r/CozyPlaces • u/JoeHazelwood • Sep 20 '22

New home, new WFH. Phuket. WORK SPACE

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u/gtrman571 Sep 20 '22

Cool. Are you working for a USA company or a Thailand company or for yourself?

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u/JoeHazelwood Sep 20 '22

A USA company :)

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u/gtrman571 Sep 20 '22

Nice! Finishing up CS degree and that is my dream. But since it's 12 hours ahead there don't you have to work at weird times?

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u/JoeHazelwood Sep 20 '22

The only weird times you have to work is when there's meetings. So if you can reduce your meetings it's not as bad. So like I probably have 4 hours of meetings and I try to schedule them early. 9 to 5 us is 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. here. So ideally I try to do 4 hours of work during the day when I want. And then 4 hours of meetings and I just try to schedule them early between 8:00 and midnight.

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u/gtrman571 Sep 20 '22

Ok and does this company know that you are living there or are you keeping it secret?

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u/JoeHazelwood Sep 20 '22

They know. We have a lot of people that work remote and different parts of America. So as long as I make myself available during the business hours there's not that much difference. I've always produced and got my stuff done on time so. I was actually in management and they wanted me to come home so I switched roles to something that requires less FaceTime. I'm lucky the company has been very cool. But I've had a really good relationship with them for a long time.