AIBU to only want to work remotely?

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Currently working remotely full time, but looking for a new job. Do you know what companies offer fully remote jobs? I can see some hybrid, but realistically I can't do more than one day in the office per week if working full time.
I'm in a role that's part of most industries so the type of company doesn't matter.

Have a look here @ChildcareIsBroken

www.charityjob.co.uk/administration-jobs?workplace=remote&radius=20

From the recruiter side I would really recommend NOT applying for hybrid jobs if you don’t intend on doing that. If the job is 100% remote then it will say that on the advert and if it’s not it won’t.

The amount of effort that goes into recruiting before an interview, even an initial telephone interview, is a lot from screening, interview prep and the interview itself. If someone comes in after all that and says they can’t do what the job spec says then all you will do is piss the interviewer off

Otto is a remote first jobs board website.

I don't blame you. I wouldn't, willingly, look for jobs that weren't in the vast majority home based. My current job is and was pre-pandemic too. I only have too attend an office as per business requirements, so normally customer meetings, althuogh I do tend to go into an office at least once a month to see people face to face. I am an in house lawyer at a global company. Global companies are a good shout as often you wouldn't see the people you work with by being in a UK based office anyway, so it doesn't matter where you work. Support functions tend to be well suited to home working.

I'm legal. Fully remote. Wear my workout kit most days and just shove a nice top on when i have a teams call!

I think you have to be relatively senior for a fully remote roll though, its more difficult for juniors.

@Whichwhatnow totally off topic but how are you finding short term contracts. Are they easy to come by?

In my experience very much so but I think it depends on whether you're a generalist or a specialist (I'm just general commercial contracts/tech). TotallyLegal is where I usually find the roles but I've got a pretty good network of recruiters on my LinkedIn so frequently I'm approached directly. You might need to be a Ltd company though or to at least contract through an umbrella company but that's no great hardship!

I work for a global IT company as a functional analyst, its fully remote, we do have an office and people are welcome to use it if they wish but its not required. I would never have found this role in the general area I live in, so being home based has given me a much wider geographical opportunity if that makes sense.

My job is officially hybrid but I've been in the office less than 5 times this year.

I know the reason I'm hybrid rather than fully remote is because it means the company aren't responsible in my contract for any of my working from home costs/infrastructure (e.g. internet and electricity).

If you're scouting for jobs, definitely have conversations about what hybrid looks like in reality and be honest about why.

I wouldn't be put off by someone who preferred working from home because it made the childcare/commute bearable.

There are increasingly lots of jobs which are entirely remote and a lot which are badged as "hybrid" but where in practice you can be remote most of the time. Basically many jobs which don't require direct contact with customers/clients/employees don't need people to be in the office.

My job is hybrid and at the moment I'm in an office 2.5 days a week but I am free to come and go as I please and in practice I sometimes do a whole week remotely.

I've been with my company for nearly 10 years though and have a degree of leeway which I wouldn't if I was starting out. If you're new in a job and its advertised as "hybrid" you might have to be prepared to go in a little bit to show willing. Is it an absolute dealbreaker that you could go in one day a week, for example?

@ChildcareIsBroken Guardian Jobs has this filter

YANBU I have been afh for more than 10 years - IT. No desire to cram into a train or sit in a traffic jam full of pollution ever again.

YANBU at all, and I'm heartened to here that others are achieving the same. I'm a lawyer and currently part time, predominantly remote. I'm not loving my current role (far too many post-midnight finishes) but recruiters keep telling me lawyers are all hybrid/moving to fully in the office again. This thread has given me hope to keep on searching and a suitable role should come up!

I can see your point, but surely it happens that people request flexible working from day 1 (informally) and they're successful. I know few people who applied for full time jobs but got accepted part time. I feel like this is similar. Obviously there are roles that cannot be done from home, so that's different.
Also hopefully soon employees will be able to formally request flexible working from day 1, so as a recruiter you'll have to get ready for more candidates like that.

Thanks, I'll have a look there!

Perfect, thanks for the tip. And glad it's working for you.

Haha, love that.
At my company people from postgraduates to most senior work from home, it just depends if they can do it successfully. I asked to be fully remote and there was no problem and I'm not that senior.

I haven't thought about it from this perspective. I'll definitely widen my search.

Thanks for the advice!

I'll look there too.

It gives me hope too. The world is changing and many companies accepted that ot seems.

Look at learning and development as a career change. Your teaching skills are highly transferable.

I work in L&D and am currently in a hybrid role, but I see jobs up all the time being advertised as fully remote. I really don't need to be in the office at all to do my job, but at the moment it's nice to flex to f2f meetings once in a while! I plan on moving house in a few years to a more remote location, so I'll probably change jobs to a fully remote position to avoid a long commute.

So I applied for a few jobs advertised as fully remote or with occasional office days. What I've noticed is those companies offer better package than office based jobs. Part of it is probably because they save money on office space, but I also think they know how important it is to be an attractive employer and flexible working is part of it. And that makes me happy. I'll definitely be more likely to stay long term in a company where I feel valued. I'd stay longer in my current company, where I worked for 7 years, but there is just no path for me to progress.

DXC have almost all roles fully remote now.

I went back work after 15 years as a SAHM into an entry level admin role which is fully remote. Wasn't advertised as such, only found out on my first day when I went in and was given my laptop and logins, then told to take what I wanted as in monitors (took 2!), stationery and chair and get myself set up at home! Office was actually only 5 mins drive away but has since moved and no space for all of us anyway so generally only go in if someone's going on mat leave or leaving for a lunch.

It's lovely. I could move up into a higher level role but there's no way I'd ever take an office based role now even a few days a week.