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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Find a job that is telecommuting friendly, even if you are technically attached to an office location. Arrange for telecommuting 2-3 days a week for a year. Show your skills, reliability, network within the company. At your one year review, let them know you'd really like to move to full time remote and give them a list of things to expect from you. You're basically negotiating going remote at your annual review.

For me, I did everything through the first year, but just sent my boss an email saying "hey, I'd like to go full-time remote this year" and his response was just "I approve." I don't think that would have worked without giving the FaceTime and building a reputation within the company first. [/quote]

How do you know if the company is truly telecommuting friendly? Just based on what they say on their employment page?[/quote]

You ask. When I did my third interview, I spoke with someone in a similar role. She was still relatively new, so I asked her about her experience with on boarding and how she's found the work/life balance. She mentioned that she telecommutes 2 days a week. My first week I found out that many more people telecommute even more and that the majority of my team is fully remote and located around the country. When we were negotiating my contract, I asked to telecommute 2 days a week. It ended up being more like 3-4 days a week between months 6-12, but I was still close enough to the office that I could come in spur of the moment for meetings. When I asked to go fully remote, there were no concerns because of that history. [/quote]

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