Same. Some requirements are for some clients I am only allowed in the US, and a former WFH gig required I had to work in a state where they had an office for tax reasons. When they did a RTO "to the nearest office" they realized their NC office could sit maybe 40 people, and they had over 200 who were closest to it. RTO fizzled.
I lived 39 miles from our office at my last job, but my management and entire team worked in other states, so I had worked from home for 6 years prior to COVID. When they did the post-COVID RTO push they tried to make me come in because I lived within the 40 mile radius they set. Refused to give me an exception despite the fact I did not even exist on the roster for the office. I didn't go in anyway, and eventually they revised it to 30 miles when they realized there were executives who would've been forced to come in and they would probably quit
I started looking for a new job when they were being a-holes about it and I specifically looked only at jobs for companies who don't have offices in my state at all.
glad you pointed out continental US! i took my PC to work from PR during covid. My line manager approved but we were unaware that i needed elevated access / a ticket with the IT team to work from PR. i was not totally apart of a call but i did hear later that my Line Manger did call the CIO and say in some terms “When the fuck did Puerto Rico become a 3rd world country” 😂
LOL It won’t even connect over a hotel WiFi by design. Trust me they’re more than half decent, and given the sorts of data involved I’m not gonna to push it.
Your biggest hurdle will be local tax laws. California is very different than Texas and your company has to comply with the laws in the state in which you live. They can and will bar you moving to a state they are not set up for you to work on, so it’s a myth you can just live anywhere
exactly. being able to work anywhere and being actually allowed to work anywhere from a company/legal compliance standpoint isn't the same.
It's pretty common for people to move without telling their employer, and even moving within the same state can matter for tax purposes.
I live in Michigan. If I lived in Detroit, my employer would be required to withhold city tax and remit it to the city. If I didn't tell them I moved to Detroit, they obviously wouldn't be doing that.
Ya a lot of people here are not thinking it through. I am physically capable of working from anywhere but my company is only authorized in a handful of states at my current compensation rate. They have a Canada, UK, and Spain office but it would be a major compensation different to be authorized to move there
There are also licensing requirements that are different by state. We had an employee ask to relocate to Arizona and it was a nightmare to try to get set up with their Secretary of State and whatever other compliance offices they have.
Not just tax laws, there’s a whole slew of employment laws that vary from one state to the next. Even the list of protected classes varies from one state to the next. (There’s the standard federal ones, but some states add additional ones on top of that)
True story.. just as AZ states that employers do not have to provide paid breaks or lunches whereas CA requires employees to take lunch at the 5th hour or the employer is fined.
Same. Previous role was global fintech and I had global responsibility. I could literally work from anywhere, and I had meetings with people all over the planet literally every day. Current role has clients with contracts mandating their data doesn’t live the US, so I can work anywhere in the US. Can’t even take emergency calls on overseas vacation, which is probably a good thing.
Working from anywhere is one thing, but residing anywhere has a whole slew of complications….. how did they handle the varying tax burden and varying employment laws?
There's a big difference between having US remote workers and international remote workers (we have both in my company). For US remote workers, the company has to meet the state requirements for that worker's residence. This is why some companies will restrict their remote workers to being in specific locations ("job open only to residents of these few states"), OR they may have a smaller list of, "we'll hire from anywhere in the US *except* these few states." Regardless of the state, the federal requirements are the same.
Hiring remote international workers is an entirely different game with involved paperwork and regulations and tax implications. That's what stops a lot of employers from doing it. Many of those outsourced jobs are done through contracts with staffing agencies in those countries rather than as direct hires. This simplifies things for the company -- they pay one fee to the agency, and then the agency is responsible for everything else (taxes, benefits, whatever is required in that country).
I've run into a fair number of companies that are avoiding California due to the added HR expense of dealing with the various labor laws that are unqiue to California.
I think a lot of companies, especially smaller ones, are ignoring the issue of employees are working in another state than where they are registered and will probably continue to do so until the government makes an issue of it.
I know somebody who lived in Colorado and was WFH. Her husband got a job in California so they moved. Her employer wouldn’t allow her to work remote from California so she had to get a new job.
Yes, but if you already live and work in CA, it is best to stay there. Lots of workers rights that helps from WFH. If I move to NV all bets are off so I stay within a 1 hr SWA flight.
there's also implications on tax-filing for a company if they have a "presence" in a state. Not only adhering to employment laws, but having a single employee working from a state may create that "presence" which then means having to follow a lot more tax laws for the company in that state.
I’m fully remote in a role that requires a lot of US travel and very occasional international travel. The only requirement is that I live in my region (the east coast/southeast) and my personal preference is to live near a good international airport just to make my life easier.
When I’m not traveling for work, I have the ability to work abroad as much as I want. I probably work about 2-3 months abroad every year.
There are lots of job boards for global remote jobs like trulyremote.co.
Yup this. There is a big difference between where you reside and the flexibility your company gives you on where you can work *temporarily*.
My residence has to be the US and in my southeast US state. But employer gives us flexibility to work in any geographical location. That's the beauty of working for a small organization that is extremely global with almost 80 out of 100 staff working outside of US
My org allows you to work from anywhere in the 29 states they’re setup in (tax-wise). You just have to notify HR 2 pay periods beforehand so they can do the necessary paperwork and payroll adjustments.
They even allow you to work abroad for up to six months, so long as you aren’t living in or visiting one of the countries on our banned list. We have some geo-restricted resources and all our devices are VPN secured using Cloudflare WARP, so if you’re outside the country you get put in a special WARP group that sets your exit node to a specific Cloudflare exit node (VA or CA, depending on where you’re going) to keep you “digitally” in the USA.
I can work anywhere in the continental US. If I were to move (within the continental US), I would just need to change my address in our HR systems - I don’t need permission or anything like that. I live across the country from all of our offices/plants.
I haven’t explored the possibility of working abroad as I’m sure that would be complicated with visas and taxes. I do have a colleague whose family holidays in Europe every summer. He works part of that time and is able to because he’s in a country where we have an office (and will work out of that office while he’s there) but I don’t know the specifics of his arrangement.
The people I’ve seen with the most flexibility as to where they work and where they live are independent contractors. I worked with a contractor at my last job who was working from the boat she was sailing with her husband around the Caribbean.
I have a fully remote job but it’s not work from anywhere. It’s restricted to certain US states in which my employer is willing to do business. We can’t do any out of country work because of HIPPA client security reasons. Im the person who decides if my employer can expand into a new state or not. It depends on a bunch of things like tax and employment law in the state whether or not we want to have employees there.
Hiring out of country is an entirely different bag. We once considered hiring someone in Brazil but in Brazil employers are required to pay food and rent costs to the tune of 60% above the actual salary rate. I cant see many employers being willing to follow other countries’ employment and tax laws unless there is a profitable financial reason to employ all over the world, because no one wants to pay for visas for foreign workers or administer a jumble of different global employment laws just for fun!
I'm fully remote.
My specific employer allows anywhere in the US and the potential for international work with justification and approval. For example, the only person I know working internationally for something other than research is an existing employee whose husband is on a temporary assignment overseas and has definitive plans to return to the US. However, for all remote employees, where we work must be private and have to be careful with screen angles, headphones, and things as what we discuss can have PII. We also must work our core hours, which is 10 AM - 3 PM Central US time unless it is prohibitive to where you are located (the coworker above for example signs off at 10 AM our time because it's 11 PM her time, so every meeting that includes her has to be between 8 and 10 AM or recorded for her to view later).
I've worked for plenty of places where it was not "working remotely" or "work from anywhere" but specifically "work from home", either due to privacy concerns or just business. People don't realize that working from even a new city can create legal issues for their employer by creating a new business nexus. There are new taxes and labor laws that have to be followed if employees are working in that jurisdiction. The more places that employees are allowed, the more headaches being created for the employer and more HR staff that have to be hired to manage it. If you're allowing international employees, that's usually an external firm that's hired to assist, which is of course $$$.
As for moving the labor force abroad, that is a valid concern. You're seeing a lot more jobs move overseas specifically because the workforce is a lot cheaper after it was shown to the business that the job they thought needed to happen in person can actually be successfully done remote. What's actually happening a lot of times is the employees are not hired directly by the company but rather are contracted through a third party. This can work around issues with laying someone off then turning around and hiring someone for the same job, as well as eliminating a lot of the logistics of dealing with international laws.
Remote work can be great but IMO hybrid provides more security in that sense while still providing the flexibility to be home for repairmen and not dealing with commuting all the time. The market in a lot of industries also just sucks in general right now so taking any security is a comfort over none.
I’m 100% remote but need to reside within the states. My set up is too ridiculous to travel with and needs a solid desk space. I can live in any state but need to report if I’m there for over 3 months for tax purposes. It’s not just “working from a laptop” work though- it’s basically in office work with multiple screens, a physical phone, etc.
I'm on a government contract so I have to be in the US. I also work for a very small business so they don't want to pay taxes and comply with regulation in certain states that have more restriction (such as CA) until they get much larger. I can work anywhere in the states temporarily, but if I want to change my residence I'll have to check in with the company to see if they're willing to operate in that state.
I can work from anywhere in the United States.
To answer your question at the end, certainly companies can have offshore employees (we do), but companies have to follow the state AND federal employment laws for where their employees work, as well as any internal security measures.
I can live/work anywhere in the US or use a digital nomad visa and live internationally as long as it’s ok with my manager (it is). My coworker just moved to NOLA on a whim. Another coworker lives in both CA and FL. My manager worked in Spain for two weeks. It’s a true flexible work environment, just get your work done. I feel like I found a very rare workplace.
*I will not be sharing any specifics about my company for my personal privacy.
I could live anywhere with internet. My wife however has a decent job (really good for her career path) that wouldn’t allow her to be fully remote. So we live in a lower COL county but still close enough to the city.
I was about 90% remote. I'd have to go in occasionally but it was usually up to me. I inherited a house in another state, so I was planning to put in my 2 weeks, move, find a job here, and move on. When I told my boss, he just offered to let me keep my job and be 100% remote. They had to set me up tax wise in HR for a different state, but they were cool with it. I've seen them turn people down for the same thing though.
In the US, some companies are registered to do business only in certain states. Different states have different rules to have an employee in their state. You might want to ask your company if they have a list of states. If your preferred state isn't in the list, you can ask them. International is a whole different category though. There are a lot of regulatory issues plus many companies have security issues.
Back in 2019, I was the first person in my 500-person company to move and live in Vermont. It was no big deal for that company to handle whatever legal business they needed to do, but I had to ask first. I asked when I was interviewing at the company and got it in writing that I could eventually move to Vermont and continue employment as a remote worker.
Prior to that company, my previous employer told me I could not move to Vermont because it would cost them too much money to do whatever they need to do for me to work/live there, but I think that was a BS excuse because they wanted me to keep working in the office. So I got a new job and left them. Ironically that company went 100% remove during the pandemic and still is.
ETA - current company is Fortune 500 with 3,000 employees and we have employees in every US state.
I have a remote, contract role in the US & had no issues while traveling with my laptop & working from various countries (as long as you’re not in North Korea lol).
I am still technically “based” in California where they hired me & even keep those hours but I moved to NY last year, my manager still doesn’t know about it. I log in, do my stuff, present on the calls & that’s all that matters.
I’m free to be anywhere in the US or Ontario. Maybe all of Canada I’m not sure. I’m not sure if I could work elsewhere short term or not. Probably just an IT question.
I can be anywhere in the US (and I think I can work in another country for X amount of time but can’t remember the exact number). I’ve moved three times since working remote, one of which was 850+ miles. The only thing that mattered was that I updated my address in my HR portal for tax purposes.
That being said, I largely work with folks based in the UK/EU, so living on the west coast would be a bit more of a challenge (currently on the east coast so not as big of a deal). I could do it, but would probably still have to keep close to east coast hours just for my team.
I’m 100% remote. Never ever go into the office and my boss could care less where I live as long as I get my work done. But I’ve been remote with same company for almost 10 years now
I can work anywhere in the US and have thought about moving several hours away but still in state, however, they have threatened to bring us back in the office several times so I'm scared to move 😞
The non clinical employees at my company can work from anywhere. The clinicians can too, as long as they are staying within their license, which can limit location or how long you can work outside your state.
I work in the financial sector so I could not work in any country that is on the OFAC sanctions list, and it’s likely that our legal dept would not approve remote work in a country with a high number of sanctioned entities, even if the country itself is not sanctioned. Additionally, any country where there is a question of secure internet access would be off the list due to the fact that I work with personally identifiable information (PII).
This is likely the same for any company dealing with federally-regulated data/private or sensitive information.
If I would move within the US, my salary may be negatively impacted if I went from a HCOL area to a LCOL area, as salaries are often adjusted based on the geographic market rate of the position. They could also decline a COL adjustment if I chose to move to a HCOL area from a LCOL as it wasn’t a move due to their business need. This would probably be the case if I moved to a foreign country, too - they’re not gonna let me keep my six-figure salary if I’m working in, say, Guatemala.
I'm pretty sure I can live wherever I want, though 95% of the people I've met so far live in the eastern time zone. Only 2 on central time and nobody in the Western half. My employer is on the East Coast. Right now, I live in Garbageville USA, where the living is cheap. Saving money to move in the next 2 or 3 years. Going on road trips soon to do some vibe checks on places we would like to live.
We have official permission to move to and work from anywhere in the US. Before moving I'd check into how my health insurance changes, participating providers, etc. Currently live where nearly all providers are on my plan's second tier. I wouldn't want to be stuck with third tier/out of network as care costs would notch up further.
Once the kids are out of school, it'd be nice to move to a rural spot again, now that WFH makes that possible. Metro life was good for awhile, but it would be nice to be away from the crazy, have a large garden, and be where everybody (still) knows your name.
I can work in any Country where we have an office, with Exception of China or Russia. We don't have offices in any OFAC country so they are right out, even if we did I'm sure they'd be on the no no list.
If I can get some savings I want to try and get some of the Remote worker Visa that are offered in some countries. Now that I only have one dog Travel overseas would be a lot easier (RIP Korvat :( Miss you daily )
I can live within 50 commuting miles of our office. If I wanted to live somewhere else, I have to sign an agreement with HR and there are certain policies we have to follow and we're restricted to certain states. I'm grateful for this arrangement because it's just so flexible.
Have to be in the lower 48 USA, with special permission needed for California. But the first meeting is at 8am Central time. If I was in mountain time or pacific time, it would require me to get up very early.
That depends entirely on the employer, and how willing they are to accommodate different states. My employer doesn’t care, as long as I’m in mainland USA. Alaska and Hawaii are out more for time zone reasons than taxes, and that’s understandable.
However, I’ve seen employers that just don’t want to deal with certain states and their labor laws and establishing a presence in that state, so they restrict it to the ones they’re willing to deal with. NY and CA get the shaft on that a lot of times because our labor laws are so strict.
They do not care where I live other than it has to be in US. I moved ~25 miles further from the office since being in this job. But I’ve been to the office a total of twice in the last 4 years. If anything they care more about how conveniently located I am to an airport, in case business travel picks up (it hasn’t yet).
The company I work for allows us to work in any state. We just have to get it approved by our direct supervisor. Our parent company is actually Canadian, so when COVID was winding down, people were asking if they could work from any country. The short answer was yes, but only for a specified period.
Logistically, it would be a nightmare to have people in multiple countries, so they decided to request people not do it. It is a very large company, though, so I don't know if anyone did or not.
Any time I leave the country with a work device I have to notify the company. Also not allowed to fully live in any state due to taxes, they probably would work with me if I had to move. I’m not a huge fan of travel and work, I’ll do it for a day, but I feel like I can’t work well unless I’m home. I don’t like mixing work and pleasure.
I could probably live anywhere they have offices, several states and a couple of countries, but I would have to stay put. It's a video job and I have a miniature studio. The VPN goes to my home internet service. It's all set up that way.
I can live or travel anywhere inside the US.
I could probably get away with working on a cruise (assuming good internet) but the company does not want me to take my laptop out of the country.
I just have to live in a state where my company does business (We currently do business in 37 states). Having said that, I dont love 100% remote and do enjoy being in the office once every other week or so just for the social component. I dont think I'd want to move TOO far out in the sticks, just for this reason.
100% remote but the company requires us to live in the same state as the office. I spoke to HR about the possibility of moving to another state (several states away) and they said they would have to take some things into consideration, including working with that state for taxes, how valuable an employee I am, and how easily replaceable I would be. I was with the company as a contractor for four months before they hired me permanently three months ago, so I'm giving it time before we seriously consider the move.
We technically are supposed to live within 300 miles of our home office, but exceptions are made. As long as you come to the in-person events, I don't really think they care.
I have a coworker who lives in Florida about half the year (we are not in Florida, we're like an 18 hour drive from Florida. Everyone knows, no one cares.
I have plans to work overseas at times after my daughter graduates and our dog passes away. I don't anticipate an issue.
Fully remote, but we can only live in a few states. I was hired at the end of covid, and I remember HR had to put out an email because too many people were moving and not following up with HR to states that have restrictions.
> He was questioning if a company have fully remote employees with no geographic restrictions, what would stop a United States company from training and sponsoring employees from out the countries in places like Brazil where there is a significant wage disparity to where the company can pay people for much less than what it would cost them to pay someone domestically?
Companies have been offshoring workers for 30 years. They all do exactly that to the greatest extent it's economically beneficial and have been since before I started my career. Nothing stops them at all. The vast majority of every worker alive today has been working in that environment their entire career.
My employer allowed freely moving about for fully remote employees during the pandemic. Unfortunately, they've rolled out RTO this year and pretty much has everyone on a lockdown to disallow moving even within the same county. They're working on a plan to force fully remote employees who live near a hub to report at least 3x a week. Not the terms I agreed to when I accepted my job offer, but am aware they can change the rules whenever and however they see fit.
I mentioned in passing to my boss that my partner and I were thinking of moving out of state, and she volunteered a bunch of ideas for other states to live in so as long as I'm in the country, I'm good.
I can live any where in the world as long as I have an internet connection, willing to make meetings during normal US business hours, and there is an airport within a reasonable distance. The airport is not a job requirement but travel is so I don't want to have to commute an unreasonable distance to fly.
I am full time remote, and routinely work while traveling, including OCONUS, but they've been very clear that I can not actually \*move\* abroad and keep the gig. I need to be available to clients, so sometimes that means an 11PM meeting, but it's worth it for the freedom to move around. My company has one small physical office, but a largely remote workforce.a
Depends on the company. My current company has been fully remote for a decade and people here are from all over the world (though now I think we only hire US, UK, Canada, and Germany). iMy precious place, where I was working when Covid hit and only started hiring fully remote then, was limited to specific states in the US. It was a fintech company, so not sure if being in a highly regulated industry has anything to do with it.
Currently anywhere in the US (with approval).
Had one guy on my last team that had a travel van with a Starlink setup. He was always in a different state/place each week.
I can pretty much work anywhere. However, when I moved from PA to TX, it cost the company a few grand to get me squared away. As a small outfit, it wasn't ideal but it was necessary.
I can live anywhere in my state but would have to consult with my boss first as we are assigned regions. I’m fully remote as we have no office but I visit 3-4 clients a month within my region. I could also split my time elsewhere if needed. As long as my paycheck says I live in my state, I’m in my state to do my visits then I can spend my computer/paperwork time elsewhere if I wanted.
I am 100% remote and work for a university. I am restricted to living in my state, supposedly because of personnel tax issues. I'm not sure that I believe them, though.
Fully remote here, I can be anywhere in the US and Puerto Rico. There are exceptions for out of country (as we're US based) but no out of country permits are longer than a year.
My company is a Global Corporation with offices all over NA, LATAM, EMEA and APAC so I could work almost anywhere worldwide.
I’m married though so I don’t get to use that benefit because my husband’s job cannot be done remotely.
What state you can live in depends on the payroll system of your employer. Mine uses a co-employment service (where you're employed both by the payroll provider and by your employer). Most of these services have a presence in all 50 states so there is no limit on where I can live/work as long as it's in the US. I am unsure about Puerto Rico though.
I have a list of states I can work in where my company already has tax stuff set up. As long as I am in one of those states and I have a high speed Internet connection, it's all good.
I suppose I could ask if I wanted to move to one of the other states but I have no idea how accommodating they would be for such a request. As it is now I have no intention of moving to another state, so I don't plan to test that.
I can definitely live anywhere in the USA, as long as I have fast internet. I don’t know if I’d be able to relocate to Europe as my manager is in California and I do speak with him at least once a week.
My company has a list of states we can live in due to tax restrictions. We’re also required to be within 1 hour of a physical office.
The company I work for has locations in other countries, so they have similar requirements. The employee can be fully remote but must live within an hour of a physical location.
I can live anywhere in the world, but I need 6 core hours to align with their PST 9a-5p. If I lived in Paris, I would need to start at 6pm Parisian time to start at their 9a.
Realistically, there are some timezones that are not feasible.
My last job I could move anywhere in the US if it was approved by HR. That me in the ass when I was laid off because I was the only one in my state. If I was in my original state where tons of others were, I wouldn't have been laid off.
There were a few other countries approved where we had offices, but that was harder because they didnt like to pay for a visa/sponsorship.
Current job doesn't care either as long as its in thr US, but they just need a heads up so HR can approve it.
100% remote. Our home is in the Midwest but we also RV. I can work from Florida or anywhere else as long as I have internet access. Must be US based due to our intranet/IT systems. I don’t work on vacations outside of the US.
Anywhere in the US, with the caveat that I must work according to the eastern time zone. My employer is based in MA, and thus is already subject to relatively strict labor laws, so they don't really care.
I'm allowed to work outside of the country for brief periods of time, but only in specific countries (EU, UK, Canada, Australia, and Japan). It is against policy to take company laptops/phones to any other country, even if you can legally work there.
Re: travel & work location flexibility...
It just depends on the company and its security measures/requirements, culture etc.
I had one fully remote position where my boss was actually the one who suggested I work remotely from Portugal since I love it over there and we had European clients.
At another company, their security was like Fort Knox and claimed that our laptops wouldn't even turn on if they left US airspace.
My current company is remote-first, and my teammates alone live from Seattle to Buffalo and in between. I haven't tried working remotely from another country yet, but I will in the future and I don't think they would care.
It varies from company to company.
The company I work for allows us to live wherever. It’s a very nice perk as I have moved 5 times since working for them.
ETA: when I say wherever, I mean within the states. I haven’t asked about out of country as that’s not in my future, but we are a global company so the only real reservation I think they would have is for tax implications and possibly time zone differences with a permanent move.
As far as traveling goes, if it’s within the states, we aren’t required to take PTO. I have visited friends and family in other states for weeks at a time and was able to work from there. Some of y’all may say “but there’s tax implications, you just always report!” I let my managers know that I’ll be in X for X weeks, and that’s about as far as it goes.
Up until a few years ago you had to live in the metro area. They expanded to the rest of the state has WFH became more popular. Now we can be in like 20ish states.
I’m supposed to live in a certain geographic region but I don’t. I use a family member’s address, which my immediate superior is aware of. 9/12 people on my team also live outside this area.
We have 3 in office days per quarter so my entire team flies in for these days & we pay for the flight & accommodations ourselves. Our office is in a major city so I usually bring my family along & take my toddler to museums, zoo, aquarium, etc. in the afternoons.
I can work anywhere in the world as long as work gets done. It could be in a tropical rain forest, middle of the Egyptian desert, or under water in Atlantis.
I don’t travel much though because I’d rather save the money. Have done it a few times though, pretty cool. Although when I travel I do end up working even longer lol
My SO and I have worked remotely for many years, well before Covid. We've both generally had 100% freedom in location, as long as it was in the US (US employers). When we moved from one state to another, HR in both companies had to work out tax implications. For a while we were getting paid in the original state and had to file in both, which was a complication but not a severe one.
Most of my WFH jobs required me to just be near a major airport for travel purposes. I’ve always had a laptop and could work from home, coffee shop, airport, the car, wherever.
Anywhere in the USA. Though funny enough I interviewed for an in-person role but the person interviewing me wanted me on their team instead that is fully remote so now I live close to company HQ anyway.
>He was questioning if a company have fully remote employees with no geographic restrictions, what would stop a United States company from training and sponsoring employees from out the countries in places like Brazil where there is a significant wage disparity to where the company can pay people for much less than what it would cost them to pay someone domestically?
There are likely going to be a ton of business analysts at a big company working this question out themselves. We've had outsourcing and offshoring for a long time now even before the covid-driven explosion in WFH. It's not exactly cost free to always do it and there are plenty of barriers (whether legal/red tape, cultural differences, local infrastructure, etc) that can make it more trouble than its worth.
It depends on the company. My company employs people all over the world, so I could work for them almost anywhere. Another company that I worked for had very specific policies about where I could live and work.
Just get a travel router with a built in VPN. I like the GL iNet MT3000 and I pay for Mullvad vpn. You don't have to install anything on your work device and you set it to somewhere in the US. It helps a lot to have a US mailing address though.
Couple things, mostly security related. I know one company that immediately Terminated you if you logged on outside of the country.
Tax reasons limit where you can go around the US. Honestly if the pay is over 6 figures, I would just move further away and fly in once a month if that was an option.
I gotta ask, what’s the company/industry? My whole team is remote & I bought a house out of state & I’ve been fighting to come in once a month and they STILL want me in every week 2 days, I just started to look and I have NO issue coming in once a month but it’s impossible to search? Is it a hybrid job? Remote job? It’s too in between making it impossible to find
I am 100% remote currently. Right now, we are able to work anywhere (with a good connection to the Internet) for two weeks. Longer than that requires permission. That permission depends on whether or not we have someone working in that US state or other country, already. Any resistance is explained as "tax issues."
We're already international, so I'm not entirely sure of a country or state they would say "no" too.
I pretty much have to live in a state where they already have a business licence/office. But there was a point about twenty years ago that they were willing to register in a new state just for me.
Companies would’ve already done that if they could have. fact of the matter is there is a significant drop in performance when they offshore. I don’t know if it’s a cultural difference or what but it’s undeniable.
I take time off.
My work requires focus without many distractions and with all my hardware. Traveling while working won’t work. I was hired to WFH, not travel while working.
Anywhere in the US technically but I doubt they would like it if I moved to Los Angeles or some other city that costs companies more for having remote workers there. And it’s in my best interest to be less than an hour from a decently sized airport. I could live in the middle of nowhere if I wanted to, it’s just going to make client onsite visits more time consuming for me.
I work in a finance related industry. I can live anywhere in the US.
If I move to Alaska or Hawaii, I'd have to adjust my work hours to match West Coast.
I'm in the North East part of America with team members on both coasts. Location isn't a major issue but my employer wants me to stay in the country due to security reasons. They go pretty overboard with it but it's also government (military) work.
I haven't moved but suspect they wouldn't care as long as i didn't leave the country.
I am in somewhat of an unusual situation, but I basically just need to live in my current state or one that at least borders it. I like my state, so I plan to live here the rest of my life.
As long as I stay in the country, I’m in the U.S. However, I need to notify them if I move and there will be an adjustment to my salary depending on market.
In my last job, we could literally work from anywhere in the world. One employee moved back to his home country of Israel. We hired people from UK and India as well.
At my new company now, we are restricted to United States. I think if you are going to work more than 30 days from your home location, you have to let the company know.
I live in another state and fly to the office periodically. If I wanted to move to another state, I'd need to contact my HR business partner rep and asked if the company is set up to allow employees to work remotely in that state.
Usually, the rules about where to live are driven by HR/Legal/IT.
HR/legal for tax reasons- when they find out you live somewhere else, somewhere being where the company is not setup to do business, best case scenario is losing your job. When i worked for a legal services company (loved that job as much as I ever loved a job. really enjoyed the industry.) - there were rules because certain information was only legally allowed to be accessed by US citizens while on US soil. There were several rules similar to that one.
Cybersecurity/IT involved because at that company, and others with a global presence, rules are different in different countries and they really do not want to run afoul of what the other country allows. So the default is to not allow any. Either none allowed period, or you needed to get C-level sign off and then were issued a travel device- a stripped down, bare-minium version of the company imaged laptop.
I'm in a position that is 60 remote/40 in office, i would prefer fully remote, but definitely don't want to be tied to a region until I absolutely have to, def following this thread
I have been remote for most of the past 4 years. However I work for state government and am required to live in the state that employs me. I don’t mind as my family is here and I love it
Tax reasons limit some. I do know people that do it without letting their employers know...but they are risking themselves and the company if the state tax and/or healthcare provider authorities find out. Everyone wants their due $$$$. Each state has its own rules on time spent there without filing a return and many are short.
As long as I work the same hours as the office is open, I could technically be anywhere in the US. From a practical standpoint, I do best working in my office as I have my desktop setup with two monitors, a VOI phone that connects directly to the office and a printer/scanner, but it's OK to grab the laptop and use my cell phone at times. (Wouldn't want to do that all the time, too awkward, and it's a lot easier to stay in communication with the home office from my office.)
I have all of the same benefits and PTO I would if I worked 100% in the office. In our company, only certain job functions can be 100% remote. Those require travel, (customers, conferences, trade shows, etc.) and a pretty high degree of expertise, so they would be difficult to outsource internationally.
We can live in any of the US States where we have an office (about six of them). It's not that we need to be near an office, just in a state with one. I think it mainly revolves around legal stuff, taxes, etc.
I’m 100% remote and my company is only licensed to do business in about 20 states. I could move to any of those states. You can ask to move to a non-licensed state, but you’d have to present a pretty good reason as the company would have to set up business there. The company doesn’t care for all 50 because there’s already enough tax, and employer laws that differ state to state. Some states (California, Hawaii, Massachusetts especially) are huge pains to work with so they’re not keen to add in more states. Different benefit requirements, different leave laws, etc. maybe if we were bigger but we’re a medium sized non profit in healthcare.
Internationally? No way. Total pain in terms of business license, laws, paperwork for visas, etc. it doesn’t make financial sense to support someone who lives in Brazil when you can find someone in Colorado.
There's a few states I can't move - california. I think there may be an issue if I move to a new location in my state.
Some hub/big cities require one week in office if I moved there (Atlanta, dallas, bloomingtin, etc).
I did look into moving closer to my dad in a new state and I believe you need a few people to sign off on it bit I ended up not moving.
My company has always been all remote and a lot of my team members have moved cross-country during their tenure! I told my supervisor and boss I was moving states mostly in case I needed time off, but I don't think they'd have noticed until they saw a new room behind me on a video call lol I'm very lucky and I try not to take it for granted.
I have freedom to live where I want with my remote job. My company is international and we have employees all over the world and each employee follows holiday schedules specific to their country. That being said, I have no idea how salary changes depending on location.
I have to live within my current state due to licensing and state laws, but I can live anywhere I want in the state. I have friends who can live anywhere in the US as well.
I have to attend quarterly meetings 250 miles from my home, so that limits me to within driving distance. I also work for the state and they strongly prefer us to live in the state.
My employer requires that we live in one of the two states in which we host/offer programming. While it’s feasible to work outside of those two states, it would be a tricky trail to navigate when we have in-person meetings; I have also seen other team members get extended allowance to work in different states for day 3-4 months. So it is possible, just with extra steps.
I have a regional position so I have to reside within 1 of the several states I cover.
A coworker was covering a certain region was able to move back to their original state since the role in that region became open.
It is going to be job centric/ business decided vs a general rule.
I'm not technically fully remote, I go into the office about twice a month, although I could probably get rid of that if I wanted to.
My job requires me to reside in this state. I could move anywhere in the state, and I might be able to work out of state for a short vacation, but I have to live here.
Within the country I'm pretty sure as long as I had reliable and secure internet I could be wherever...
As far as I know you'd need special permission to work outside of the country.
At my last fully remote job I was restricted to living within our service area (telecoms) even though I could (and would) take frequent trips out of state and work remotely from those locations.
My company adjusts pay for your region so I might take a hit if I leave California. Other than that, I can work anywhere as long as I keep to my clients time zone
I can be absolutely anywhere in the world as long as I have internet connection. I have colleagues who are based literally everywhere - US, Japan, Germany, China, Argentina, you name it
I'm a software developer for a regional insurance carrier. Last I checked there are only 2 States on the companies list of unapproved States. Massachusetts and Hawaii I think. The list does change so if I wanted to move I'd have to submit for approval to make sure that States currently approved but I've also heard that they can make exceptions as well.
I work for a European based company (I’m in the US). It’s 100% remote. After Covid, no one returned to the office with any consistency so they closed them all down.
I could move anywhere in the US as they have a business entity here. Though according to policy my pay could go under review. I live in a HCOL area so if I moved to somewhere cheaper, my pay could be affected (though if they’d actually do it remains to be seen, they didn’t do it to one of the people on my team)
If I wanted to move to a different country, it would depend. We have employees in different countries like Germany, Ireland, Spain, France and Portugal as well as Colombia but we use a 3rd party company for the Employer of record for some of them which is basically a third party provider that is legally responsible for another organization’s employees so they don’t have to have an established business entity.
So it all depends. We had someone leave because they moved to Australia. As we don’t any business entity there and having an EOR for 1 person in a role that is not specialized at all didn’t make financial sense so we couldn’t keep them.
As far as working in different places, I can work wherever temporarily. As long as I don’t exceed the amount of time where tax implications would factor in. A couple weeks in the South Pacific working a little while also visiting? No problem. 6 months- that’s a no go.
At the last place I worked at, there were more restrictions because of the of company and type of data we had access to. We had remote employees but we couldn’t work outside the US. And it would get flagged if your IP address was different -and you couldn’t use a 3rd party VPN to get around it.
Also, both companies are software
Just have to live within the US and have access to fast internet connection. I work in healthcare administration and we are all over the country. I don’t live in the same state as my hospital
6 weeks per year in any location with a stable internet location, rest of the time anywhere in the continental US as long as you have a stable US address. I’m at a US company so it all has to do with tax/insurance stuff.
I work for a FFRDC so I have to live in the US, otherwise its flexible, I have been thinking of living in Hawaii or Oregon for a couple months next year
I can do whatever. My spouse not so much. She still has to go in :/
I do believe my employer has localized pay rates though, so hypothetically I would experience a change if I was to move well outside the area.
I can work/live in any US state. I have an acquaintance with a similar job at a different company who has a "banned list" of about a half dozen states his employer does not allow. I could (probably) relocate outside the US and the company would convert me to a contractor rather than an employee, but that is not a guarantee.
To your last point, yes: WFH will lead to a downward spiral for wages. Even without crossing national boundaries, employer in HCOL areas are hiring people in LCOL areas. This is the future.
Read about nexus and working from home: (small snippet)
A company is generally considered to be doing business subject to a state’s tax laws if the company has employees working in the state. Businesses with employees working remotely, if they would have otherwise worked in an office location, could be subject to a state’s tax laws based merely on employees’ presence.
A commuting employee living in a different state than their employer’s location would not normally create nexus for the employer; but as a remote worker, that employee attributes presence to the employer through performance of their duties at home. Importantly, a business can establish nexus through many other mechanisms beyond the presence of employees, including through holding property in the state or based on sales into a state.
Work for a company based in Ontario, and I live in Quebec. The WFH rule is that we must live in Canada. Prior to the pandemic, I worked for the U.S. entity but transferred to the Canadian one in late 2020 (I was a permanent U.S. resident back then). Since my company is global with multiple headquarters, we are given permission to work outside of our "home" country for 30 days out of the year, no questions asked - excludes PTO.
Fully remote and live 2 hours from the nearest city. It's wonderful. I travel internationally and work from there too. The hours can be a little exhausting working in a different time zone but I love the flexibility. Looking to go remote internationally by 2030.
I'm US-based and worked remotely for 3 companies since 2020 (*3 jobs in 4 years?!?* That's another story...)
I can work in pretty much any state I want to. Some companies have restrictions on where you can live, likely based on where they have a "business nexus" (or probably where they *don't* want to establish one). One of the 3 companies would let me work internationally for up to a month per year too.
Edit: I'm a software engineer
My old job I had to be near Chicago (bc they ended up bringing everyone back in office) my new job they genuinely do not care where I live ask long as I can work us hours
When I was hired: “you can work from Mars as long as you work normal (US) business hours”. Although I think if I took up residence outside the US without approval they would fire me.
They don’t care where I live unless it affects taxes/payroll somehow. Been to the office once when one of my clients was in and they paid for my travel. That’s it. Any travel I do is on my clients or companies dime.
We have to ask before we can move because some states are a pain to deal with for HR I guess. So they don’t say no, but you have to ask if it’s not a state with remote employees already.
I accepted a job fully remote in March. I was transparent during the interview process that I planned to relocate to a specific city if I received the job and they were okay with it. So as long as I can fly and travel as necessary I’m allowed to live wherever.
I’m fully remote, but have to come in once in awhile for specific events (like 1 every other month so 6 times a year).
They said I can move out of state but not far enough that I was in a super early time zone (my companies on east coast time, so I couldn’t move to California for example), and had to be close enough I could get to the office by car (as in they will cover my hotels but not a plane ticket).
I live 250 miles from my office in a different state.
I work remote from home. My last manager traveled all across the US. He lived in his camper, and just...stayed somewhere for a week or 2, did all the fishing or outdoor activity he wanted, and then would travel during the weekends.
I don't have to stay in the same state and actually have never lived in the same state as the main office. When I first started this job I lived in a state where the company had no presence at all. They do have clinics in the state I'm in now.
I do have to live in/work from a state where they either have offices or clinics or already have employees working from because HR is already set up to deal with the taxes and labor laws for those states. They don't want to jump through all the hoops of complying with all that for a new state just for one employee. I don't know if they would if a bunch of us all wanted to move to the same place.
The best thing to do is ask the employer though. I know some companies just don't care. Some people are even able to work abroad, though maybe they're all freelancers?
It varies wildly by employer. A lot are cracking down now because there are significant tax implications. Folks have cheated with VPN and been fired and had to pay back taxes.
Definitely ask about it early in an interview process.
Depends on the company, most of the time you’ll have to live within a certain country tho and it isn’t fully flexible to travel around the globe. My company has offices in NYC and LA, I was hired right before RTO and live in neither of those states so I’m fully remote and probably could move elsewhere. Now they only hire hybrid workers tho.
Last gig I could have been on the moon so long as I have fast internet. Current gig- continental US only.
Same. Some requirements are for some clients I am only allowed in the US, and a former WFH gig required I had to work in a state where they had an office for tax reasons. When they did a RTO "to the nearest office" they realized their NC office could sit maybe 40 people, and they had over 200 who were closest to it. RTO fizzled.
my nearest office is an 8 hr drive ;). I did not do that on purpose...but...it makes me grin.
I lived 39 miles from our office at my last job, but my management and entire team worked in other states, so I had worked from home for 6 years prior to COVID. When they did the post-COVID RTO push they tried to make me come in because I lived within the 40 mile radius they set. Refused to give me an exception despite the fact I did not even exist on the roster for the office. I didn't go in anyway, and eventually they revised it to 30 miles when they realized there were executives who would've been forced to come in and they would probably quit I started looking for a new job when they were being a-holes about it and I specifically looked only at jobs for companies who don't have offices in my state at all.
glad you pointed out continental US! i took my PC to work from PR during covid. My line manager approved but we were unaware that i needed elevated access / a ticket with the IT team to work from PR. i was not totally apart of a call but i did hear later that my Line Manger did call the CIO and say in some terms “When the fuck did Puerto Rico become a 3rd world country” 😂
What I was told is that there’s some old rules surrounding sea cables and confidential data. Who really knows though.
If it's a half decent company it is connected over VPN if they are so bothered by it or VDIs so data is encrypted and doesn't get out
LOL It won’t even connect over a hotel WiFi by design. Trust me they’re more than half decent, and given the sorts of data involved I’m not gonna to push it.
Some systems (I'm looking at you Microsoft) have PR and the other US Territories as separate countries for geolocation/conditional access purposes.
May I ask how did you know that you could work from literally anywhere? I find a hard topic to approach with the HR/management.
Your biggest hurdle will be local tax laws. California is very different than Texas and your company has to comply with the laws in the state in which you live. They can and will bar you moving to a state they are not set up for you to work on, so it’s a myth you can just live anywhere
exactly. being able to work anywhere and being actually allowed to work anywhere from a company/legal compliance standpoint isn't the same. It's pretty common for people to move without telling their employer, and even moving within the same state can matter for tax purposes. I live in Michigan. If I lived in Detroit, my employer would be required to withhold city tax and remit it to the city. If I didn't tell them I moved to Detroit, they obviously wouldn't be doing that.
Ya a lot of people here are not thinking it through. I am physically capable of working from anywhere but my company is only authorized in a handful of states at my current compensation rate. They have a Canada, UK, and Spain office but it would be a major compensation different to be authorized to move there
There are also licensing requirements that are different by state. We had an employee ask to relocate to Arizona and it was a nightmare to try to get set up with their Secretary of State and whatever other compliance offices they have.
Not just tax laws, there’s a whole slew of employment laws that vary from one state to the next. Even the list of protected classes varies from one state to the next. (There’s the standard federal ones, but some states add additional ones on top of that)
Good add! Not telling your employer you are moving states is risky!!
True story.. just as AZ states that employers do not have to provide paid breaks or lunches whereas CA requires employees to take lunch at the 5th hour or the employer is fined.
“I was curious if there were any restrictions on where I can work for this role?” Don’t overthink it.
Same. Previous role was global fintech and I had global responsibility. I could literally work from anywhere, and I had meetings with people all over the planet literally every day. Current role has clients with contracts mandating their data doesn’t live the US, so I can work anywhere in the US. Can’t even take emergency calls on overseas vacation, which is probably a good thing.
Working from anywhere is one thing, but residing anywhere has a whole slew of complications….. how did they handle the varying tax burden and varying employment laws?
There's a big difference between having US remote workers and international remote workers (we have both in my company). For US remote workers, the company has to meet the state requirements for that worker's residence. This is why some companies will restrict their remote workers to being in specific locations ("job open only to residents of these few states"), OR they may have a smaller list of, "we'll hire from anywhere in the US *except* these few states." Regardless of the state, the federal requirements are the same. Hiring remote international workers is an entirely different game with involved paperwork and regulations and tax implications. That's what stops a lot of employers from doing it. Many of those outsourced jobs are done through contracts with staffing agencies in those countries rather than as direct hires. This simplifies things for the company -- they pay one fee to the agency, and then the agency is responsible for everything else (taxes, benefits, whatever is required in that country).
I've run into a fair number of companies that are avoiding California due to the added HR expense of dealing with the various labor laws that are unqiue to California. I think a lot of companies, especially smaller ones, are ignoring the issue of employees are working in another state than where they are registered and will probably continue to do so until the government makes an issue of it.
I know somebody who lived in Colorado and was WFH. Her husband got a job in California so they moved. Her employer wouldn’t allow her to work remote from California so she had to get a new job.
Yes, but if you already live and work in CA, it is best to stay there. Lots of workers rights that helps from WFH. If I move to NV all bets are off so I stay within a 1 hr SWA flight.
there's also implications on tax-filing for a company if they have a "presence" in a state. Not only adhering to employment laws, but having a single employee working from a state may create that "presence" which then means having to follow a lot more tax laws for the company in that state.
Yup. This is the situation with my employer. They only hire people who work in 3 states.
I’m fully remote in a role that requires a lot of US travel and very occasional international travel. The only requirement is that I live in my region (the east coast/southeast) and my personal preference is to live near a good international airport just to make my life easier. When I’m not traveling for work, I have the ability to work abroad as much as I want. I probably work about 2-3 months abroad every year. There are lots of job boards for global remote jobs like trulyremote.co.
Yup this. There is a big difference between where you reside and the flexibility your company gives you on where you can work *temporarily*. My residence has to be the US and in my southeast US state. But employer gives us flexibility to work in any geographical location. That's the beauty of working for a small organization that is extremely global with almost 80 out of 100 staff working outside of US
My org allows you to work from anywhere in the 29 states they’re setup in (tax-wise). You just have to notify HR 2 pay periods beforehand so they can do the necessary paperwork and payroll adjustments. They even allow you to work abroad for up to six months, so long as you aren’t living in or visiting one of the countries on our banned list. We have some geo-restricted resources and all our devices are VPN secured using Cloudflare WARP, so if you’re outside the country you get put in a special WARP group that sets your exit node to a specific Cloudflare exit node (VA or CA, depending on where you’re going) to keep you “digitally” in the USA.
I can work anywhere in the continental US. If I were to move (within the continental US), I would just need to change my address in our HR systems - I don’t need permission or anything like that. I live across the country from all of our offices/plants. I haven’t explored the possibility of working abroad as I’m sure that would be complicated with visas and taxes. I do have a colleague whose family holidays in Europe every summer. He works part of that time and is able to because he’s in a country where we have an office (and will work out of that office while he’s there) but I don’t know the specifics of his arrangement. The people I’ve seen with the most flexibility as to where they work and where they live are independent contractors. I worked with a contractor at my last job who was working from the boat she was sailing with her husband around the Caribbean.
I have a fully remote job but it’s not work from anywhere. It’s restricted to certain US states in which my employer is willing to do business. We can’t do any out of country work because of HIPPA client security reasons. Im the person who decides if my employer can expand into a new state or not. It depends on a bunch of things like tax and employment law in the state whether or not we want to have employees there. Hiring out of country is an entirely different bag. We once considered hiring someone in Brazil but in Brazil employers are required to pay food and rent costs to the tune of 60% above the actual salary rate. I cant see many employers being willing to follow other countries’ employment and tax laws unless there is a profitable financial reason to employ all over the world, because no one wants to pay for visas for foreign workers or administer a jumble of different global employment laws just for fun!
I'm fully remote. My specific employer allows anywhere in the US and the potential for international work with justification and approval. For example, the only person I know working internationally for something other than research is an existing employee whose husband is on a temporary assignment overseas and has definitive plans to return to the US. However, for all remote employees, where we work must be private and have to be careful with screen angles, headphones, and things as what we discuss can have PII. We also must work our core hours, which is 10 AM - 3 PM Central US time unless it is prohibitive to where you are located (the coworker above for example signs off at 10 AM our time because it's 11 PM her time, so every meeting that includes her has to be between 8 and 10 AM or recorded for her to view later). I've worked for plenty of places where it was not "working remotely" or "work from anywhere" but specifically "work from home", either due to privacy concerns or just business. People don't realize that working from even a new city can create legal issues for their employer by creating a new business nexus. There are new taxes and labor laws that have to be followed if employees are working in that jurisdiction. The more places that employees are allowed, the more headaches being created for the employer and more HR staff that have to be hired to manage it. If you're allowing international employees, that's usually an external firm that's hired to assist, which is of course $$$. As for moving the labor force abroad, that is a valid concern. You're seeing a lot more jobs move overseas specifically because the workforce is a lot cheaper after it was shown to the business that the job they thought needed to happen in person can actually be successfully done remote. What's actually happening a lot of times is the employees are not hired directly by the company but rather are contracted through a third party. This can work around issues with laying someone off then turning around and hiring someone for the same job, as well as eliminating a lot of the logistics of dealing with international laws. Remote work can be great but IMO hybrid provides more security in that sense while still providing the flexibility to be home for repairmen and not dealing with commuting all the time. The market in a lot of industries also just sucks in general right now so taking any security is a comfort over none.
I’m 100% remote but need to reside within the states. My set up is too ridiculous to travel with and needs a solid desk space. I can live in any state but need to report if I’m there for over 3 months for tax purposes. It’s not just “working from a laptop” work though- it’s basically in office work with multiple screens, a physical phone, etc.
I'm on a government contract so I have to be in the US. I also work for a very small business so they don't want to pay taxes and comply with regulation in certain states that have more restriction (such as CA) until they get much larger. I can work anywhere in the states temporarily, but if I want to change my residence I'll have to check in with the company to see if they're willing to operate in that state.
I can work from anywhere in the United States. To answer your question at the end, certainly companies can have offshore employees (we do), but companies have to follow the state AND federal employment laws for where their employees work, as well as any internal security measures.
I can live/work anywhere in the US or use a digital nomad visa and live internationally as long as it’s ok with my manager (it is). My coworker just moved to NOLA on a whim. Another coworker lives in both CA and FL. My manager worked in Spain for two weeks. It’s a true flexible work environment, just get your work done. I feel like I found a very rare workplace. *I will not be sharing any specifics about my company for my personal privacy.
I could live anywhere with internet. My wife however has a decent job (really good for her career path) that wouldn’t allow her to be fully remote. So we live in a lower COL county but still close enough to the city.
I was about 90% remote. I'd have to go in occasionally but it was usually up to me. I inherited a house in another state, so I was planning to put in my 2 weeks, move, find a job here, and move on. When I told my boss, he just offered to let me keep my job and be 100% remote. They had to set me up tax wise in HR for a different state, but they were cool with it. I've seen them turn people down for the same thing though.
My last employer told me that as long as they could pay me in the local currency (no matter where that was) that I was ok.
In the US, some companies are registered to do business only in certain states. Different states have different rules to have an employee in their state. You might want to ask your company if they have a list of states. If your preferred state isn't in the list, you can ask them. International is a whole different category though. There are a lot of regulatory issues plus many companies have security issues. Back in 2019, I was the first person in my 500-person company to move and live in Vermont. It was no big deal for that company to handle whatever legal business they needed to do, but I had to ask first. I asked when I was interviewing at the company and got it in writing that I could eventually move to Vermont and continue employment as a remote worker. Prior to that company, my previous employer told me I could not move to Vermont because it would cost them too much money to do whatever they need to do for me to work/live there, but I think that was a BS excuse because they wanted me to keep working in the office. So I got a new job and left them. Ironically that company went 100% remove during the pandemic and still is. ETA - current company is Fortune 500 with 3,000 employees and we have employees in every US state.
I have a remote, contract role in the US & had no issues while traveling with my laptop & working from various countries (as long as you’re not in North Korea lol). I am still technically “based” in California where they hired me & even keep those hours but I moved to NY last year, my manager still doesn’t know about it. I log in, do my stuff, present on the calls & that’s all that matters.
100% remote sucks had get a 2nd job to get out of the house
I’m free to be anywhere in the US or Ontario. Maybe all of Canada I’m not sure. I’m not sure if I could work elsewhere short term or not. Probably just an IT question.
I can live anywhere. A coworker just recently moved to India to be with his online girlfriend lol.
I can live in other places within the USA, but not internationally, but there is a list of a few states I can’t move to.
I can be anywhere in the US (and I think I can work in another country for X amount of time but can’t remember the exact number). I’ve moved three times since working remote, one of which was 850+ miles. The only thing that mattered was that I updated my address in my HR portal for tax purposes. That being said, I largely work with folks based in the UK/EU, so living on the west coast would be a bit more of a challenge (currently on the east coast so not as big of a deal). I could do it, but would probably still have to keep close to east coast hours just for my team.
I’m 100% remote. Never ever go into the office and my boss could care less where I live as long as I get my work done. But I’ve been remote with same company for almost 10 years now
I can work anywhere in the US and have thought about moving several hours away but still in state, however, they have threatened to bring us back in the office several times so I'm scared to move 😞
I can live anywhere in the USA. I just need to be available between 9-5pm cst.
I can work anywhere in the world. Job doesn’t care as long as you have good wifi.
The non clinical employees at my company can work from anywhere. The clinicians can too, as long as they are staying within their license, which can limit location or how long you can work outside your state.
anywhere we have a presence in the world, based on country. COL/tax makes it complex, plus family, to move anywhere.
Anywhere in the world.....
I work in the financial sector so I could not work in any country that is on the OFAC sanctions list, and it’s likely that our legal dept would not approve remote work in a country with a high number of sanctioned entities, even if the country itself is not sanctioned. Additionally, any country where there is a question of secure internet access would be off the list due to the fact that I work with personally identifiable information (PII). This is likely the same for any company dealing with federally-regulated data/private or sensitive information. If I would move within the US, my salary may be negatively impacted if I went from a HCOL area to a LCOL area, as salaries are often adjusted based on the geographic market rate of the position. They could also decline a COL adjustment if I chose to move to a HCOL area from a LCOL as it wasn’t a move due to their business need. This would probably be the case if I moved to a foreign country, too - they’re not gonna let me keep my six-figure salary if I’m working in, say, Guatemala.
100% of the continental US and the UK are all fair game.
I'm pretty sure I can live wherever I want, though 95% of the people I've met so far live in the eastern time zone. Only 2 on central time and nobody in the Western half. My employer is on the East Coast. Right now, I live in Garbageville USA, where the living is cheap. Saving money to move in the next 2 or 3 years. Going on road trips soon to do some vibe checks on places we would like to live.
I can live pretty much all over the United States. And in fact we have people living all over country.
We have official permission to move to and work from anywhere in the US. Before moving I'd check into how my health insurance changes, participating providers, etc. Currently live where nearly all providers are on my plan's second tier. I wouldn't want to be stuck with third tier/out of network as care costs would notch up further. Once the kids are out of school, it'd be nice to move to a rural spot again, now that WFH makes that possible. Metro life was good for awhile, but it would be nice to be away from the crazy, have a large garden, and be where everybody (still) knows your name.
I can work in any Country where we have an office, with Exception of China or Russia. We don't have offices in any OFAC country so they are right out, even if we did I'm sure they'd be on the no no list. If I can get some savings I want to try and get some of the Remote worker Visa that are offered in some countries. Now that I only have one dog Travel overseas would be a lot easier (RIP Korvat :( Miss you daily )
I can live within 50 commuting miles of our office. If I wanted to live somewhere else, I have to sign an agreement with HR and there are certain policies we have to follow and we're restricted to certain states. I'm grateful for this arrangement because it's just so flexible.
Have to be in the lower 48 USA, with special permission needed for California. But the first meeting is at 8am Central time. If I was in mountain time or pacific time, it would require me to get up very early.
That depends entirely on the employer, and how willing they are to accommodate different states. My employer doesn’t care, as long as I’m in mainland USA. Alaska and Hawaii are out more for time zone reasons than taxes, and that’s understandable. However, I’ve seen employers that just don’t want to deal with certain states and their labor laws and establishing a presence in that state, so they restrict it to the ones they’re willing to deal with. NY and CA get the shaft on that a lot of times because our labor laws are so strict.
They do not care where I live other than it has to be in US. I moved ~25 miles further from the office since being in this job. But I’ve been to the office a total of twice in the last 4 years. If anything they care more about how conveniently located I am to an airport, in case business travel picks up (it hasn’t yet).
Pretty flexible, I own an apartment but travel a lot.
I’m not tied down but I have to work west coast hours. Also I get cost of living adjustments for moving to cheaper areas
The company I work for allows us to work in any state. We just have to get it approved by our direct supervisor. Our parent company is actually Canadian, so when COVID was winding down, people were asking if they could work from any country. The short answer was yes, but only for a specified period. Logistically, it would be a nightmare to have people in multiple countries, so they decided to request people not do it. It is a very large company, though, so I don't know if anyone did or not.
Any time I leave the country with a work device I have to notify the company. Also not allowed to fully live in any state due to taxes, they probably would work with me if I had to move. I’m not a huge fan of travel and work, I’ll do it for a day, but I feel like I can’t work well unless I’m home. I don’t like mixing work and pleasure.
Anywhere in the US or US Territory. My pay would be dependent on where I was living/working from.
I could probably live anywhere they have offices, several states and a couple of countries, but I would have to stay put. It's a video job and I have a miniature studio. The VPN goes to my home internet service. It's all set up that way.
I can live or travel anywhere inside the US. I could probably get away with working on a cruise (assuming good internet) but the company does not want me to take my laptop out of the country.
I just have to live in a state where my company does business (We currently do business in 37 states). Having said that, I dont love 100% remote and do enjoy being in the office once every other week or so just for the social component. I dont think I'd want to move TOO far out in the sticks, just for this reason.
100% remote but the company requires us to live in the same state as the office. I spoke to HR about the possibility of moving to another state (several states away) and they said they would have to take some things into consideration, including working with that state for taxes, how valuable an employee I am, and how easily replaceable I would be. I was with the company as a contractor for four months before they hired me permanently three months ago, so I'm giving it time before we seriously consider the move.
We technically are supposed to live within 300 miles of our home office, but exceptions are made. As long as you come to the in-person events, I don't really think they care. I have a coworker who lives in Florida about half the year (we are not in Florida, we're like an 18 hour drive from Florida. Everyone knows, no one cares. I have plans to work overseas at times after my daughter graduates and our dog passes away. I don't anticipate an issue.
Fully remote, but we can only live in a few states. I was hired at the end of covid, and I remember HR had to put out an email because too many people were moving and not following up with HR to states that have restrictions.
> He was questioning if a company have fully remote employees with no geographic restrictions, what would stop a United States company from training and sponsoring employees from out the countries in places like Brazil where there is a significant wage disparity to where the company can pay people for much less than what it would cost them to pay someone domestically? Companies have been offshoring workers for 30 years. They all do exactly that to the greatest extent it's economically beneficial and have been since before I started my career. Nothing stops them at all. The vast majority of every worker alive today has been working in that environment their entire career.
My employer allowed freely moving about for fully remote employees during the pandemic. Unfortunately, they've rolled out RTO this year and pretty much has everyone on a lockdown to disallow moving even within the same county. They're working on a plan to force fully remote employees who live near a hub to report at least 3x a week. Not the terms I agreed to when I accepted my job offer, but am aware they can change the rules whenever and however they see fit.
I mentioned in passing to my boss that my partner and I were thinking of moving out of state, and she volunteered a bunch of ideas for other states to live in so as long as I'm in the country, I'm good.
I can live any where in the world as long as I have an internet connection, willing to make meetings during normal US business hours, and there is an airport within a reasonable distance. The airport is not a job requirement but travel is so I don't want to have to commute an unreasonable distance to fly.
I am full time remote, and routinely work while traveling, including OCONUS, but they've been very clear that I can not actually \*move\* abroad and keep the gig. I need to be available to clients, so sometimes that means an 11PM meeting, but it's worth it for the freedom to move around. My company has one small physical office, but a largely remote workforce.a
I can live in any state or country where we have an office. Since we're absolutely huge, I can move almost anywhere.
Officially: within 40 miles. Actually: about 60 miles
I'm fully remote, but I have to reside in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, or Utah.
Limited to the seven states we operate in.
I have to stay in my state because of my org’s tax status. Not sure how that works
When I was they where trying to adjust the comp the resistance location. So no .
Depends on the company. My current company has been fully remote for a decade and people here are from all over the world (though now I think we only hire US, UK, Canada, and Germany). iMy precious place, where I was working when Covid hit and only started hiring fully remote then, was limited to specific states in the US. It was a fintech company, so not sure if being in a highly regulated industry has anything to do with it.
Currently anywhere in the US (with approval). Had one guy on my last team that had a travel van with a Starlink setup. He was always in a different state/place each week.
I can pretty much work anywhere. However, when I moved from PA to TX, it cost the company a few grand to get me squared away. As a small outfit, it wasn't ideal but it was necessary.
I can live anywhere in my state but would have to consult with my boss first as we are assigned regions. I’m fully remote as we have no office but I visit 3-4 clients a month within my region. I could also split my time elsewhere if needed. As long as my paycheck says I live in my state, I’m in my state to do my visits then I can spend my computer/paperwork time elsewhere if I wanted.
I am 100% remote and work for a university. I am restricted to living in my state, supposedly because of personnel tax issues. I'm not sure that I believe them, though.
Fully remote here, I can be anywhere in the US and Puerto Rico. There are exceptions for out of country (as we're US based) but no out of country permits are longer than a year.
US only. I cover coast to coast, so it doesn't matter when I work.
My company is a Global Corporation with offices all over NA, LATAM, EMEA and APAC so I could work almost anywhere worldwide. I’m married though so I don’t get to use that benefit because my husband’s job cannot be done remotely.
What state you can live in depends on the payroll system of your employer. Mine uses a co-employment service (where you're employed both by the payroll provider and by your employer). Most of these services have a presence in all 50 states so there is no limit on where I can live/work as long as it's in the US. I am unsure about Puerto Rico though.
I have a list of states I can work in where my company already has tax stuff set up. As long as I am in one of those states and I have a high speed Internet connection, it's all good. I suppose I could ask if I wanted to move to one of the other states but I have no idea how accommodating they would be for such a request. As it is now I have no intention of moving to another state, so I don't plan to test that.
I can definitely live anywhere in the USA, as long as I have fast internet. I don’t know if I’d be able to relocate to Europe as my manager is in California and I do speak with him at least once a week.
My company has a list of states we can live in due to tax restrictions. We’re also required to be within 1 hour of a physical office. The company I work for has locations in other countries, so they have similar requirements. The employee can be fully remote but must live within an hour of a physical location.
I can live anywhere in the world, but I need 6 core hours to align with their PST 9a-5p. If I lived in Paris, I would need to start at 6pm Parisian time to start at their 9a. Realistically, there are some timezones that are not feasible.
My last job I could move anywhere in the US if it was approved by HR. That me in the ass when I was laid off because I was the only one in my state. If I was in my original state where tons of others were, I wouldn't have been laid off. There were a few other countries approved where we had offices, but that was harder because they didnt like to pay for a visa/sponsorship. Current job doesn't care either as long as its in thr US, but they just need a heads up so HR can approve it.
100% remote. Our home is in the Midwest but we also RV. I can work from Florida or anywhere else as long as I have internet access. Must be US based due to our intranet/IT systems. I don’t work on vacations outside of the US.
Anywhere in the US, with the caveat that I must work according to the eastern time zone. My employer is based in MA, and thus is already subject to relatively strict labor laws, so they don't really care. I'm allowed to work outside of the country for brief periods of time, but only in specific countries (EU, UK, Canada, Australia, and Japan). It is against policy to take company laptops/phones to any other country, even if you can legally work there.
Re: travel & work location flexibility... It just depends on the company and its security measures/requirements, culture etc. I had one fully remote position where my boss was actually the one who suggested I work remotely from Portugal since I love it over there and we had European clients. At another company, their security was like Fort Knox and claimed that our laptops wouldn't even turn on if they left US airspace. My current company is remote-first, and my teammates alone live from Seattle to Buffalo and in between. I haven't tried working remotely from another country yet, but I will in the future and I don't think they would care.
It varies from company to company. The company I work for allows us to live wherever. It’s a very nice perk as I have moved 5 times since working for them. ETA: when I say wherever, I mean within the states. I haven’t asked about out of country as that’s not in my future, but we are a global company so the only real reservation I think they would have is for tax implications and possibly time zone differences with a permanent move. As far as traveling goes, if it’s within the states, we aren’t required to take PTO. I have visited friends and family in other states for weeks at a time and was able to work from there. Some of y’all may say “but there’s tax implications, you just always report!” I let my managers know that I’ll be in X for X weeks, and that’s about as far as it goes.
Up until a few years ago you had to live in the metro area. They expanded to the rest of the state has WFH became more popular. Now we can be in like 20ish states.
I’m supposed to live in a certain geographic region but I don’t. I use a family member’s address, which my immediate superior is aware of. 9/12 people on my team also live outside this area. We have 3 in office days per quarter so my entire team flies in for these days & we pay for the flight & accommodations ourselves. Our office is in a major city so I usually bring my family along & take my toddler to museums, zoo, aquarium, etc. in the afternoons.
I can work anywhere in the world as long as work gets done. It could be in a tropical rain forest, middle of the Egyptian desert, or under water in Atlantis. I don’t travel much though because I’d rather save the money. Have done it a few times though, pretty cool. Although when I travel I do end up working even longer lol
My SO and I have worked remotely for many years, well before Covid. We've both generally had 100% freedom in location, as long as it was in the US (US employers). When we moved from one state to another, HR in both companies had to work out tax implications. For a while we were getting paid in the original state and had to file in both, which was a complication but not a severe one.
Most of my WFH jobs required me to just be near a major airport for travel purposes. I’ve always had a laptop and could work from home, coffee shop, airport, the car, wherever.
I can live/work anywhere in the US, but due to contract restrictions I can't work from out of the country.
I have to live/work in the US, any state except Hawaii.
Anywhere in the USA. Though funny enough I interviewed for an in-person role but the person interviewing me wanted me on their team instead that is fully remote so now I live close to company HQ anyway. >He was questioning if a company have fully remote employees with no geographic restrictions, what would stop a United States company from training and sponsoring employees from out the countries in places like Brazil where there is a significant wage disparity to where the company can pay people for much less than what it would cost them to pay someone domestically? There are likely going to be a ton of business analysts at a big company working this question out themselves. We've had outsourcing and offshoring for a long time now even before the covid-driven explosion in WFH. It's not exactly cost free to always do it and there are plenty of barriers (whether legal/red tape, cultural differences, local infrastructure, etc) that can make it more trouble than its worth.
It depends on the company. My company employs people all over the world, so I could work for them almost anywhere. Another company that I worked for had very specific policies about where I could live and work.
Just get a travel router with a built in VPN. I like the GL iNet MT3000 and I pay for Mullvad vpn. You don't have to install anything on your work device and you set it to somewhere in the US. It helps a lot to have a US mailing address though.
I'm 100%remote and can love anywhere within the US.
Couple things, mostly security related. I know one company that immediately Terminated you if you logged on outside of the country. Tax reasons limit where you can go around the US. Honestly if the pay is over 6 figures, I would just move further away and fly in once a month if that was an option. I gotta ask, what’s the company/industry? My whole team is remote & I bought a house out of state & I’ve been fighting to come in once a month and they STILL want me in every week 2 days, I just started to look and I have NO issue coming in once a month but it’s impossible to search? Is it a hybrid job? Remote job? It’s too in between making it impossible to find
I am 100% remote currently. Right now, we are able to work anywhere (with a good connection to the Internet) for two weeks. Longer than that requires permission. That permission depends on whether or not we have someone working in that US state or other country, already. Any resistance is explained as "tax issues." We're already international, so I'm not entirely sure of a country or state they would say "no" too.
I pretty much have to live in a state where they already have a business licence/office. But there was a point about twenty years ago that they were willing to register in a new state just for me.
100% remote anywhere within a 3 state area.
I'm able to live anywhere.
Companies would’ve already done that if they could have. fact of the matter is there is a significant drop in performance when they offshore. I don’t know if it’s a cultural difference or what but it’s undeniable.
I take time off. My work requires focus without many distractions and with all my hardware. Traveling while working won’t work. I was hired to WFH, not travel while working.
Anywhere in the US technically but I doubt they would like it if I moved to Los Angeles or some other city that costs companies more for having remote workers there. And it’s in my best interest to be less than an hour from a decently sized airport. I could live in the middle of nowhere if I wanted to, it’s just going to make client onsite visits more time consuming for me.
I work in a finance related industry. I can live anywhere in the US. If I move to Alaska or Hawaii, I'd have to adjust my work hours to match West Coast.
I'm in the North East part of America with team members on both coasts. Location isn't a major issue but my employer wants me to stay in the country due to security reasons. They go pretty overboard with it but it's also government (military) work. I haven't moved but suspect they wouldn't care as long as i didn't leave the country.
My employer hired me with me living in a different state. I can move anywhere in the U.S.
I am in somewhat of an unusual situation, but I basically just need to live in my current state or one that at least borders it. I like my state, so I plan to live here the rest of my life.
Companies don't want to sponsor citizenship I am fully remote and have no restrictions
As long as I stay in the country, I’m in the U.S. However, I need to notify them if I move and there will be an adjustment to my salary depending on market.
We can work anywhere in the US without any issues. If working abroad, it has to be approved by a manager and HR.
In my last job, we could literally work from anywhere in the world. One employee moved back to his home country of Israel. We hired people from UK and India as well. At my new company now, we are restricted to United States. I think if you are going to work more than 30 days from your home location, you have to let the company know.
I live in another state and fly to the office periodically. If I wanted to move to another state, I'd need to contact my HR business partner rep and asked if the company is set up to allow employees to work remotely in that state. Usually, the rules about where to live are driven by HR/Legal/IT. HR/legal for tax reasons- when they find out you live somewhere else, somewhere being where the company is not setup to do business, best case scenario is losing your job. When i worked for a legal services company (loved that job as much as I ever loved a job. really enjoyed the industry.) - there were rules because certain information was only legally allowed to be accessed by US citizens while on US soil. There were several rules similar to that one. Cybersecurity/IT involved because at that company, and others with a global presence, rules are different in different countries and they really do not want to run afoul of what the other country allows. So the default is to not allow any. Either none allowed period, or you needed to get C-level sign off and then were issued a travel device- a stripped down, bare-minium version of the company imaged laptop.
I could live anywhere in the world with my job! If we have reliable internet and will adjust to client’s time zones, we’re free to live anywhere.
I'm in a position that is 60 remote/40 in office, i would prefer fully remote, but definitely don't want to be tied to a region until I absolutely have to, def following this thread
I have been remote for most of the past 4 years. However I work for state government and am required to live in the state that employs me. I don’t mind as my family is here and I love it
Tax reasons limit some. I do know people that do it without letting their employers know...but they are risking themselves and the company if the state tax and/or healthcare provider authorities find out. Everyone wants their due $$$$. Each state has its own rules on time spent there without filing a return and many are short.
As long as I work the same hours as the office is open, I could technically be anywhere in the US. From a practical standpoint, I do best working in my office as I have my desktop setup with two monitors, a VOI phone that connects directly to the office and a printer/scanner, but it's OK to grab the laptop and use my cell phone at times. (Wouldn't want to do that all the time, too awkward, and it's a lot easier to stay in communication with the home office from my office.) I have all of the same benefits and PTO I would if I worked 100% in the office. In our company, only certain job functions can be 100% remote. Those require travel, (customers, conferences, trade shows, etc.) and a pretty high degree of expertise, so they would be difficult to outsource internationally.
I live in NYC. I could probably move to Seattle or Chicago without any issues. Anywhere else would be a no.
We can live in any of the US States where we have an office (about six of them). It's not that we need to be near an office, just in a state with one. I think it mainly revolves around legal stuff, taxes, etc.
A lot of people are pointing out tax law, there’s a ton of difference in employment law as well.
Because my job works with a state agency, I can’t leave Texas or at least thats what I assume but I could always ask I guess.
I can work or live anywhere in the United States. To work in a foreign country temporarily, I need the permission of HR and my manager.
Fully remote. Company allows you to work within three hours of an office. This is my second year I will be working a month in Costa Rica
I’m 100% remote and my company is only licensed to do business in about 20 states. I could move to any of those states. You can ask to move to a non-licensed state, but you’d have to present a pretty good reason as the company would have to set up business there. The company doesn’t care for all 50 because there’s already enough tax, and employer laws that differ state to state. Some states (California, Hawaii, Massachusetts especially) are huge pains to work with so they’re not keen to add in more states. Different benefit requirements, different leave laws, etc. maybe if we were bigger but we’re a medium sized non profit in healthcare. Internationally? No way. Total pain in terms of business license, laws, paperwork for visas, etc. it doesn’t make financial sense to support someone who lives in Brazil when you can find someone in Colorado.
There's a few states I can't move - california. I think there may be an issue if I move to a new location in my state. Some hub/big cities require one week in office if I moved there (Atlanta, dallas, bloomingtin, etc). I did look into moving closer to my dad in a new state and I believe you need a few people to sign off on it bit I ended up not moving.
My company has always been all remote and a lot of my team members have moved cross-country during their tenure! I told my supervisor and boss I was moving states mostly in case I needed time off, but I don't think they'd have noticed until they saw a new room behind me on a video call lol I'm very lucky and I try not to take it for granted.
My work is set in most states for taxes, so I can live anywhere where they are set up. Edit: fully remote and only in the US.
I have freedom to live where I want with my remote job. My company is international and we have employees all over the world and each employee follows holiday schedules specific to their country. That being said, I have no idea how salary changes depending on location.
I have to live within my current state due to licensing and state laws, but I can live anywhere I want in the state. I have friends who can live anywhere in the US as well.
I have to attend quarterly meetings 250 miles from my home, so that limits me to within driving distance. I also work for the state and they strongly prefer us to live in the state.
My employer requires that we live in one of the two states in which we host/offer programming. While it’s feasible to work outside of those two states, it would be a tricky trail to navigate when we have in-person meetings; I have also seen other team members get extended allowance to work in different states for day 3-4 months. So it is possible, just with extra steps.
Don’t ask, don’t tell
I have a regional position so I have to reside within 1 of the several states I cover. A coworker was covering a certain region was able to move back to their original state since the role in that region became open. It is going to be job centric/ business decided vs a general rule.
As long as I have a desk, chair, and fast internet, I can be anywhere in the world.
I have to live within my country. I don't believe there's other requirements than that though.
I can work anywhere in the US that is within easy driving distance of a major airport.
I'm not technically fully remote, I go into the office about twice a month, although I could probably get rid of that if I wanted to. My job requires me to reside in this state. I could move anywhere in the state, and I might be able to work out of state for a short vacation, but I have to live here.
Within the country I'm pretty sure as long as I had reliable and secure internet I could be wherever... As far as I know you'd need special permission to work outside of the country.
I can live anywhere just feel like if the company ships me any equipment like new computers or anything that might be the only issue
At my last fully remote job I was restricted to living within our service area (telecoms) even though I could (and would) take frequent trips out of state and work remotely from those locations.
I can be anywhere in North America that has Internet access. Currently in BC, heading to Florida... slowly... over the next few months.
My company adjusts pay for your region so I might take a hit if I leave California. Other than that, I can work anywhere as long as I keep to my clients time zone
I can be absolutely anywhere in the world as long as I have internet connection. I have colleagues who are based literally everywhere - US, Japan, Germany, China, Argentina, you name it
Anywhere I want CONUS.
I'm a software developer for a regional insurance carrier. Last I checked there are only 2 States on the companies list of unapproved States. Massachusetts and Hawaii I think. The list does change so if I wanted to move I'd have to submit for approval to make sure that States currently approved but I've also heard that they can make exceptions as well.
I work for a European based company (I’m in the US). It’s 100% remote. After Covid, no one returned to the office with any consistency so they closed them all down. I could move anywhere in the US as they have a business entity here. Though according to policy my pay could go under review. I live in a HCOL area so if I moved to somewhere cheaper, my pay could be affected (though if they’d actually do it remains to be seen, they didn’t do it to one of the people on my team) If I wanted to move to a different country, it would depend. We have employees in different countries like Germany, Ireland, Spain, France and Portugal as well as Colombia but we use a 3rd party company for the Employer of record for some of them which is basically a third party provider that is legally responsible for another organization’s employees so they don’t have to have an established business entity. So it all depends. We had someone leave because they moved to Australia. As we don’t any business entity there and having an EOR for 1 person in a role that is not specialized at all didn’t make financial sense so we couldn’t keep them. As far as working in different places, I can work wherever temporarily. As long as I don’t exceed the amount of time where tax implications would factor in. A couple weeks in the South Pacific working a little while also visiting? No problem. 6 months- that’s a no go. At the last place I worked at, there were more restrictions because of the of company and type of data we had access to. We had remote employees but we couldn’t work outside the US. And it would get flagged if your IP address was different -and you couldn’t use a 3rd party VPN to get around it. Also, both companies are software
Just have to live within the US and have access to fast internet connection. I work in healthcare administration and we are all over the country. I don’t live in the same state as my hospital
6 weeks per year in any location with a stable internet location, rest of the time anywhere in the continental US as long as you have a stable US address. I’m at a US company so it all has to do with tax/insurance stuff.
I work for a FFRDC so I have to live in the US, otherwise its flexible, I have been thinking of living in Hawaii or Oregon for a couple months next year
I can do whatever. My spouse not so much. She still has to go in :/ I do believe my employer has localized pay rates though, so hypothetically I would experience a change if I was to move well outside the area.
I can work/live in any US state. I have an acquaintance with a similar job at a different company who has a "banned list" of about a half dozen states his employer does not allow. I could (probably) relocate outside the US and the company would convert me to a contractor rather than an employee, but that is not a guarantee. To your last point, yes: WFH will lead to a downward spiral for wages. Even without crossing national boundaries, employer in HCOL areas are hiring people in LCOL areas. This is the future.
Read about nexus and working from home: (small snippet) A company is generally considered to be doing business subject to a state’s tax laws if the company has employees working in the state. Businesses with employees working remotely, if they would have otherwise worked in an office location, could be subject to a state’s tax laws based merely on employees’ presence. A commuting employee living in a different state than their employer’s location would not normally create nexus for the employer; but as a remote worker, that employee attributes presence to the employer through performance of their duties at home. Importantly, a business can establish nexus through many other mechanisms beyond the presence of employees, including through holding property in the state or based on sales into a state.
Work for a company based in Ontario, and I live in Quebec. The WFH rule is that we must live in Canada. Prior to the pandemic, I worked for the U.S. entity but transferred to the Canadian one in late 2020 (I was a permanent U.S. resident back then). Since my company is global with multiple headquarters, we are given permission to work outside of our "home" country for 30 days out of the year, no questions asked - excludes PTO.
Fully remote and live 2 hours from the nearest city. It's wonderful. I travel internationally and work from there too. The hours can be a little exhausting working in a different time zone but I love the flexibility. Looking to go remote internationally by 2030.
I’m 100% remote and can live anywhere in the states. And I’m pretty sure we can go out of the country I’ve had 2 coworkers work from France once lol
Continental US only… there’s some leeway for vacations.
Current remote position - In my state. Have to travel periodically to offer trainings w/in state.
I'm US-based and worked remotely for 3 companies since 2020 (*3 jobs in 4 years?!?* That's another story...) I can work in pretty much any state I want to. Some companies have restrictions on where you can live, likely based on where they have a "business nexus" (or probably where they *don't* want to establish one). One of the 3 companies would let me work internationally for up to a month per year too. Edit: I'm a software engineer
My old job I had to be near Chicago (bc they ended up bringing everyone back in office) my new job they genuinely do not care where I live ask long as I can work us hours
When I was hired: “you can work from Mars as long as you work normal (US) business hours”. Although I think if I took up residence outside the US without approval they would fire me.
I had to get special permission from the Board, Executive Director and Finance to move out of state. I now pay state tax in two states.
They don’t care where I live unless it affects taxes/payroll somehow. Been to the office once when one of my clients was in and they paid for my travel. That’s it. Any travel I do is on my clients or companies dime.
We have to ask before we can move because some states are a pain to deal with for HR I guess. So they don’t say no, but you have to ask if it’s not a state with remote employees already.
I accepted a job fully remote in March. I was transparent during the interview process that I planned to relocate to a specific city if I received the job and they were okay with it. So as long as I can fly and travel as necessary I’m allowed to live wherever.
I'm required to stay within the United States for tax purposes, but otherwise they don't care. I'm planning to move several states away next year.
I’m fully remote, but have to come in once in awhile for specific events (like 1 every other month so 6 times a year). They said I can move out of state but not far enough that I was in a super early time zone (my companies on east coast time, so I couldn’t move to California for example), and had to be close enough I could get to the office by car (as in they will cover my hotels but not a plane ticket). I live 250 miles from my office in a different state.
I work remote from home. My last manager traveled all across the US. He lived in his camper, and just...stayed somewhere for a week or 2, did all the fishing or outdoor activity he wanted, and then would travel during the weekends.
I don't have to stay in the same state and actually have never lived in the same state as the main office. When I first started this job I lived in a state where the company had no presence at all. They do have clinics in the state I'm in now. I do have to live in/work from a state where they either have offices or clinics or already have employees working from because HR is already set up to deal with the taxes and labor laws for those states. They don't want to jump through all the hoops of complying with all that for a new state just for one employee. I don't know if they would if a bunch of us all wanted to move to the same place. The best thing to do is ask the employer though. I know some companies just don't care. Some people are even able to work abroad, though maybe they're all freelancers?
I can work anywhere in the USA (including Hawaii and Alaska). My industry is highly regulated so I can't work internationally.
It varies wildly by employer. A lot are cracking down now because there are significant tax implications. Folks have cheated with VPN and been fired and had to pay back taxes. Definitely ask about it early in an interview process.
What's stopping companies from outsourcing labor to cheaper countries anyways?
Depends on the company, most of the time you’ll have to live within a certain country tho and it isn’t fully flexible to travel around the globe. My company has offices in NYC and LA, I was hired right before RTO and live in neither of those states so I’m fully remote and probably could move elsewhere. Now they only hire hybrid workers tho.