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FWIW: I am based in Detroit. Founders are based in Vancouver, with one in Tel Aviv. Rest of the team (and company HQ) is in London. We are 100% remote with a sm

FWIW: I am based in Detroit. Founders are based in Vancouver, with one in Tel Aviv. Rest of the team (and company HQ) is in London. We are 100% remote with a small office space for gatherings in London. So it is certainly possible. I believe a green flag for a company is that they will hire you regardless of where you are located. Some companies even prefer this, as it means you can have 24-hour coverage for critical systems with team members scattered all over the planet. I don't have any recs or connections I can offer, but just wanted to share my experience to show that it is possible. I have also been a contractor since about 2018 so that helps. As a remote contractor you can inherently work from anywhere.

ta1243 3y ago
How is your company structured with regards to tax and regulations, it doesn't sound like you're the size of a multi-national Are team members employed as local contractors, so take on all the legal liabilities (e.g. the "no email outside work hours" rule in France)
paulcole 3y ago
> I believe a green flag for a company is that they will hire you regardless of where you are located The counterargument here is that unless you are personally familiar with the legal/compliance/tax issues, you can't really tell if they're doing things on the up and up. Honestly, companies doing it 100% by the book and hiring people from anywhere is a red flag for me because it's such a pain in the butt both in terms of time and cost to do this right. Is this really the best use of the company's resources? It makes much more sense to expand slowly than expand quickly (assuming you do it 100% legally) unless you have a massive surplus of time and/or money to figure it out.
- moneywoes 3y ago
  Do the employee of record come in here?
  - paulcole 3y ago
    I don't understand exactly what you mean by that question. If a company is working with a 3rd-party to act as the employer of record that is fine for the employee. And it can be a decent option for the company as well.

ta1243 3y ago

How is your company structured with regards to tax and regulations, it doesn't sound like you're the size of a multi-national Are team members employed as local contractors, so take on all the legal liabilities (e.g. the "no email outside work hours" rule in France)

paulcole 3y ago

> I believe a green flag for a company is that they will hire you regardless of where you are located The counterargument here is that unless you are personally familiar with the legal/compliance/tax issues, you can't really tell if they're doing things on the up and up. Honestly, companies doing it 100% by the book and hiring people from anywhere is a red flag for me because it's such a pain in the butt both in terms of time and cost to do this right. Is this really the best use of the company's resources? It makes much more sense to expand slowly than expand quickly (assuming you do it 100% legally) unless you have a massive surplus of time and/or money to figure it out.

moneywoes 3y ago
Do the employee of record come in here?
- paulcole 3y ago
  I don't understand exactly what you mean by that question. If a company is working with a 3rd-party to act as the employer of record that is fine for the employee. And it can be a decent option for the company as well.