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Ask HN: Are you seen less and less remote jobs?

by PepGuardiola on 1/19/24, 12:06 PM with 6 comments

I'm looking for a job, and just a year ago I could find hundreds if not thousands of remote jobs advertised in my field. I now can barely find ten. I know there major issues in the IT market currently, but was wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same? lot of jobs are on-site only.

  • by hnthrowaway0328 on 1/20/24, 12:25 PM

    Yes. At least for larger companies I see many of them going hybrid, while some remote jobs are reserved for contractors -- another trend that I noticed that has taken off in recent years.

    It's almost impossible to get an interview for the permanent position, but very easy if you are willing to go through a recruiting company, so eventually you become a permanent employee with the recruiting firm which has shitty benefits so that the company hiring manages to cut cost.

  • by BadCookie on 1/22/24, 12:11 AM

    I have noticed a definite shift in the jobs on HN’s job board. Either they are hiring outside of the U.S., or they want you near SF/NY/Seattle. The job itself might be listed as “remote U.S.” but if you dig into the details, they expect you to live near one of the tech hubs—I assume so that they can have in-person meetings sometimes and maybe transition to a traditional in-person office easily in the future.

    One of the few HN companies still hiring remotely across the U.S. dropped their estimated engineering pay range by about 25% (if I am recalling correctly).

  • by Dutchie987 on 1/19/24, 4:56 PM

    Au contraire, most jobs I see are remote-only or "sparse-hybrid" where the company has no fixed office anymore and teams come together once a month in hired conference rooms.

    It seems a lot of office space leases ended and companies did the math.

  • by codingdave on 1/19/24, 12:25 PM

    Nope, I see almost nothing but remote. I'm sure it depends on what site you use to search, and whether your search includes your location or not. If you search for local jobs... you find local jobs.

  • by andyish on 1/22/24, 9:45 AM

    Yes, definitely less fully remote roles, but the vast majority are some rendition of hybrid. Ranging from remote first to mandating several days in the office.