Comment on Survey: 73% of Amazon workers are considering quitting after 5-day in-office mandate

• dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What’s the logistics of this? I work remote 3 days as a software dev and I’m hoping to eventually get full WFH.

  How does one just move to another country to work from there. Do you need a lot of cash on hand to make the move or can you just be a nomad kind and do it.

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  • tty5@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not going to touch immigration, work permits etc, because it varies greatly - I’m assuming you figure it out. For skilled workers with work experience there usually is a fairly painless way to get all you need.

    Continuing to work:

    • your employed has to have presence in the country you are moving to, or
    • they have to handle your employment through an intermediary, like deel.com, or
    • you have to transition to independent contractor (potentially legally dicey if you are a contractor in name only)
    • if your company doesn’t support fully async work don’t move more than 8 time zones away - that way you’ll still be able to join some meetings

    Moving is the simplest part:

    • Lightweight & cheap option: pack a backpack/suitcase like you were going on long vacation. Buy plane tickets. Rent Airbnb at the location for a week and use that week to rent a place to live. This option is similar in cost to moving to a different city within a country with extra costs being $2000-3000 for travel and initial week at destination.
    • Everything and kitchen sink is not much more expensive: 10k gets everything you own professionally packed, stuffed in a 20 feet shipping container, shipping across the ocean, customs and delivery and unloading (but not unpacking from boxes). 20 feet container is enough to take everything in a large, packed 2 bedroom condo including furniture.

    At destination you will need:

    • work permit / work visa
    • local equivalent of social security / tax number / sometimes both - file a form, sometimes pay a small fee
    • a business (if you are going independent contractor route)
    • bank account

    Vast majority of the info you need will often be available on the embassy website of your destination country.

    Source: over the 20 years of my career I moved across the ocean twice with my family and worked from a total of 4 countries.

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    • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks so much for posting such a detailed reply. I appreciate it and will be looking into this in the near future.

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• Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ayyyy I would be there with you if I could bring all my kids with me. I dislike 20-30 flight time to see my kids. And it’s also wasteful.

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  • tty5@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Take them with you, especially if the move is a quality of life upgrade.

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    • Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I can’t get any of them to move out of Nevada for a better state. There’s no way that would go with me to another country.

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      • tty5@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Heh, I assumed you were talking about young children and your response suggests adults. In that case I’d say it’s even easier - they already live their own lives and you have more flexibility to live yours the way you like and where you like. Travel is always a pain, but the bigger deal the trip is the more meaningful the visit.

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