You seem to have joined two ideas together. I know quite a few companies that have remote employees (but always in the same country) I only know of one that h

You seem to have joined two ideas together. I know quite a few companies that have remote employees (but always in the same country) I only know of one that has hired a remote employee in a different country. Most companies don't want the hassle. It is not only taxes, but for example a US company is open a really expecting a fast turn around time from a country that has a national holiday. Plus it takes substantially more time to find qualified people on the other side of the world. Many of the remote workers I know used to work at headquarters for a couple years and THEN moved. It much less risk.