It took a little bit of work a decade back to find a great paying remote job. These days it's so much more simple even with some of the largest tech employers forcing people back into the office. I'd argue you don't want to work somewhere that "does remote since the pandemic". Apply at remote-only companies and if you're employable they'll find you a spot since they're dealing with brain drain too.
Hot take, but I've done this remote engineer thing for a long time. Feels like we're in the golden age of remote work compared to my experiences a decade back. Find the position in the world wherein you both enjoy your work and how/where you do it. It's out there, guaranteed.
I'm questioning if it's really "just that easy" to get a remote job.
Hybrid seems to be more popular with 2 or 3 days of WFH
Even the fully remote alot of them are requiring people to be with in 1-2 hour of a company office signalling that maybe they will be going hybrid as well
Unless managers/directors/VPs/SVPs/C-suite executives get even more strict and companies around the country band together to not offer remote work closing any/all openings, forcing people back to work.
3 options:
1. get lucky enough to find a job that allows work from home
2. be unemployed
3. suck it up and work for a company that demands you work in the office unless you can find an alternative (aka a remote job)
if you can't find a remote job, you're out of luck.
whether this breaks down in reality (aka... what % of open jobs right now after all of these layoffs are in person vs hybrid vs full remote)
is it a fairytale dream that there's a ton of remote jobs out there? especially with microsoft + google + apple + amazon being relatively against remote work.