With more and more people working remotely (away from the office), there are new programmes are popping up that invite workers to settle abroad and work remotely.
-2020August28-[Worklife%7c+Button]]The new residency schemes inviting workers abroad
The corporate world, which has been traditionally resistant to remote work, has become much more willing to offer the option as a result of the pandemic. In a global poll by research and advisory firm Gartner, more than 80% of 127 company leaders surveyed said they plan to allow remote work at least part time even after it becomes safe to return to the office. It’s good news to the many workers who’ve spent lockdown envisioning ways of working that don’t involve sharing space with their spouse at the kitchen table.
“People have spent the past four decades asking for more flexibility to work from home, and the pandemic has done for that remote-work conversation what decades of union bargaining has never been able to achieve,” says Dave Cook, a PhD researcher at University College London’s Department of Anthropology, who specialises in digital nomadism.
It’s why options such as working from Bermuda are not only appealing – but potentially realistic, too.
Government officials in Bermuda, which reopened its borders on 1 July, noticed that tourists were asking how to extend their 90-day entry visas. Meanwhile, the tourism community saw visitors doing things they’d never done before, such as joining gyms and booking villas for months on end.
