from anywhere you want on a full-time employment contract How does it works? Create your profile Tell us about your background and what you want from your next role. Creating your profile is free and takes less than 5 minutes. Pass our screening We will review your profile and ask you to submit a short video to ensure that you have good fit with working remotely. Get remote job offers Become visible on RemoteMore so that remote-hiring companies can find your profile and make you offers with salary and tech stack up front. Join hundreds of other developers and find your perfect remote job Are you ready to start your remote journey? Watch this TED Talk to find out why so many developers prefer to work remotely Remote work is the future Work from anywhere you want Access better job opportunities Better work-life balance Skip the commute What you get with RemoteMore With your profile you become visible to all the remote-hiring companies on our marketplace. Most of the job offers are for full-time remote employment. You can also find freelance jobs. With every job offer, you get the salary range and tech stack already in the first message. On top of that, you get a dedicated Account Manager who you can ask about anything related to remote work. Piotr approves Piotr approves Piotr approves Leading remote companies More and more companies realize that hiring the best developers means hiring globally. We aim to bring all of those companies on our marketplace so you can access all the best remote job opportunities through a single platform. Developers hired through our service Hired in Portugal by a Danish company "RemoteMore has contacted me while still in Brazil when I was looking for PHP jobs in Europe. The process went very well. At the moment I am very pleased to live in Portugal, working for a Danish company thanks to them." Klaus Andrade Full-stack developer Hired in Spain by a German company Mihail started using RemoteMore because he wanted to work remotely. We connected him with ChatChamp, and he loves working remotely and the stack in his new job. Mihail Georgiev Full-stack developer Find a remote developer job Start by creating your profile. It takes less than 5 minutes. First name Last name Email I agree to the Terms and conditions and Privacy policy Copyright © 2017-2019 Made with lots of love remotely. To be used without borders. Hire remote developers iOS developers Android developers Java developers Python developers JavaScript developers .NET developers PHP developers and more... Get in touch Markgrafenstraße 12-14, 10969 Berlin Phone number: +45 81 90 86 90 Email: contact@remotemore.com
- ayoinc 7y agoWhat program is required for this?
- ForFreedom 7y agoThe video presentation is a kill. Are there any other remote jobs listing companies available?
- trickstra 7y agoWait, I can only read the terms and conditions and privacy policy AFTER I login (thereby agreeing with them)?!?
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoYou can read them before logging in - just click on their link? Do let me know if it still doesn't work and we'll fix it asap! EDIT: I see the problem now, on the main page the links work, on the app page they don't work properly. To be fixed asap.
- frequentnapper 7y agoI've been working remotely for past few years and have been a team lead before and now am a consulting senior dev. But I would like to move into a leadership role such as management or even directorial. Are those available remotely?
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoYes, you should target the more mature remote companies. There are even fully remote companies (Zapier, GitLab and so on), so it's definitely possible. The companies that are very early on their remote capabilities typically avoid hiring remote juniors, and remote higher-level management positions. The reason is that those levels require communication with more stakeholders which means more mature remote practices. Project management type of positions are typically not too difficult to have remote.
- johnmarcus 7y agoOnboarding is broken, can't get through.
- BorisBorisov91 7y agoI'm sorry to hear! Could you email me more details to boris.borisov@remotemore.com so we can fix it faster?