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skipthedrive84 karma

You do have to be careful with many of the so-called work-from-home jobs out there for sure. Some companies have been brought to my attention as being questionable, so I end up filtering them from my results. I do not verify the jobs, as it's impossible for me to do so since many are not posted directly to my site and are imported from a third-party provider. As far as security/privacy is concerned, I cannot guarantee anything once users leave my site. Remember, SkipTheDrive acts as an aggregator. Results for remote jobs show up on my site, and when users click on they, will most likely get redirected to another site.

As for my site (SkipTheDrive), I do take privacy seriously and abide by the GDPR that was rolled out last year.

EDIT: To clarify, SkipTheDrive resembles an aggregator in that jobs are displayed from across the web, but doesn't crawl/scrape the web for jobs. I get the jobs from a third-party and am a publishing partner. I wasn't clear enough earlier with this.

skipthedrive39 karma

I'd say somewhat comparable, but some people might argue that in order to move up the ladder it's better to be onsite.

Obviously if you live on the other side of the world and work for a U.S. company, there's a great chance that you'll make more than if you were to work onsite.

skipthedrive20 karma

Let me clarify a bit - if you live in a location where the average salary is very low (say, $10K/year) and are a software developer, there's a good chance that you can make much more for a U.S. company where salaries are higher.

skipthedrive18 karma

  • People who are environmentally conscious and don't want to drive a lot
  • People who don't have transportation
  • People who are introverted
  • People with physical disabilities
  • People who just plain prefer working alone
  • People who need a bit more flexibility in their schedule for whatever reasons (assuming they can agree with the employer to have a bit more flexibility)
  • People living in rural areas with not much local opportunity

Keep in mind that working remotely is not always an all-or-nothing setup. Sometimes people are able to work remotely part of the time.

skipthedrive15 karma

Revenue share and paid job postings.