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The increasing acceptance of working from home has allowed me to get offers from major cities nearby instead of being low-balled by my small town rate.
by Pet_Ant 5y ago
The increasing acceptance of working from home has allowed me to get offers from major cities nearby instead of being low-balled by my small town rate.
- sydthrowaway 5y agoAt FAANGs?
- Pet_Ant 5y agoFAANGs take some of the employees at second tier companies and the vacancies trickle down and now I'm getting opportunities for remote work from the companies at major cities nearby (that previously were on-prem only) instead of just what is available in Wichita. And with coworkers quitting as well it gives me more leverage for a counter offer.
- ghotli 5y agoFor what it's worth, this was my strategy living in a bigger city in the south. Local salaries are so egregiously out of line with the national US market that breaking into remote work a decade ago is easily, easily the best decision I've personally made. At the time it was hard work and a bit of serendipity. At this point I already found a great remote job I have no desire to leave. It's wild that currently there is a deluge of recruiters from very large west coast companies trying to get me to join without any relocation. That's been a big shift in the past year. Good time to live somewhere cheap with decent internet.