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> US-only remote roles. The entire premise of remote is that it shouldn't matter where you work from, as long as you get the work done. This is extremely, incr

> US-only remote roles. The entire premise of remote is that it shouldn't matter where you work from, as long as you get the work done. This is extremely, incredibly harmful. I hope you know that.

ragestorm 3y ago
You still need to provide accurate data for location, mainly due to taxes. I'm also getting from the post that there's an implication that they are receiving outside the us applicants.
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cj 3y ago
To be clear, “US Only” means “eligible to work in the US”. The candidates that I’m calling fraudulent are answering “Yes” to a question on our applicant form asking if they’re eligible to work in the US. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a US company wanting to hire US employees. (FWIW I also hire contract developers outside the US… have nothing against outsourcing, but I prefer to do so knowingly rather than being conned)
- janosdebugs 3y ago
  > The candidates that I’m calling fraudulent are answering “Yes” to a question on our applicant form asking if they’re eligible to work in the US. The dumb thing is that a lot (and I do mean a lot) of hiring platforms ask this question even when the job is advertized as not being in the US. It's hard to take seriously anymore.
closewith 3y ago
This is completely normal and legally necessary in many cases. Your hyperbole is mildly harmless. I hope you know that.
- LoganDark 3y ago
  > This is completely normal Yes, it is. It's even hard for a US citizen like me to find jobs that don't require some proof of citizenship that I don't have. IDs cost money here, money that I don't have because I can't get a job, because they want my ID.
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PeterisP 3y ago
Country of residence makes a difference for legal reasons, foreign remote employees are not the same as domestic remote employees. Some companies have an established process to handle the different requirements of a global workforce, and for them hiring one more person from country X doesn't cause any issues; but if your HR, legal and accounting is set up for domestic operations, then hiring a foreign employee may easily add so much overhead that it's not worth the hassle.
dreamcompiler 3y ago
One boring but absolutely valid reason you might want to hire remote people in the same country is that they're within a few time zones of everybody else so you can have online meetings during normal business hours.

> US-only remote roles. The entire premise of remote is that it shouldn't matter where you work from, as long as you get the work done. This is extremely, incredibly harmful. I hope you know that.

ragestorm 3y ago

You still need to provide accurate data for location, mainly due to taxes. I'm also getting from the post that there's an implication that they are receiving outside the us applicants.

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cj 3y ago

To be clear, “US Only” means “eligible to work in the US”. The candidates that I’m calling fraudulent are answering “Yes” to a question on our applicant form asking if they’re eligible to work in the US. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a US company wanting to hire US employees. (FWIW I also hire contract developers outside the US… have nothing against outsourcing, but I prefer to do so knowingly rather than being conned)

janosdebugs 3y ago
> The candidates that I’m calling fraudulent are answering “Yes” to a question on our applicant form asking if they’re eligible to work in the US. The dumb thing is that a lot (and I do mean a lot) of hiring platforms ask this question even when the job is advertized as not being in the US. It's hard to take seriously anymore.

closewith 3y ago

This is completely normal and legally necessary in many cases. Your hyperbole is mildly harmless. I hope you know that.

LoganDark 3y ago
> This is completely normal Yes, it is. It's even hard for a US citizen like me to find jobs that don't require some proof of citizenship that I don't have. IDs cost money here, money that I don't have because I can't get a job, because they want my ID.

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PeterisP 3y ago

Country of residence makes a difference for legal reasons, foreign remote employees are not the same as domestic remote employees. Some companies have an established process to handle the different requirements of a global workforce, and for them hiring one more person from country X doesn't cause any issues; but if your HR, legal and accounting is set up for domestic operations, then hiring a foreign employee may easily add so much overhead that it's not worth the hassle.

dreamcompiler 3y ago

One boring but absolutely valid reason you might want to hire remote people in the same country is that they're within a few time zones of everybody else so you can have online meetings during normal business hours.