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I know someone who's getting a 20% cut for any US-only remote jobs he secures for an offshore team of developers who otherwise can't get such jobs. All he does

I know someone who's getting a 20% cut for any US-only remote jobs he secures for an offshore team of developers who otherwise can't get such jobs. All he does is interview and get gigs for these people he doesn't even know, they do all the work. Probably something you're experiencing the other side of? AIUI they found him on LinkedIn just based on his skills overlapping theirs while being in the US, no prior connection - it's likely they didn't stop at him. From his POV it's nearly free money while getting tons of interview practice.

JonChesterfield 4y ago
Hard to feel much sympathy with the remote (but only in the US) crowd.
- stumblindrunk 4y ago
  Why?
  - JonChesterfield 4y ago
    Because I like US working hours and working remotely and live in Europe.
    - stumblindrunk 4y ago
      I don’t know what that would do with feeling no sympathy? It’s a pain to hire internationally. Not like a huge one, but for non-enterprise if really is a burden.
    - brianwawok 4y ago
      So as a European you have a right to all American jobs? I just want to make sure that is what you are after. Last time I checked as an American I did not have a right to all German or England jobs..
      - NullPrefix 4y ago
        You have a right to job??
        brianwawok 4y ago
        No I don’t. But OP seemed to feel that way.
      - JonChesterfield 4y ago
        Weird way to express it. I work for a US company today, but so do lots of people from other countries. That doesn't mean I'm depriving an American of an opportunity. Remote jobs that specify a country always seem to be US. Everywhere else has a timezone range where you're expected to work. So if as an American you'd like to work in remote GMT+/-3, you go for it.
    - ijustcantevenw 4y ago
      I do the same. It's infinitely more difficult to find work, which is why I always try to be 150% employed. It's not about stealing secrets, or focus, or whatever, it's because it is foolish to put all of one's eggs in one basket, especially when it can take up to 6 months to find a good remote job from this timezone.
- aplusbi 4y ago
  I worked for a New York based company once, and I was moving to Washington State and planned to continue to work remotely. I told my manager, he told his manager, everything was approved...until I sent out my goodbye email - turns out they never told HR. They had just assumed it would be fine since another employee was working remotely from Montana. However WA requires companies to pay WA taxes if they have any employees there (or something like that, I forget the exact details). The solution was to make me a contractor and it more or less worked out in the end. The point is, hiring remote workers can have all sorts of legal and financial hurdles, even when the remote workers are in the same country. Larger companies often have global employees and are used to and capable of handling these issues but smaller companies may not be so well equipped.
ozten 4y ago
I have been contacted multiple times on LinkedIn to be that guy. They disappear pretty quickly once I start asking a lot of questions and raise ethical concerns. So weird.

JonChesterfield 4y ago

Hard to feel much sympathy with the remote (but only in the US) crowd.

stumblindrunk 4y ago
Why?
- JonChesterfield 4y ago
  Because I like US working hours and working remotely and live in Europe.
  - stumblindrunk 4y ago
    I don’t know what that would do with feeling no sympathy? It’s a pain to hire internationally. Not like a huge one, but for non-enterprise if really is a burden.
  - brianwawok 4y ago
    So as a European you have a right to all American jobs? I just want to make sure that is what you are after. Last time I checked as an American I did not have a right to all German or England jobs..
    - NullPrefix 4y ago
      You have a right to job??
      - brianwawok 4y ago
        No I don’t. But OP seemed to feel that way.
    - JonChesterfield 4y ago
      Weird way to express it. I work for a US company today, but so do lots of people from other countries. That doesn't mean I'm depriving an American of an opportunity. Remote jobs that specify a country always seem to be US. Everywhere else has a timezone range where you're expected to work. So if as an American you'd like to work in remote GMT+/-3, you go for it.
  - ijustcantevenw 4y ago
    I do the same. It's infinitely more difficult to find work, which is why I always try to be 150% employed. It's not about stealing secrets, or focus, or whatever, it's because it is foolish to put all of one's eggs in one basket, especially when it can take up to 6 months to find a good remote job from this timezone.
aplusbi 4y ago
I worked for a New York based company once, and I was moving to Washington State and planned to continue to work remotely. I told my manager, he told his manager, everything was approved...until I sent out my goodbye email - turns out they never told HR. They had just assumed it would be fine since another employee was working remotely from Montana. However WA requires companies to pay WA taxes if they have any employees there (or something like that, I forget the exact details). The solution was to make me a contractor and it more or less worked out in the end. The point is, hiring remote workers can have all sorts of legal and financial hurdles, even when the remote workers are in the same country. Larger companies often have global employees and are used to and capable of handling these issues but smaller companies may not be so well equipped.

ozten 4y ago

I have been contacted multiple times on LinkedIn to be that guy. They disappear pretty quickly once I start asking a lot of questions and raise ethical concerns. So weird.