That to me is the major draw ability to have a lot of weekend trips for a year
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Working from home what are your thoughts?? And possibly aboard
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I have worked from home since 2008 with rare trips into the office in Jersey or to a customer site. I'm actually working with my company now to let me move to Eastern Europe and still stay on the payroll the same. I will need to find a good accountant though. Also if you have an investment broker make sure he can take buy/sell orders if you are out of the USA. My Edward Jones guy can't so I will give him the order and he calls my Power of Attorney to get permission to process it.
I would say it depends on your role. I started my career in an office and 3 years later I started working remote as a Consultant. Been about 15 years since and don't regret it one bit. I got to see all my kids grow up being at home most of the time. I was able to have lunch with them, drive them to/from school, attend plays, picnics, go to doctor's appts., hit the gym regularly, avoid commuting. You can't put a price tag on the quality of life aspect.
I was happy as a traveling consultant. Then I took a leadership role a couple of years ago that had me in the office a couple days per week. I didn't have to be in the office, but I needed to stay visible and have a presence so I went in a couple of days per week. Well, as luck would have it, I did that for about a year before COVID hit. Now I'm back to full time remote and I'm not going back to the office. That ship has sailed. I would say working in the UK for 1 year would be a great experience. 12 months will be a blink of an eye when you look back at your overall career. Go for it!
I was happy as a traveling consultant. Then I took a leadership role a couple of years ago that had me in the office a couple days per week. I didn't have to be in the office, but I needed to stay visible and have a presence so I went in a couple of days per week. Well, as luck would have it, I did that for about a year before COVID hit. Now I'm back to full time remote and I'm not going back to the office. That ship has sailed. I would say working in the UK for 1 year would be a great experience. 12 months will be a blink of an eye when you look back at your overall career. Go for it!
Do it...but prepare yourself for financial sticker shock.
If you will get a housing stipend, that would be nice...but if not, gird your loins for the inevitablly higher housing costs.
If you will get a housing stipend, that would be nice...but if not, gird your loins for the inevitablly higher housing costs.
If you need any help finding a good accountant just let me know. I am not referring to myself just know the industry very well and happy to suggest individuals
Interesting yes I completely get that I have been able to focus a lot more on my quality of life than when I was working and commuting in Atlanta. Ability to cook is nice which ultimately ends up saving a decent amount.
That is the biggest element depending on the pay I know it might not even be affordable to live there
There are almost zero cons to working from home in my work. I also spent several years working remotely in other countries. It's a great opportunity, I'd do it.
March 2020, Barbados was offering one year residency visas to anyone from the US that wanted to go there and remote work. I really wish the wife and I had done that....
I work remote, the Mrs is a teacher, I love working remote, the summers can be spent in Europe/Canary Islands/South America/Panama/Alaska etc, and I just adjust for the time zone. I love the Europe time zone for remote work with US customers.
On a normal US working hour day you start your day off around 2pm and wrap it up around 10. (6 hour time difference). It gives time for morning hikes, bike rides extended breakfasts or sleeping in.
When I'm in the western (Mountain) time zone it makes for an early day (company on east coast time) but wraps up around 3 pm with plenty of day light left to get on the ATV/explore/hike/ fish etc.
When its not the summer, working remote allows for longer solo trips to fishing destinations and local fishing/hiking. I can work remote off of a cell phone if I need to, so it gives a lot of flexibility, more than once I have spent a work day deep sea fishing and taking phone calls...lol
I 100% say do it!....If you don't you will probably always wonder what you might have missed. Life is too short to spend in an office.
On a normal US working hour day you start your day off around 2pm and wrap it up around 10. (6 hour time difference). It gives time for morning hikes, bike rides extended breakfasts or sleeping in.
When I'm in the western (Mountain) time zone it makes for an early day (company on east coast time) but wraps up around 3 pm with plenty of day light left to get on the ATV/explore/hike/ fish etc.
When its not the summer, working remote allows for longer solo trips to fishing destinations and local fishing/hiking. I can work remote off of a cell phone if I need to, so it gives a lot of flexibility, more than once I have spent a work day deep sea fishing and taking phone calls...lol
I 100% say do it!....If you don't you will probably always wonder what you might have missed. Life is too short to spend in an office.
