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Being a digital nomad is next on the work horizon - Spain is one of the latest countries to launch a visa allowing non-EU nationals to live and work remotely from there for up to five years. Our guest on this edition of the Work It podcast tells us how he oversees a completely remote team that's scattered across the

SINGAPORE: It is quite the idyllic setting – you wake up to a stunning sunrise in Bali, but you aren’t on vacation. In fact, you are a gainfully employed person. Except that you don’t need to show up for work in a physical office or meet with colleagues and bosses. You just focus on producing what you are paid to do.

He gives an insight into what it is like to work for and manage an entirely remote team and how different that is compared to being a digital nomad.Kailash Madan: “A digital nomad is a subset of a remote worker who is tied to a particular location. Like I am based in Singapore, so I have a set of visas and I have to abide by employment laws here. But I have the flexibility to work from anywhere – from my house or a co-working space.

We use Employer of Record services and that gives us access to a larger talent pool. The last thing you want as a company which has high growth plans is to be restricted by talent. You want to hire the best talent, irrespective of where they are“You need to hire a certain set of people who are willing to work in such a model … who don't expect physical interaction in an office. They need to be extremely self-motivated and drive themselves on their own.

 

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