Reddit Experience · Jul 2023 · Remote

Replying to unsolicited recruiters with "No fully remote? not interested

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Have been fully remote since Covid started and have shifted companies to one that is completely remote. I had always intended to move away from city and commute only a few days a week but having been

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Have been fully remote since Covid started and have shifted companies to one that is completely remote. I had always intended to move away from city and commute only a few days a week but having been so spoilt the last few years I've realized fully remote is the way forward for at least the next decade while my kids are young enough to really enjoy. I had a bit of an epiphany after getting some of the usual unsolicited emails from recruiters that I could, in a small way, help ensure the status quo can be maintained and push back against the companies that want to enforce attendance in the office. Now every time I get an email from a recruiter I've no interest in, I ask about it being fully remote and if it's not, I use that as the reasoning for not wanting to proceed any further. It's a small thing but if more folks did it, it could help feed metrics into recruitment folks that roles are not getting filled because of the inability to offer remote roles.

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