Post #4886382 · Elektrine

@nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe

2026-09-28 19:12 UTC

@NotYourSysadmin@infosec.exchange I will play devil's advocate for "Remote, within these states," simply because US Tax law is, quite frankly, insane. The company may not have had sufficient need/time/resources to make themselves able to hire a W-2 employee outside their established state(s). I have had several jobs where I was a 1099-NEC employee for months because the paperwork hadn't gone through to make me eligible to be a W-2 employee. I usually became a W-2 employee within 6-9 months. Only the biggest companies have the time and resources to make themselves open to remote work in all fifty states and all US territories. Everything else you said? Yeah, fuck that noise.

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@NotYourSysadmin@infosec.exchange 2026-09-28 19:31

@nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe I don't disagree with you that registering companies and dealing with tax stuff is incredibly challenging and complex. That's probably the most "acceptable" reason to not offer fully remote for every state, so perhaps my original post might have been a bit too harsh. My previous employer didn't originally have a tax setup in Minnesota when I moved up here, but I was quite privileged enough to be valued by my boss that, when I told him, he basically went straight to the top and said "We're adding Minnesota to the list. This isn't a discussion or a maybe or a potentially." Granted, this was in 2022 before all of the layoffs and GenAI stuff started. He couldn't get away with that now, even if he still worked there. But I still think it deserves a separate categorization if anyone from any state can't apply to the role and work 5 days a week from their home office. Remote, IMO, should mean exactly that.

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