[mstibbard]

I think most "remotes" are within time zone-proximity.

The employment regulation burden is also massive for going truly global-remote.

Australia and NZ for example have strong employment laws AND do not overlap time zone-wise with most of the rest of the world. We have some great talent here but it's often too hard to make it work.

Disclaimer: I made https://rafo.com.au to collate remote jobs that work for Aussies & Kiwis.

[ryankicks]

Ryan here from YC.

There are certainly companies looking for talent that is only time-zone friendly. Having run an engineering team co-located in SF & Beijing, I know how hard it is myself to be working odd hours for standups, product syncs, etc.

That said, there are other companies that are hiring truly global. I know OneSignal is one such YC startup, having hired somebody during the pandemic in the Netherlands.

Last year alone, YC startups hired across over 40 countries. I can dig into more data re: how many were US-based companies hiring abroad -- that's a good distinction.

[mstibbard]

Thanks Ryan, I'd definitely be keen to see what insights you glean from that data, and I am also interested to hear which other YC startups hire global-remotely as I'll add them to my site :)

[aunty_helen]

I dunno bro, contactors generally dodge the employment law issues. That's why a contractor charges out at 110 an hour whilst an employee would be happy with 50.

As someone who prepandemic was contracting back to nz whilst living in south america and now is starting to hire contractors, NZ and OZ don't represent good value spend in comparison to many other countries that have great people also but are getting paid 5 instead.

I have friends back home I would love to bring on to my team but the thought of paying them gives me shivvers.

[pleb_nz]

Nice site and awesome work. Going to have a better read of what's available later on for someone here in NZ.

[bin_bash]

it's also hard to work with people across hemispheres because of daylight saving time. I'm used to the hour difference I have with people I work with in Europe but I have no idea how many hours I'm separated from Australians because it changes 4 times through the year.

[aunty_helen]

Wait, doesn't your calendar just update itself for this? This is a pretty weak reason. It changes at most 2 hours.

[bin_bash]

no? if I create a meeting at 9am pacific zone that happens every wednesday it will move around for people in australia being a different time throughout the year. Meetings are also not the only reason to want to know what time it is for colleagues. There is also setting up on-call and knowing when to message people.