Hey everyone! My question is targeted at the people working in the US — how hard is it to get a job in a company based in the US that is fully remote? The catch is that I’m from the EU myself. Is it more time consuming and difficult to hire people outside of the US vs getting someone to work remotely for you from outside?

The company I work for has people in the US and EMEA. But we won't hire someone in EMEA for specific positions only because of time zone differences. If someone on the west coast of the US is trying to work with someone in EMEA, then there's only a very small window of time each day that they can communicate or meet together.

Thanks! I forgot to think about the timezone differences, mainly because right now I’m working quite asynchronously with my team (some colleagues are from the US and Canada).

Not sure I understand the last half of your question: “vs getting someone to work remotely for you from outside.” But here’s my two cents as a U.S. citizen living in South America: I personally haven’t found it difficult to find jobs with fully remote, US-based companies. Since you’re not from the US (/don’t have a work visa), instead of putting you on payroll, they’d just hire you as a contractor—which I imagine would be easier for them since they don’t have to pay for your health insurance, part of your taxes, etc. But as Anton mentioned, the prob comes in with coordinating between time zones. Not sure where in the EU you are, but you may have to work odd hours (late afternoon - night) to sync with those on the EAST coast… West coast is 3 hours behind them. But if the fully remote, US-based company is also async, then this wouldn’t be too big of an issue for you… which you’re already experiencing.