Dez89
Footballguy
After YEARS of cajoling, arguing, and pleading with my boss, he has finally agreed to a 3-month trial run of me working from Colombia. He actually told me in January 2020 that that would be the year, and we all know what happened. So this whole Covid thing is my fault, sort of... Anyway, he's still on board and I'm scheduled to receive my first vaccine shot on Sunday. The plan is to head down in early June or July.
I'm planning to do my stay in Barranquilla, mainly because I have good friends there who I trust. I figure staying for 3 months is a lot different than staying for a week, so I may run into things where I need some local help, in which case I prefer to be able to call on people I know. I've been checking on apartments on Airbnb and have settled on one in the best area of town, where I will be within walking distance of a popular mall, supermarket, gym, and restaurants. The landlady has agreed to let me pay one month at a time in case I have to return earlier than planned. She says the internet is 45MB and reliable, so that should do the trick.
I've emailed my boss to officially kick things off. He's going to "mention" it to the CEO, so as long as that goes well I guess it's on. If this trial run goes well and I get the ok from my boss afterwards, my plan is to spend 3 months in the U.S. followed by 3 months abroad, rinse and repeat, for as long as I can keep it up personally and professionally. Might go back to Barranquilla, or work my way around Colombia and other Latin American countries.
I wasn't sure if I should start this thread or not. If things go according to plan, I expect it to devolve somewhat into a chica thread, and with the hard left turn management has taken the boards I'm not sure if those things are allowed anymore. Also not sure if the rest of it will be very interesting ha.
I'm planning to do my stay in Barranquilla, mainly because I have good friends there who I trust. I figure staying for 3 months is a lot different than staying for a week, so I may run into things where I need some local help, in which case I prefer to be able to call on people I know. I've been checking on apartments on Airbnb and have settled on one in the best area of town, where I will be within walking distance of a popular mall, supermarket, gym, and restaurants. The landlady has agreed to let me pay one month at a time in case I have to return earlier than planned. She says the internet is 45MB and reliable, so that should do the trick.
I've emailed my boss to officially kick things off. He's going to "mention" it to the CEO, so as long as that goes well I guess it's on. If this trial run goes well and I get the ok from my boss afterwards, my plan is to spend 3 months in the U.S. followed by 3 months abroad, rinse and repeat, for as long as I can keep it up personally and professionally. Might go back to Barranquilla, or work my way around Colombia and other Latin American countries.
I wasn't sure if I should start this thread or not. If things go according to plan, I expect it to devolve somewhat into a chica thread, and with the hard left turn management has taken the boards I'm not sure if those things are allowed anymore. Also not sure if the rest of it will be very interesting ha.
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