What is your remote job and how did you find it?
Posted by Charming_Fail5922@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 26 comments
I do some bits and bobs online for extra money, but I need something that is a little more stable and offers location independence. I currently run a cleaning business, but it isn’t bringing in enough to impress landlords, and it’s not something I can do immediately once I’ve moved.
Sorry for the long-winded intro, but I want to give some context.
I was wondering what others have done for remote work and how they got it. I know remote working jobs are competitive and they usually prefer you to work in person first, but I was just wondering if anyone has managed to find a role that didn’t require hybrid working.
I’m currently looking on LinkedIn, but there are so many scams to sift through.
115MPH@reddit
I work for an advice charity doing housing casework, fully remote. A lot of people tell me they couldn't do it, I've been doing it for 6 years already and there's always new things to learn.
If you're interested (look at location, click on ones that say Hybrid too as some of those actually say in the listing that they'd consider fully WFH but some will just say remote under location)
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/job-and-voluntary-opportunities/job-opportunities-with-local-citizens-advice/
Right now there aren't any listed as remote - they do go pretty quickly.
Antique-Primary-2413@reddit
Quality management/validation in the clinical trial technology industry, and WFH is pretty much the norm right now. Even if I went into an office I'd just be on Teams calls with people from the States or Germany. We do have an office but it only has about ten desks in it and we're all scattered about the country anyway.
Ok-Bag3000@reddit
I’m a telecoms consultant doing hyperscale data centre design for a telecoms engineering consultancy, my partner is a business system analyst for a global contact lens manufacturer. We are both fully remote and work out of the same office in our home. She goes into the office maybe once every 6-8 weeks but more out of choice than obligation
AccomplishedRain9@reddit
I work in sales for a food company. Mornings from home and afternoons often visiting clients or prospects.
Used to be on the production/technical side of food/drinks and moved to sales for more money, better shifts, remote work, and less stress.
Puzzleheaded_Bat6401@reddit
Unemployment
Sugarlips_80@reddit
Have a look at the Work from Home Hub. They post WFH roles weekly and have lots of information, hits and tips for applying etc.
Charming_Fail5922@reddit (OP)
Thank you 🙏🏽 Will have a look 👀
Sugarlips_80@reddit
I have yet to get an interview (but have only started applying in the lastmonth so most have closing dates for now onwards), but they are genuine jobs, you can view the company websites etc.
Row_Echelon_Form@reddit
I’m a self employed tax consultant. I worked in HMRC for a few years and then studied for my chartered tax adviser qualification when I transitioned over into the private sector.
Over the years I’ve gained a lot of experience working in a very specific trade sector (non-profit related) and realised I could work for myself and offer clients the same service at half the charged out rate. So that’s what I did 🤣
Psychological-Bag272@reddit
I work in Global Mobility, and it’s one of those roles where there’s barely any need to be in the same location as your team, never mind the same time zone. There’s really no added benefit to being in the office.
I’ve been in the tech industry for about 10 years, and the only time I tend to see Global Mobility roles tied to an office is in London or outside of tech. My company’s HQ is in Australia, so I don’t even overlap much with my direct team’s working hours. My role is in-house, but most Global Mobility jobs are on the vendor side. The pay isn't as great as in-house one, more transactional rather than strategic and you could have 200 cases going on at once...but it is almost always remote.
jordsta95@reddit
Web developer.
Was in-office when I started in 2019.
2020 happened, everyone told to work from home. Team sizes almost doubled within 2 years. So even if everyone was local to the office, it wouldn't be big enough for everyone.
But the team is spread across the entire country, so WfH is a non-negotiable for our company. If they even flirted with the idea of hybrid, let alone return to office, around 75% of the current staff would have to quit due to not being local... And we're already too busy to lose a single member of staff, let alone masses.
(We currently have an opening for a copywriter if anyone is looking for such a role and wants WfH)
sjcyork@reddit
I am fully remote (and have been for over 10 years) as a data engineer/developer for an independent software company. We are a virtual company so everyone is remote (we have no central office). When I worked as a contractor fully remote roles were quite common but it seems it’s now more normal for them to be hybrid (some remote some onsite). I think networking on LinkedIn got me a few gigs. It’s important to make sure your profile is good for this and AI can actually help (as long as you prompt it correctly). Connecting with recruitment agencies might be useful too.
Charming_Fail5922@reddit (OP)
That’s the one thing I hadn’t done is look at recruitment agencies.
wigl301@reddit
My partner and I both work remotely. Hes a software engineer for a US based company, I'm a financial adviser and have my own company. Most remote jobs online will be looking for skilled workers that aren't available in an abundance where the company is based, or are commission only jobs where all they care about is volume (or, as you said, scams.) They're really not easy to find unfortunately.
Charming_Fail5922@reddit (OP)
Yes, this is what I thought and it makes sense because you have to trust they can actually do the job so will need to have top notch skills.
cgknight1@reddit
I have never come across proper remote jobs that require you to work in person first - that is generally a bit of bait and switch to get you to apply.
In my experience - proper remote jobs tend to spilit between highly skilled largely autonomous jobs (my bit) and customer service/admin work with lots of control.
What skills do you have for fully remote?
Charming_Fail5922@reddit (OP)
Customer service, social media marketing, video editing.
CtrlShiftAaron@reddit
Software engineer. I was referred by someone on my part time degree and got the job within a couple of weeks
Prior to that I was a real time analyst. Easiest job in the world. Just monitoring real time call volumes. I got it because no one else wanted it because you get paid well to be an arsehole to the people you work with. I jumped at the chance
Charming_Fail5922@reddit (OP)
Fair enough lol I think I could do this lol
Guava-Choice@reddit
I work as a 3D Artist in the games industry:) studio work would be great, but given my current renting situation (rather cheap!) I don’t want to be moving just yet
Can confirm very competitive, I got very lucky to get the job:)
Charming_Fail5922@reddit (OP)
Oh yes if it’s cheap…stay. I’m in a build to rent apartment and the rent is always going up by over £100 each year.
Legitimate_War_397@reddit
Work for any energy supplier and fell into it, was work from the office then covid hit now they don’t care when you come in as long as you hit targets and make an occasional appearance
BaBaFiCo@reddit
Bid Manager. Currently out walking the dog.
Timely_Note_1904@reddit
I write code. I joined during a time when everyone was remote due to the pandemic. They tried to get us back in more often than monthly but then everyone started leaving.
811545b2-4ff7-4041@reddit
Senior technical architect person in large multinational mega-corp. Got the job by someone in the recruitment dept. contacting me on Linkedin during the pandemic, and asking me to apply. I already knew the firm, and had previously applied to work for them several years before.
It does require 1 day in the office every month to week.
I think it's more 'finding types of industries that hire remote workers'
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