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Remote workers who make $80k/year and above-
What is your title and what do you like about your job??
Give me a run down.
I am also very interested to hear from those in B2B sales and project management/ construction/ engineering or a technical field
What run down, double question mark?
Delivery Manager, IT, soon to be Sr. Delivery Manager. Was Engagement Manager, which is co-equal with Principal Consultant or Principal PgM in IT. More than double what you mention, plus bonus and benefits making it closer than not to $200K total comp.
Historically: manage programs $3-4M, indirects and directs (span of control) to 25 people, reporting to Director, Sr. Director, or GM. GM title seems to be growing rare in IT.
Past year: reported to office in Seattle, then moved under a national-based org. Boss in SoCal, peers literally in all corners of the U.S. with a couple in India. On assignment in-turn to another international Fortune 500 for a year, managing multi-mil$ program to largest company in the world by-revenue for at least a year PM'ing mergers and acquisitions Azure components, moderate sized team.
I figure I'm dead to the Seattle office anymore, making me truly remote. Doesn't matter where I am physically in the US at this point, interestingly enough. I'm staying, though, as jobs come and go but Seattle remains a hub for employment plus I like living here for the quality of life.
What do I like? At the moment, the travel which is frequent. That will settle to a week a month again, soon. Jamming miles on my AmX Platinum and being a member of National's Emerald Club, Marriott Gold, Delta Silver and striving for Gold and beyond. Etc.
I also like the autonomy, of course. Staying visible and in the revenue stream is my responsibility. Being in a cost center has never suited my purposes, as one becomes a target. Only exception being CorpSec; I'm always amused when some idiot exec decides to cut security though thankfully I don't see much of that in the past ten years or so. They are a reluctantly necessary cost center.
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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I only work remotely on occasion, as a non-tech manager, but most of our tech people do regularly. In fact, they have cut their office space in half by doubling up since people are here so rarely. That includes people making over $100k such as server managers, network engineering managers, business case managers, and down at the $80k range such positions as database engineers and telecommunications infrastructure engineers.
I was a remote worker for the last 2 years of my IT career (2014 - 2016). I made much more than $80K per year. I was a software developer who did stints in new software development and maintenance and support.
It was very convenient working remote. I no longer had a commute of one hour one way. Two hours of commute time, gas, and wear and tear on the cars was saved per day when I went remote. Now I could roll out of bed in the morning and get to work immediately.
Unfortunately for my colleagues who are still working for this employer, this company is phasing remote workers out. No more working from home. The company no longer trusts its workers to work from home, no matter the workload or how well employees meet their deadlines or how productive they are.
Also in addition to that, they are shedding virtually all of their workers because they "make too much money" and are replacing them with workers earning about a third. Nice.
I have also heard that many companies who had initially embraced remote work are now maneuvering their employees back into the office. They say the reason is increased "collaboration". Hmm... Perhaps so. But perhaps it is also because those companies also don't trust their workers to work from home anymore. Who is to say if even top performers don't raid the refrigerator too many times, watch TV, play computer games, even take a nap now and then. Can the company be sure that a remote worker is working every single hour that they should be? Probably not.
By the way, my title was Programmer Analyst. I was proud of my profession and proud to tell people what I did. I enjoyed working in the whole software development life cycle. Client meetings, analysis, specifications, coding, testing, documentation, maintenance, and support (this one not so much, especially after hours).
However, due to my management's unrealistic expectations, impossible deadlines, metrics, aggressive stand on working very many overtime hours just for their own sake, and basic meanness, anger, and needless rage against its employees, I really cannot say that I enjoyed anything about my job. Management prevented me from doing so. I stuck it out there for 28 years. I did it for the money.
Remote workers who make $80k/year and above-
What is your title and what do you like about your job??
Give me a run down.
I am also very interested to hear from those in B2B sales and project management/ construction/ engineering or a technical field
Today is my last day at a remote job I had for 2 years. I made north of 6 figures. I've also had other remote positions where I made 6 figures.
I'm a senior software engineer in each one of these roles. I'm not the lead software engineer, but I'm typically right under the lead in most of my roles. I'm more of the "ideas" guy on team, meant to kind of mentor lesser experienced members, maintain coding standards, making our lives easier, and of course solve some of the "harder' problems that we deal with as a team.
I do like remote work, but I've gained 70 lbs since working remote. The remote work is very demanding and high stress. I work 12-14 hours a day. And I basically never turn my computer off. Only in the last 2 months I've started to balance my work hours, and now I'm starting to make it out to the gym more. But I think I'm better served going in the office.
Also because you are remote, a lot of managers feel this gives them a good excuse to micromanage. Being micromanaged as a remote worker is 10x worse being micromanaged when on site. I have little tolerance for micromanagers. If you can find a cool team with a decent manager, then go for it.
Insurance sales, Auto, Home, Life, Commercial. I work remotely 2-3 days a week and in the office 1-2 days. Very laid back, easy work. I am an independent agent, meaning I can write for several companies.
My DH is a Mechanical Engineer and can work remotely if he wants to; however, he usually only does a few days a week. He travels a lot for his position as well to his companies plant locations within the U.S. and internationally. He makes well over 6 figures.
My employer has been firing all the remote employees over the last couple of years. Not sure I would recommend it as safe. Some were offered the option to come to an office, some were just cut.
My employer has been firing all the remote employees over the last couple of years. Not sure I would recommend it as safe. Some were offered the option to come to an office, some were just cut.
I've seen a lot of businesses move away from remote work. And I think it's for several reasons. For one, remote workers are likely to "moonlight". Like double up and work 2 remote positions (I've admittedly done this). Secondly people have abused these privileges and probably don't work as much either.
I don't think remote work is preferable for all forms of work. I've found it's better when the remote work is based more around project deadlines. And is less about "how many hours you're putting in a day". That's the main issue I've seen with remote work. Managers need to "prove you're doing 8 hours of work". When in reality if work is more project based the goal should be more about meeting your deadline. Which you can do with a remote job.
I think remote work is for the first time practical and very viable. And I think this is the first generation of workforce that can work remotely. Unfortunately old attitudes from management have to die, and employees have to also learn how not to abuse remote jobs. There are going to be some growing pains, but I do think that this is where the workforce is going sooner or later.
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