Remote career

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Seriously interested in a
obtaining a career which I can work remotely. Any of you work this way? Any suggested companies to work for who offer this?

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Do you have a time machine? If so, you may want to go back to early 2021.

Best advice I can give is the same advice I’d give to any younger person- figure out what you like and what ur good at and WORK FOR YOURSELF…. That way you can always work pretty much wherever you want, or if you’re like most of the crazy weirdos here who love fluorescent lighting and cubicles and commuting two hours a day and office politics and water cooler BS and sharing a toilet with trashy coworkers - you can open an office and go to work there…. The key is to have OPTIONS and never let anyone dictate to you where to work .

It has been a very tough job market for about 15 months. It’s even worse for those looking for remote only work.

The aging adage "learn to code" will give you a decent opportunity to WFH. But, the old fogeys in charge of many companies are bucking the WFH trend and forcing workers back to the office at least some amount of the time. My company is hybrid 3 in office a 2 from home. I don't mind that too much, but I'd prefer a 2/3 option.

If you're new to any field, just expect to be in an office until you can prove your value to the company. IMO, WFH is a privilege and not a right. We do have many employees who take advantage of it, and it kills it for the rest of us. I do wish companies would tailor each employee's WFH options to their output. Some of us actually do the right thing when we WFH.

Any of you work this way?

I do, sitting here in shorts


Any suggested companies to work for who offer this?

State Farm built a huge regional campus in Richardson, TX (kinda North DFW) and moved most of their processing to one location.

They always have a bunch of positions open, I know several people who work there. Look Here: LINK

Here's one example:
Claim Specialist - Property Field Inspection

Competitive candidates should reside within a commutable distance of this territory. This is a Remote-Field position in which you will work from home and utilize a mobile office/vehicle for in-person appointments

Potential starting salary range: $64,965.62 - $100,451.11 annually, $32.24 - $49.85 / hour
Starting salary will be based on skills, background, and experience
High end of the range limited to applicants with significant relevant experience
Potential yearly incentive pay up to 15% of base salary

Here's another one in Louisiana:

Competitive candidates should reside within a commutable distance of this territory and is responsible for servicing these zip codes:

70639 70644 70656 71403 71416 71427 71446 71447 71455 71456 71457 71459 71461 71468 71469

This is a Remote-Field position in which you will work from home and utilize a mobile office/vehicle for in-person appointments.

Because work-life-balance is a priority at State Farm, compensation is based on our standard 38:45-hour work week!



Potential starting salary range: $59,059.65 - 90,000.00 annually ($29.31 - 44.67 hourly).
Starting salary will be based on skills, background, and experience
High end of the range limited to applicants with significant relevant experience
Potential yearly incentive pay up to 15% of base salary

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If you want a remote job healthcare medical coding is switching to a large % of people being remote.

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You mean replaced by AI?

The best way is as I mentioned upthread to start a business/work for yourself .

The second best way, depending on your personality , might be to work as a sales rep/territory manager… it’s what ive done for the better part of the last 17/18 years…. ‘Remote’ has different definitions; ive always worked from home, in that ive never had an office to report to.. but ive generally not worked from my couch in shorts since i usually have to visit clients ‘in the field’…. So while it isn’t one of the ‘location independent’ gigs you hear so much about lately- it is vastly, vastly preferable to having to go into an office with some douchebag manager micro-managing you within an inch of your life and being given permission to dress down on ‘casual Fridays’ or whoever stupid gimmicks they are doing now to keep office workers from jumping out of the 20th floor window .

I should probably mention though that a lot of sales jobs are going the way of there dodo bird, but then again so are lots of other jobs .. very few guarantees with anything .

everybody wants a paycheck, nobody wants to work

wtf are you babbling about? Working isn't the problem. Read the thread.