Remote work sparks a surge in 'digital nomads' | The Shifting Workplace

Among the many changes brought on by the pandemic was a shift to remote work that enabled some people to do their jobs from distant parts of the world. As part of our CBS News series "The Shifting Workplace," correspondent Ramy Inocencio spent a day in Lisbon, Portugal, living the life of a "digital nomad."

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[too-da-loo]

Both myself and wife are digital nomads and stay at each place for 60 days. The downside is my company will only allow people to work within the US. So we travel state to state. North in the summer, further south in the winter.

Many companies are trying to force people back into the office just to sit on video calls, wearing headphones and not talking to each other. It shows how companies ultimately do not trust their employees even though those same employees kept the company running when offices were shut down.

[antoinetbd]

It's not all rainbows n sunshine... I been working remotely from home for 3 years and tbo. I think it takes a toll mentally..
especially if you live alone...

[mercedes.c_audi.q]

Remote worker here, but by no means a nomad. Besides going to the gym in the morning and seeing my wife in the evening, I have zero human interaction during the work week. It does take a toll on you mentally.

[janiekcarney]

I wish I could have been able to work at different people around the World.

[eh]

Glad there was a discussion of how nomads impact many of the places they live. They don't contribute to much, and tajke2 housing options away from locals who do contribute and are involved in the community. It's good to travel and experience new places, but some self awareness is needed.

[jjtiojohn]

maybe if America wasn't such an unbearable place to live Digital nomads wouldn't be a thing.

[kjaroundtheworld]

Teachers, remember you can go remote and teach from anywhere too!

[rocklesson]

Most call centers won't allow people to work anywhere.

[myimperfectdiary]

Wish for this so bad I want get out of america so bad

[Ana-Maria-Sierra]

Too bad this reporter missed out on the big financiers monetizing real estate the world over. Individual Americans, Canadians and N. Europeans aren’t responsible for driving up rents and housing prices. We are victims as well. It’s the large investment banks that have been doing this now for about 2 decades. First I’m London, NYC, San Francisco, Vancouver, Toronto, Los Angeles, Miami… In more recent years it’s occurred in S. European countries. Our governments know this and are largely doing nothing. Vancouver is the only city where they’ve done something about it with mild success. Report in depth on this topic @CBS!

[lg]

We are still coming out of the pandemic, and the lines are blurry. A huge component of your salary is based on where you live and a lot of employees are not being honest. Companies are slowly starting to adjust pay to where you live outside of the US. The party of California tech salary in cheap European real estate will be over very soon. Cost of living adjustment and dual taxation are underway.

[jbacmafi]

These countries can charge taxes for Nomads

[physetermacrocephalus]

This is only for the upper class. The rest of us don't care

[dexterspeights]

DIGITAL NOMAD + FISCAL NOMAD + PENSIONERS: ACTIVE or PASSIVE SOURCE of INCOME!

[roythousand]

These are white collar job holders' problems. Us blue collar or in person job holders don't real care!

[waynegouin]

Hi. I watch Dari Step on you tube. She is a beautiful young Russian woman, who is a digital nomad. She is very talented and her videos are amazing.

[stephanenortier]

Low cost living in lisbon 😂😂😂 get ready to pay 550€ for T1

[robertward]

And if AI can do their jobs, well, all the rich real estate landlords are going to be stuck with a lot of empty buildings, cause corporations will maintain their profit. This is going to get interesting.