Had the same experience. I spent about half a year looking for a remote role before joining my current company and couldn’t land one. My guess is AI is a big factor: the work that can be done remotely is mostly the work AI is making more efficient, they only need to spend bulk of dollars per month to "employ" a group of AI agents, so there are fewer openings and far more applicants per role.
I worked directly for a AI native company and I think engineering roles were only compromised a bit and not the marketing roles. So, far I've applied to 75 jobs in two months and I got rejections just because of location issues.
But Ik before 2026, there were a lot of roles in the marketing side available remotely. I rejected so many offers. But currently, most companies shifted to on-site inside of remote. Idt AI is the reason.
OBBBA act made hiring non-US people for dev role virtually impossible from tax standpoint.
Plus there are too many "overemployment" scammers and employers woke up to that.
Yes, you're right. Also with the rise of AI, people are using AI tools to solve small problems and build projects on their own rather than hiring someone to do the work for them.
Had the same experience. I spent about half a year looking for a remote role before joining my current company and couldn’t land one. My guess is AI is a big factor: the work that can be done remotely is mostly the work AI is making more efficient, they only need to spend bulk of dollars per month to "employ" a group of AI agents, so there are fewer openings and far more applicants per role.
I worked directly for a AI native company and I think engineering roles were only compromised a bit and not the marketing roles. So, far I've applied to 75 jobs in two months and I got rejections just because of location issues.
But Ik before 2026, there were a lot of roles in the marketing side available remotely. I rejected so many offers. But currently, most companies shifted to on-site inside of remote. Idt AI is the reason.
lot of jobs... depends who you are
the challange is often you need to "Know someone" I got my last job tthough friends
It’s not just you. Remote jobs aren’t dead, but work from anywhere roles have become much rarer.
I see only usa and uk remote roles these days.
OBBBA act made hiring non-US people for dev role virtually impossible from tax standpoint. Plus there are too many "overemployment" scammers and employers woke up to that.
that's the main reason for usa. but working at us startups is still not affected much ig. however you need a physical presence.
btw, usa OBBBA act, impacted UK remote jobs as well.
Yes, you're right. Also with the rise of AI, people are using AI tools to solve small problems and build projects on their own rather than hiring someone to do the work for them.
Agreed. But I'm mostly referring to seeded startups or organizations.
AI
what AI?