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Re:More Disabled Americans Are Employed, Thanks to Remote Work by miki123211 on Thursday June 20, 2024 @05:11PM (#40743443)
And don't forget about:

3) Employers who are fully remote (as opposed to even 1 day per month in office) can hire in different locations. For many roles, you can find great employees in places like Eastern Europe for far cheaper than in Silicon Valley, for example.

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Re:More Disabled Americans Are Employed, Thanks to Remote Work by rty32 on Thursday June 20, 2024 @05:38PM (#40743693)
It could work against you as a US worker. They would set up branches in Europe (and other places) and just hire there, instead of having headcounts in the US.

Just look at Google.

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Re:More Disabled Americans Are Employed, Thanks to Remote Work by miki123211 on Friday June 21, 2024 @04:53AM (#40747552)
Why do you (wrongly) assume that everybody commenting on HN lives in the US?
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Re:More Disabled Americans Are Employed, Thanks to Remote Work by therobots927 on Thursday June 20, 2024 @07:35PM (#40744660)
Yes that’s also true. And it’s already happening.
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Re:More Disabled Americans Are Employed, Thanks to Remote Work by zinodaur on Thursday June 20, 2024 @06:47PM (#40744281)
My remote company has been doing this. Layoffs in NA and EU, hiring frenzy in Poland
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