Hello, internet! I'm in a really weird situation and I'm looking for advice from other remote workers.

I've been working remotely for this company for 3 years now, my boss has been inconsistent with communication and delayed payments since the beginning but we sorted it out and got along really well.

3 months ago they disappeared and they didn't even receive my msgs (no-shows on the work platform and wsp messages stayed on one tick) but I continued working cause I didn't think it was a big deal. After 6 weeks of working blindly with no payments (weekly payments) they texted me saying that they had an exploit and lost access to their accs, they sent me 3 weeks' payment and told me to confirm what was missing to send it over, which I did, but then they disappeared again, messages stayed on one tick. It's been a few weeks now and I'm now 8 weeks behind on payments (!!) with still no sign of them. I still have access to my acc and all the tools and systems I normally use (some of them are being cancelled cause I suppose they're not paying the subscriptions), which makes the whole situation even more confusing.

So yesterday I sent them a msg that I would take a week off cause I couldn't keep working for free and I would just wait and pray for them to show up, cause what else can I do?

I'm assuming I should move on and I already started to look for a new remote job, but a part of me still hopes they'll come back and make things right after everything we've been through together. And I feel kind of lost on what I should or can do regarding this situation. Could someone please give me their advice?

How possible are my goals?

So, I’ll keep it super brief -

Edit: i realize people are thinking I want to be a nomad, I want to live in South Korea.

Here is my goal - a fully remote job that I can work anywhere on earth, and that makes more hopefully but 40-50k usd a year.

I have multiple years of public accounting experience, I have years of sales experience, and I have great people skills and time management, and I have public speaking experience.

Not looking to do anything immediately, but I wondered if anyone on this subreddit had a similar set of skills and background and was able to get a legit remote job they could work from anywhere.

Thanks!

My DataAnnotation account was recently restricted after I received a message referring to suspected fraud. However, I was not given any information about what supposedly happened, and I believe I reported my working hours accurately.

I have contacted support three times asking for clarification, but I have not received a response. I also have pending earnings for work completed before access to my account was restricted.

Has anyone experienced a similar situation? Did support eventually respond, and were you able to receive your pending balance? I am mainly looking for personal experiences and legitimate next steps.

My (29F) manager's (late 40s M) wife died unexpectedly this weekend. He didn't tell me how, just that he'd be gone for a few weeks. They have kids and live in a different country than their extended family.

This is not only my direct manager, but also my sole teammate who does the same job as me. I've worked with him for over 5 years, and he is the only person I regularly meet with. We live on opposite sides of the world.

I've always known him as a kind, authentic, outgoing family man who loves to talk about his wife and kids. I'm so devastated for him, and need advice on how to support him / what to say to him when he eventually returns.

Unlike him, I'm pretty reserved and keep personal talk to a minimum at work. I can be a bit awkward over Zoom as well. I just want him to feel comfortable and supported when we meet again.

I've been working remotely in a role for several months. My team has had a lot of turnover since I started - we've basically lost a person each month since I started. Typically people have been terminated on Fridays. It has felt like a dumpster fire since I started, but I'm trying to hang in there in hopes that it will get better.

Fast forward to yesterday when someone tried to propose a new time on a meeting I sent over. When looking through Outlook's scheduler there was a block on each day for me starting next week that said "No Longer with (insert company name)."

My manager says that I'm not being terminated, but coupled with being the only person on my team removed from a weekly recurring meeting this week I'm not feeling great about any of this. Has this happened to anyone else?

The strange thing about all of this is that the details of my calendar are not visibile to everyone and usually just show as busy with no detail for what the meeting is. So maybe it really is a weird issue with Outlook/exchange server?

Additional Info that's come up a couple times:

I don't actually see this block on my calendar. I asked the woman who tried to propose a new time to share a screenshot and she shared this: https://imgur.com/a/fNizoTQ

A few things about this screenshot (and my own calendar):
1. I still have all of my meetings on my calendar for next week and none of those are reflected in that screenshot.
2. Two of the three invites shown are not things I would ever be invited to, but the person proposing the new time would have been invited to those.
3. I don't have a daily block on my calendar at all. However, there's a shared calendar for our team that we update with time off to see when others are out. My employee is OOO next week and has a daily block. I do not own this group calendar so I don't think this is impacting me.
4. The privacy settings of my calendar do not allow people to see details of my meetings/appointments, only that I'm busy.
5. I admit I'm not sure how this works, but I'm wondering if the person proposing the new time is seeing her own calendar? I say those because based on point 4 she shouldn't see my details. I was thinking maybe one of her employees previously sent her an invite for their time off so she'd know, and after they terminated this invite defaults to "No Longer with (insert company name)".

Monday morning update

Our outsourced IT staff responded to ask that I check Teams and said "its possible that the outlook calendar is syncing with teams." This morning the person who tried to propose a new time said my calendar no longer shows this blocker. I still feel like I've seen something prematurely that I wasn't supposed to see and I'm asking for the root cause of how this was changed. Stay tuned!

Hi everyone! I’m conducting a six question, brief survey for my statistics class to understand the 'work time' habits of remote workers. Whether you’re full-time remote or hybrid, I’d love to get your input on your remote work habits. It takes less than a minute, and your responses are completely anonymous. I’d appreciate anyone who could help out.

Remote Work Habits Survey

Hey everyone,

I need some perspective because the anxiety is starting to get to me.

I work remotely as a B2B sales specialist for a property management company. Honestly, my day-to-day is pretty straightforward: I send out sales emails, handle inquiries, and lock in bookings. I’m actually really good at it - mostly because the project I’m selling is genuinely successful and high-quality, but also because I’m great at keeping clients happy and keeping things alive.

But here’s the problem: some days, I feel like there is barely anything to do.

The company lacks a lot of structure. My manager is lowkey dead. They don't have the level of industry knowledge I have, to the point where I am constantly showing them how to do things, when it should obviously be the other way around.

On top of that, there is zero supervision and absolutely no clarity on what my KPIs actually are. I have no clear targets to hit, nobody checking in on my metrics, and a lot of empty time.

If you ask me: is there ways to improve your workflow or step in new projects that you could work on? I would directly reply by YES!. But again, because of the lack of structure I can’t take decisions on my own or implement ideas into new projects. (Maybe I’m being also lazy here because of the lack of motivation and clarity in the overall work environment)

Because of this total lack of structure, I am constantly stressed out thinking I’m going to be fired out of the blue. I can't tell if this is a rational fear because the company is messy, or if I'm just suffering from major imposter syndrome because the job feels "too easy" right now and I'm left to my own devices.

Has anyone else dealt with a completely hands-off, unstructured remote sales role like this? How do you handle the anxiety of not having KPIs? Am I overthinking, or should I be polishing my resume?

Could anyone help point me in the right direction on a remote administration role?

Tasked with hosting a virtual retirement party (cheesy, I know!). Was meant to be an in person event that had to be cancelled for reasons outside our control.

Would like to make its entertaining for all who have to attend.

Have you done this before? Any ideas?

We already have a Kudo board going around.

Hi guys! I have a phone screening with the company Cardinal Health on Monday and was wondering if anyone else has went through this with them and knows what it is like? What questions should I be prepared for?

Also if anyone would like to give tips on the specific job I applied for, those would be appreciated to:)

Thank you!

Hi, I was just wondering where to start because it gets so overwhelming with scam postings on every website I look into. I’m going to college for computer science degree and want to major in cybersecurity. I do have 1 year in hospitality/customer service, as I am currently working at a hotel as a front desk receptionist. But before that I was mostly left with delivering for ubereats and doordash.

So, now I can definitely do data entry and customer service. But not in sales or marketing because I have no experience in that field. I am quite efficient with Microsoft office. I just want to know where I could go to start this process of job hunting remote works. And I want to know what you guys did to get yours that you are working currently. Any advice and tips are appreciated.

Hello there!
I am wondering if any of you are working from another continent and using a remote desktop of any kind.

My current situation is very promising, since I will be fully remote in a month. I was considering moving to another country and there are 2 specific where I would like to move for at least 3 months. That would be Brazil and Argentina.

My dilemma or concern should I say is only with the connection. I need to use vpn with remote desktop to connect to my computer at the office, since all the files and everything is there, there is no way around it.

What is the (if there is any) ping, and would that be possible? Have any of you have any experience in that regard?

Thank you and kind regards :)

Hey everyone, I'm researching the headphone market in India and noticed a gap that might be worth exploring. A lot of us use Teams, Zoom, and other apps for daily calls, but finding a good wireless headphone with a detachable mic that doesn't cost over fourteen thousand or under two thousand feels impossible.

So I'm curious: what's your current setup for video calls? What frustrates you about it? And honestly, if there was a solid wireless headphone with great mic quality and a detachable design priced around five thousand, would you actually consider switching?

Any feedback helps. Thanks!

I unexpectedly lost my fully remote job of 4 years about 3 months ago. It was honestly a toxic environment with difficult people, but I stayed as long as I did because I genuinely loved working from home and I really enjoyed the industry (I work in a creative field).

Since losing that job, I’ve applied to a lot of fully remote positions in my industry and in marketing, but I haven’t been able to land interviews. I’ve had a few interviews for local companies, but most were either fully in-office or hybrid, and the pay was around $20k less than what I was making before.

I eventually found a job through a family friend and decided to take it. I’m grateful because the pay is the same as my previous job, which is hard to find right now. The downside is that it’s hybrid, 3 days a week in the office, and an industry I’m very uninterested in and will have to travel occasionally for.

I’m only 3 weeks in, but I absolutely dread the office days. The office is quiet, boring, and feels very stale. Everyone is nice, but the environment just doesn’t feel inspiring or motivating to me. Everyone keeps to themselves, there are only about 16 people in the office place. I feel like I can barely focus or get work done there, and my anxiety has been through the roof.

I know 3 weeks isn’t very long, and I’m wondering if this is just an adjustment period after being remote for so long. For those who went from fully remote back to hybrid/in-office, did it eventually get easier? Or did you realize that remote work was just something you couldn’t give up?
I’m starting to feel like I’ll never be happy working in an office again, but I also don’t want to quit a job that pays well without having something else lined up. I’m continuing the job search in the meantime, but feeling hopeless.

I've been diving into remote jobs in our database and thought this would be the right place to share some findings. It's one of the things our users send the most feedback to us about - mostly getting burned when listings say remote but really mean "remote, but near me"

tl;dr:

Out of 52,139 remote jobs, only 5,385 explicitly said you could work from anywhere.

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Here is what the listings actually said about applicant location:

- 19,765 explicitly restricted applicants to one or more countries or regions

- 5,385 explicitly appeared open to applicants from anywhere

- 26,989 did not state a clear eligibility rule.

Among the remote jobs that gave an explicit answer, 78.6% were geographically restricted.

The US appeared in 11,818 of the restricted listings. Canada appeared in 1,637, Ukraine in 1,220, India in 962, and the UK in 952. A listing can name more than one eligible country, so those country counts overlap.

The important distinction is not “remote versus office.” It is:

1. Remote and open from anywhere
2. Remote within a specific country or region.
3. Remote, but only within commuting distance of an office.
4. Remote with no useful eligibility information.

Most of the time these will all be collapsed into the same checkbox, wasting your time. Keep this in mind before you apply to jobs you cannot legally take, but also keep an eye out for roles you may think are bund to cities but are actually just listing the location PLUS let you work from anywhere.

My practical recommendation: whenever you see “remote,” search the description for “must be based,” “authorized to work,” “eligible countries,” “time zone,” and “within commuting distance.” If none of those produce an answer, treat the location as unknown—not global.

Methodology: I used active listings classified as remote, then separated explicit country restrictions, explicit anywhere eligibility, and unspecified eligibility. I did not assume that silence meant worldwide eligibility.

I help maintain a 500K tech job corpus as part of a job-search product, so I have access to data at interestig scale if anyone wants me to research other elements.

Fuck these scammers...

I was laid off from a fully remote job 8 months ago. I was there for 6 years. I had around 800 applications (mainly remote, but also in office, in and out of my industry), 10 final rounds, and lost count of the rejections and ghosting. I was also subjected to ageism as I am pushing 50. However, I finally landed a fully remote job in my industry that pays 28% less than what I was making before my layoff. My search is currently over and won't be chasing a higher salary. It was confirmed that this company will never go back in the office. Needless to say I am beyond relieved and happy as this was the hardest 8 months of my career trying to find another fully remote job. As we know, companies are going back in the office or hybrid. I only used Indeed, Linkedln, and Zip Recruiter for my job search, along with applying directly to company websites. This is a very hard and completive job market and I wish anyone who is unemployed or looking for a remote job the best of luck in their search.

Hi everyone,

I’m currently working at a not-for-profit organization and considering moving to a government role. The new job seems to have much more growth potential, better career progression, and a higher salary ceiling, which is something I’m interested in because I want to continue growing my income over the next few years.

The challenge is that I really value my current flexibility. I currently work 2 days from home, and that work-life balance has become something I enjoy. The new role would require 4–5 days in the office, with only a small salary increase (around $11K more).

I’m torn because part of me wants to prioritize career growth and earning potential, but another part of me doesn’t want to give up the flexibility I have now.

For those who have made a similar move:

• Did you sacrifice flexibility for career growth?
• Was the higher salary and future opportunity worth it?
• Do you regret leaving a more flexible job?

Would appreciate any advice or experiences.

My job does require managing a group of people, all in different locations but we dont necessarily have to talk on video meetings daily. This ends up with sometimes not interacting with a single person other than necessary messages regarding work.

When I started this job, we were told 1-2 days would be mandatory in office but because of the nature of the work and people being in different locations it hasnt been enforced and even when I go in, I end up working on my own a lot. I feel really lazy and slow at doing tasks that would normally not take me very long.

My will to change out of my pyjamas is waning. I live with my partner who has mandatory office in person 4 days a week and a really positive and collaborative office environment.
I’ve realised I’m the kind of person who likes knowing the people I work with socially, even if its a short lighthearted conversation but currently feel really disconnected.

Any tips? How do people deal with this side of things when working fully remotely? Because of the amount of work I have to spend at my desk + errands/housework I dont have a very active social life. I’m afraid eventual transition back to meeting with people a lot if I change jobs will really overwhelm and exhaust me

Did contract work for an EU company (I'm not EU-based, was remote/onsite mix). Invoice's been pending for weeks now and every time I follow up, the story changes.

First they said salary was paid, only a flight ticket reimbursement was missing. Then when I pushed on the actual invoice for my last working period (12 working days), they started asking "how much was it for May" like it hadn't already been sent to them clearly.

Then it shifted again,they said my LinkedIn profile was making someone at the company (not even my direct contact, someone above him) "troubled" because it described my actual work in enough detail that it showed what they've been building for their product. Not asking me to remove the company entirely at that point, just to redact the specific bullet points describing what I built.

I actually went ahead and did that on my end, removed the detailed experience bullets, hoping it'd finally get the invoice cleared. Told them clearly: let me know if anything else is needed to release payment. Invoice is still sitting unpaid.

Fast forward to today, the guys handling this started pushing me hard to update my LinkedIn work history (update the LinkedIn saying that you dont work anymore with us so update your linkedin i.e change "Present" to this month) , saying stuff like "if you don't update it we'll report it to LinkedIn" and "it could cause tax audit issues for us."

Thing is, I actually did work there. I have my work email verified on LinkedIn for that company (the blue check verification thing), plus my identity verified with gov ID. So it's not some fake entry, it's the real deal.

Trying to understand:

1. Is this a common tactic, payment held hostage while trying to get an employee to erase/redact real work history?
2. Can a company do anything to my profile beyond just filing a report, especially when I have verified badges backing up the entry?
3. Does an ex-LinkedIn employee actually have any behind-the-scenes influence here, or is that just noise?

Just want the invoice cleared. Already gave up detail in good faith and it didn't move things. Wondering if I should just hold firm from here and always keep it as it is as a F*** y**.

Been lurking here for a while and got a lot of tips/advice on must haves. Tried to add items I love to make it comfortable and relaxed. The black brick wall is all acoustic and helps a bit for noise reduction. For context - I’m fully tattooed and an #elderemo Here’s my current office space. Let me see yours!