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

I'm considering on it. Working on a cert right now that will likely take another 18 months. I like the being near friends and fishing holes more than city life. I was thinking NW Arkansas or NC. Maybe north alabama like florence or something. Not too far from family and friends good fishing. Honestly if I could work from Costa Rica that would be ideal. I'd have to have a side gig to get residency I think like maybe a small bar or something. Hadn't looked into it too much but I'm sure I could figure it out. By the time I get ready to retire tho north mississippi will be the beach because global warming***

Nope, I love Baton Rouge. It's the mecca of world class living...

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How does that work if you are 100% remote from another state? Say you live in Georgia 100% of the time but work for a company in LA. Did you earn that income from LA or GA?

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IANACPA, but that statement from the Dept of Revenue seems unambiguous that if the income has a Louisiana source, you owe Louisiana a pound of flesh.

I'm sure that there are rules about companies that are based in Louisiana, but have offices in the state you live and work in. That's way above my pay grade to figure out, though.

I would move to the Caribbean and have a place on the beach.

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If that's the case, I might consider moving from ATL to Charlotte for a variety of reasons.

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If you are allowed.

My wife has been WFH long before COVID, able to have a desk at the office and come in every now and then for the social aspect. Well now they are forcing people to decide one way or another if they want to be stay at home permanently or go into office. They are doing this to gauge how much commercial space they need going forward.

Wife is going to stay home permanently, but the option to go into office has been eliminated. Sometimes she won't leave the house for 3-4 days, and talks to nobody except me and the dog. Not great for mental health. In fact, it's not only "not great" it's extremely unhealthy long-term. She and a bunch of other people asked if they would be able to be remote anywhere and they were met with a hard no. Not unless it's military.

My wife has always been one to speak up, so she sent an e-mail to her supervisor letting her know that she wasn't sure if anyone else was speaking up, but the option to go into office was a big perk and may have unintended consequences. And that as much as company culture gets made fun of, if you aren't seeing your coworkers, your job goes from "a great place to work" to "a place to work".

Workplaces need to understand that if they are going to adopt this WFH policy, they must give people a much longer leash. People need socialization and I don't think executives are accounting for the consequences of a workforce that wakes up, walks to an office within their house, and then walks back with little socialization other than black mirror style zoom parties. The shite is not sustainable. If they want her to be work from home, what's the point in being in a city where nothing is open, paying a stupid amount in rent, when we could go home and be by family until things get back to normal?

My concern would be about what happens next.

I had a job that paid very well in a cheap town, then they relocated and left many folks searching. Wages were depressed by the 2-3 employers in control, and it just wasn't desirable to stay.

I'd also worry that they will adjust salary quite a bit for remote work compared to working in an office.

I can work from anywhere as long as I have an internet connection. I'm currently in Alaska scouting it out for a possible relocation.

In a heart beat.

Aruba is asking people to come down and work from there. Not sure what they are offering for people to do their job work from there, but not a bad place to do a little computer work, then hit one of the several great beaches.

I just started my current job in early July, and even after COVID it’ll be mostly remote. If it turns out to be a long term job, I’ll eventually relocate.