| Finally a topic I can contribute to! I am moving to Spain in April and will be working remotely for the company I started contracting with back in August 2018. I did a ton of research and prepared a pitch deck and presented to my manager, who then advocated for me and moved it up the line to get approval from the department. Some key points: 1. The company already allows a very flexible work from home schedule. 2. Although primarily focused around my region, there are a couple team members spread across the world. So it's not unprecedented. 3. The person whose role I took over (contract as well) moved to another country but then quit when they had trouble adapting to the culture (there was an eight hour time difference). So I had some possible baggage to work around. 4. I tested my ability to work off-hours and remotely with a two-week long trip to another city living with a friend and performed swimmingly. 5. You must convince them that, other than your physical presence, they will not notice any difference in quality of work, availability, or communication. Being that Spain has long working days anyway, the transition from my time (-7 GMT) to Spain (+1 GMT) will actually work out quite well from a working hours perspective. Best of luck! |