I am a German living in Germany and worked remotely for a US company for a few years before they set up a German subsidiary. I was employed by the US corporatio

I am a German living in Germany and worked remotely for a US company for a few years before they set up a German subsidiary. I was employed by the US corporation (so no employer of record), had a bi-lingual work contract which included all the necessary clauses for Germany (minimum vacation time, minimum termination period, "Probezeit"). My employer paid all social security contributions but did not automatically withhold income tax as a German company would have done, so I had to pay those taxes myself after filing my tax return. The employer worked with a big-ish professional services company who did all the necessary payroll and paperwork for them. Overall it was super smooth and except the taxes nothing was different than working for a Germany company. But I know that the ease of hiring really depends on each country, and I know that the company was only considering opening up remote positions in countries where there was an ample talent pool, basically where they could except to hire enough people to be worth it.