If You Had to Move to Either Texas or Mexico, Which Would You Pick? (Montclair: crime, college)

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

Almost no company will allow you to work remotely internationally. That is very uncommon.

According to this, a lot of huge corporations allow it including many of the most sought after, like Google, American Express, and Facebook.

https://opensourcedworkplace.com/new...home-employees

Youtube isnt statistical. It provides no baseline.

Nope we arent conducting a study, we're looking at people who have made the move and are happy and thriving.

[MechAndy]

The guy that owns where my wife works is a friend of ours.
He has close to 40 people working from home and loves it.
He gets to recruit workers from a larger work pool and that makes him more money.

I believe he even gets subcontractors from India and other locations at times.
I say power to him and people like him that employ people from all over.

My wife could work from a foreign country if she wanted to.
Our second home is about 25 miles from Canada where we have lots of relatives.
I’m not sure why people wouldn’t be allowed to do that.

This would/will actually start lowering wages and costs.
What employer would not want that?

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

According to this, a lot of huge corporations allow it including many of the most sought after, like Google, American Express, and Facebook.

https://opensourcedworkplace.com/new...home-employees
.

From your link:

"While there is a continuing lack of clarity surrounding visa status of remote workers who provide services for different US based companies, their numbers do continue to grow. US companies mainly benefit from pay differences as well as some employee benefits they save on when dealing with the remote workers."

This means that the companies that do allow it will not be paying international remote employees the salaries they would make here. They allow it because they can save money by paying them less. Just because you are American doesnt mean you get an American salary if you dont live in the US. That wipes out a COL advantage.

About the visa issues:

Officially, working in Mexico on a tourist visa instead of a permanent resident visa – whether you’re a freelancer working online or a remote employee, is officially not allowed, but you’ll want to check out your visa options here below.

https://tricksandtrips.com/work-remotely-from-mexico/

In Mexico you have to establish residency to officially work from there. Tourist visa wont cut it.

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by MechAndy

The guy that owns where my wife works is a friend of ours.
He has close to 40 people working from home and loves it.
He gets to recruit workers from a larger work pool and that makes him more money.

I believe he even gets subcontractors from India and other locations at times.
I say power to him and people like him that employ people from all over.

My wife could work from a foreign country if she wanted to.
Our second home is about 25 miles from Canada where we have lots of relatives.
I’m not sure why people wouldn’t be allowed to do that.

This would/will actually start lowering wages and costs.
What employer would not want that?

What youre referring to is the outsourcing of jobs, not Americans moving abroad to work remotely from there. Completely different.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

From your link:

"While there is a continuing lack of clarity surrounding visa status of remote workers who provide services for different US based companies, their numbers do continue to grow. US companies mainly benefit from pay differences as well as some employee benefits they save on when dealing with the remote workers."

This means that the companies that do allow it will not be paying international remote employees the salaries they would make here. They allow it because they can save money by paying them less. Just because you are American doesnt mean you get an American salary if you dont live in the US. That wipes out a COL advantage.

About the visa issues:

Officially, working in Mexico on a tourist visa instead of a permanent resident visa – whether you’re a freelancer working online or a remote employee, is officially not allowed, but you’ll want to check out your visa options here below.

https://tricksandtrips.com/work-remotely-from-mexico/

In Mexico you have to establish residency to officially work from there. Tourist visa wont cut it.

Who said anything about tourist visas? Moving is moving. You can get legal residency in Mexico without surrendering your US citizenship.

I have had legal residency in Brazil since 1994, even though I am a native of the US and maintain my US citizenship.

This is not a question of either or. It seems like you want to create barriers that dont exist.

[NORTY FLATZ]

Originally Posted by joosoon

Why is this in the California forum?

Slow day at the office.

Oh, I'd take Texas, I guess.

I've seen the darkside of Mexico, so I'd take Texas in a heartbeat.

I suppose I'd have to learn spanish either way...

[mojo101]

You can live in TX and cross over to Mexico or vice versa.
Brownsville is one town where it is seeparted from Mexico by a bridge.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by MechAndy

The guy that owns where my wife works is a friend of ours.
He has close to 40 people working from home and loves it.
He gets to recruit workers from a larger work pool and that makes him more money.

I believe he even gets subcontractors from India and other locations at times.
I say power to him and people like him that employ people from all over.

My wife could work from a foreign country if she wanted to.
Our second home is about 25 miles from Canada where we have lots of relatives.
I’m not sure why people wouldn’t be allowed to do that.

This would/will actually start lowering wages and costs.
What employer would not want that?

Why would lowering of US wages be a good thing for US workers?

[MechAndy]

Hi Ruth,
I’m pro labor and do not favor this.

I was arguing that employers would not mind having their workforce working from home wherever that is.
Some have a fiduciary obligation to do so because it will be more profitable when manipulated.
No it would not be good for our workers.

Someone said that the employers wouldn’t want it.
I was just stating that employers would.

Times are changing and looking into what the different scenarios that the future might hold is a lot smarter that assuming nothing will change while acting like an ostrich.

One thing I have seen and been privy to is the hiring of wfh workers from lower wage areas within the states to fill San Francisco employment needs.
Put that idea on steroids and it will mean overseas recruitment for some wfh jobs.

Maybe not on the table yet but with lobbyists involved with it combined with the globalist people I wouldn’t wager against it.

Once again, I am pro labor, owned several decent sized service businesses and don’t like that idea.

[tmtex]

Originally Posted by General I80

Texas because there are many areas that feel like California. Dallas and Austin, for example, have many tech companies, like San Francisco.

Is this why all you Californians are coming here ?