Ask HN: Running your company fully remotely bad idea?
Hi HN. Long time lurker here.
An opportunity has presented itself for our company to go fully remote (our last in-house employee left so we have nothing holding us to a physical location any longer).
We are based in a European country and are looking to move the company to Dubai at the same time.
I really want to build this company, yet I'm 30 years old and have not done any serious travelling and seen the world. At the same time, I'd save a lot on taxes.
We need to stay out of our country for at least 5 years to not become income taxed on return. And I think I want to return at some point.
My questions follows;
Are there any HNers here that run their companies completely remote?
What issues have you encountered?
Did you lose a lot of productivity?
Is it harder to grow the company?
I'm a bit scared of feeling rootless. I don't have a partner but I'm a very extroverted person, so I think I should be fine in terms of loneliness? I will be moving around living a few months in different places to start with.
An opportunity has presented itself for our company to go fully remote (our last in-house employee left so we have nothing holding us to a physical location any longer).
We are based in a European country and are looking to move the company to Dubai at the same time. I really want to build this company, yet I'm 30 years old and have not done any serious travelling and seen the world. At the same time, I'd save a lot on taxes. We need to stay out of our country for at least 5 years to not become income taxed on return. And I think I want to return at some point.
My questions follows;
Are there any HNers here that run their companies completely remote? What issues have you encountered? Did you lose a lot of productivity? Is it harder to grow the company?
I'm a bit scared of feeling rootless. I don't have a partner but I'm a very extroverted person, so I think I should be fine in terms of loneliness? I will be moving around living a few months in different places to start with.
What's your experiences?