Right now I'm sitting in a cafe in Thailand. My employer thinks I'm in my home country. Been like this for 3 months and nobody has noticed
I hit my deadlines, show up to every call, deliver the same quality work. The only thing that changed is where the wifi signal is coming from
But I think about getting caught constantly. Tax stuff, insurance, the VPN slipping, someone noticing my background on zoom looks different. It's not illegal where I am but my contract doesn't explicitly allow it either
So I'm curious – those of you who work remotely from a different country than your employer expects: do they know? Did you ask permission upfront or just go? And for those who got caught, how bad was it?
No judgment either way. I just want to know where the line actually is for most people