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Negotiating hybrid roles into fully remote roles

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negotiating hybrid roles into fully remote roles

Has anyone successfully negotiated a hybrid role into a fully remote arrangement? I have dual residency between Florida and New York and would prefer to remain in Florida. The position currently requires a few days a week in the New York office, but I’m wondering if there’s any flexibility for the right candidate

If I do want to negotiate it, should I bring it up with the in-house recruiter ASAP on the first interview or should I wait till I have more power towards the end?

According to Google Search, the company most likely will not go for it. But I really want to strategically try to negotiate at least one day or 2 at the office and the rest remote, simply because I have some health issues. But I cannot bring up the health issues or immediately be taken out of the running. I know for a fact .

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  1. Anonymous

    I would bring it up early in the recruiting process. If it isn’t going to be approved better to know that now to focus on job opportunities that meet your requirements.

  2. Anonymous

    How much do you want this job? If they think your location won’t work for them, then they won’t hire you.

    Companies have become very strict about work location as they roll back remote work. In terms of remote/hybrid/100% in-office work, what they state on the job description is what they require. So, if they require a few days in office in NY, then they’ll require you to live in NY. Flying between FL & NY every week for work isn’t realistic.

    It never hurts to ask. On the other hand, if they require you to be in-office at least a few days a week in NY, then they won’t negotiate your workplace location. They might move onto other candidates instead.

  3. Anonymous

    This is dependent entirely on the company policy. You can ask if there is flexibility but these days there really isn’t in many cases. Remote work is getting less and less available I’ve noticed. Even companies I worked for back in the early 2000s that had very robust international and domestic remote offices has changed to mandatory in office work schedules. They’ve rented out office spaces in the various cities where we were all remote. If I still worked there I would have to go to an office over 200 or 500 miles from my home and I work in a major city. So tread lightly and good luck!

  4. Anonymous

    If it's a non-negotiable for you, then yes, bring it up early to ask if it's negotiable for them. If you want/need the job and are willing to have some temporary inconvenience while you get your footing and prove your performance, wait until the offer.

  5. Anonymous

    So wait...you don't have the job yet? You've not had the first interview even? You can consider feeling out the recruiter to see if this could be an option. If it were me and I desired fully remote, I'd just pass on this specific role - leaving it for someone who can meet the company where they are with what they want.

  6. Joann S. Lublin

    You also might want to negotiate a temporary tryout (i.e. as a contractor) in which you work remotely 3-4 days a week but come into office other days. As part of your tryout, agree on certain performance goals -- and then hit or exceed them as proof that your approach works!

  7. Anonymous

    I'd bring up both your health concerns and the remote requirements before you waste any time interviewing if these are non-negotiable for you. Seems odd you would apply for a position that clearly wants a hybrid employee when you state you know your health concerns and this will be a red flag for them. If you already have inside information into the company's policies, which it sounds like you do, then this likely isn't the company for you. Find a company that has empathy for your health issues and allows remote work. Good luck.

  8. Anonymous

    I Don’t think companies have empathy for your health issues …. if they think it will affect your performance they won’t hire you . They’ll just lie and say they found a better candidate as an excuse

  9. Mary Lea McTurnan

    Indeed

  10. Mary Lea McTurnan

    Are there companies like that? In Europe perhaps, but I’ve never experienced one in the wild here in the states

  11. Mary Lea McTurnan

    You’re correct. Be ingenious!

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