planetburgess

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by planetburgess 6y ago
Well done. Its important to have places which showcase people who aren't well served by the mainstream job sites.
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by planetburgess 7y ago
Bear in mind that the US (IRS) requirements for independent contractors are not really relevant here. The Canadian legislation is what counts. Citizens are classified based on the legislation of the country in which they are working.
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by planetburgess 7y ago
(1) Beware of misclassification if hiring someone full time as a contractor in Canada. In this case the fact that the employee is planning to pick up a side gig is a good indicator they are a genuine contractor instead of a disguised employ
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by planetburgess 7y ago
Employers and teams can choose to work synchronously which means timezones are important. Remote doesn't necessarily mean anywhere, anytime, anyhow.
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by planetburgess 7y ago
Pro rata is considered fair. On the same way that overtime pay is considered fair if you have to work extra hours.
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by planetburgess 7y ago
If you have a disability, then the right to work remotely is covered as an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Otherwise it really depends on the employer and manager.
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by planetburgess 7y ago
Those companies may feel they have access to enough talent in the USA. They may have restrictions with data protection or security. They may be worried about timezones or communication. Or they may be worried about complying with foreign em
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by planetburgess 7y ago
You can be employed through a third party deployment company (ArbeitnehmerÜberlassungsGesetz) for up to eighteen months. Such companies (known in other countries as Employer of Record / GEO / PEO / Umbrella companies) have an
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by planetburgess 7y ago
In the USA the Department of OHSA specifically says that it (and the employer) don't bear responsibility for a home based work site. They won't do site inspections and the best they can do is give tips to the worker and have the w
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by planetburgess 7y ago
This sheet by Rudolphe Dutel at Remotive.io lists 900+ startups who are hiring remotely https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TLJSlNxCbwRNxy14Toe1...
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by planetburgess 7y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20083795
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by planetburgess 7y ago
Sense of pride and loyalty is generally not a problem. For many (most?) people working remotely allows them to better balance work and life. It often makes it easier for them to do things that are important to them. One of the ways people &
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by planetburgess 7y ago
That suggests a lack of trust or a reliance on synchronous communication. Both of which don't work great in a remote environment, in my experience. It does seem to work for some people who want to replicate a co-located office experien
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by planetburgess 7y ago
I wonder if there are additional restrictions based on being in financial services. It may require different licenses, registrations, insurance and employer regulations (e.g. different collective bargaining agreement) compared to traditiona
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by planetburgess 7y ago
Establishing a registered entity to employ in a foreign country is not a few hours advice. It is difficult, expensive and time consuming.
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by planetburgess 7y ago
Same. You can standardise equipment allowances but you can't standardise co-working costs, especially if you have international workers. Wework cost us roughly USD 700 per head in Sydney, USD 500 in London and USD 300 in Madrid.
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by planetburgess 7y ago
I don't see much of this within hybrid companies and don't see why it would occur. The whole point in a hybrid setup is you get to choose what suits you. If you want to work in an office with people, choose that. If you prefer to
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by planetburgess 7y ago
People don't get paid more in San Francisco because they deliver more value than a worker in New York City or London. San Francisco rates are high because of geographic scarcity of talent in that location. Over the long term remote is
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by planetburgess 7y ago
Some countries are just cheaper to employ in. That dooes not mean that people there are any less talented.
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by planetburgess 7y ago
Is working for Gitlab remotely in Vietnam on a localised salary as good or better than most local job opportunities? If so, isn't it still good for the employees?
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by planetburgess 7y ago
They might also prefer to work in a better medical system.
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by planetburgess 7y ago
Zapier does indexed compensation by region. E.g. They pay employees in Asia less than employees in America. This is actually the worst of both worlds. They are paying over the market rate in some countries and under the market in others. S
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by planetburgess 7y ago
We have 30 people across 9 countries and several teams who have very limited real time cross over. We don't send internal emails. We use: Slack for asynchronous discussion. If someone posts something in Slack they should expect a respo
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by planetburgess 7y ago
To properly support remote work you need it to be fair for everyone, which means you need to offer it to everyone and optimise for it. Huge organisations face larger barriers to this because of the amount of change it would require to how t
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by planetburgess 7y ago
We have just over twenty remote workers internally and we use a mix. Full disclosure we are a service provider in this space, so I am just taking about what we do internally and freely admit I am biased because of the nature of our business
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by planetburgess 7y ago
The foreign bank generally had to do a fairly manual process to get a U.S. cheque cleared. This can take weeks. 7 weeks is a bit excessive, probably they are giving worst case scenario.
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by planetburgess 7y ago
Hiring non U.S.employees on your U.S. payroll is a bad idea. The employee will have a dual tax nightmare having to reconcile the tax and social security against their home country regime.
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by planetburgess 8y ago
Just imagine how much better those companies could be if they had more diversity.
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by planetburgess 8y ago
Not for that length of time. Unless you can qualify for Tier 1, which seems unlikely based on what you've said https://workpermit.com/immigration/united-kingdom/tier-1-vis... You can't get a Tier 2 work
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by planetburgess 8y ago
All good points regarding Australia. It's worth pointing out over half the Australian population is covered by private medical insurance https://www.canstar.com.au/health-insurance/who-has-health-i... So it's

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