re: If your company makes working from home permanent, would you move somewhere else?

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Yes, I've been pondering a move to Charleston from Chicago.

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I've heard Charleston smells like arse. But it seems like a lovely place otherwise.

I'd go to an area surrounding Boise. Denver is nice enough for now.

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If employees move to a place with lower CoL, they have to inform HR and "severe consequences will be had" if you're not honest about your location.

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I'm sure there's plenty of smart guys in Silicon Valley that know how to spoof their public IP address with a VPN through a California server.

The only way to track this would be to force employees to clock in with GPS enabled time clock....but there are also ways to spoof GPS devices.

I'd move to a beach town.

Boone has about my ideal climate. I'm not sure my wife would agree to live somewhere that small though.

Hell yea

Nah, we moved here for reasons that didn't involve work.

I wouldn't hate working from home again, but my job would also be very tough to do remotely.

I've had this discussion with several friends and coworkers over the summer. Most of us are done with Chicago, and want out of the state.

how would you handle IT/computer issues if you needed to meet in person?

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There are some tech companies threatening to reduce compensation in Silicon Valley if you move somewhere else because their pay is based on the cost of living in the surrounding Bay Area. If employees move to a place with lower CoL, they have to inform HR and "severe consequences will be had" if you're not honest about your location.

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This is one concern. State income taxes could be another concern.

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Absolutely. I'd move to a smallest, nicest town I could find that still had fiber optics for internet.

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+1

Having a big-city salary can get you a nice chunk of property and a nice home in a small town.