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I stayed in London for three years, then moved back to Italy because with the pandemic I had gone to the office only twice in 18 months, and because my wife and
by danmaz74 3y ago
I stayed in London for three years, then moved back to Italy because with the pandemic I had gone to the office only twice in 18 months, and because my wife and daughter didn't like London a lot; I was able to keep my job as a hands on team leader (Rails+React) with the same company I was working for.
Now I'm looking for a new job, from Italy, and I'm finding that it's much more difficult to do that when you're already remote, compared to when I was in London. Lots of roles I could have applied before specify "fully remote from the UK". So, it's not so obvious that, if you move, you have as many opportunities.
PS if anybody is interested in hiring me, contacts are in my profile :)
- ethbr0 3y agoIs that a Brexit thing? Know there's been a lot of shuffle in regulations on the UK side, along with some as-yet-to-be-defined regulations, so I'd hazard it's UK companies hedging their risk by saying "We just don't want to deal with global-remote until we get regulatory clarity."
- danmaz74 3y agoI'm not sure; that could be a reason for this. I've got a personal company so I can be paid B2B, which is very simple, but probably this could create some uncertainty and doubt, and could be a good reason not to take risks.
- Tade0 3y agoMy social circle's experience is that it's easier and more convenient to find a remote position in a company based in Ireland. Also tech salaries are higher because Ireland is a country with effectively two, very different economies and wages in the UK outside of London are surprisingly low.
- danmaz74 3y agoThank you for the suggestion, will take a look!