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I worked remotely for a few months after my maternity leave. No formal proposal, I called my boss and asked if this is ok, reassured her that I'll be just as responsive to clients as if I'm in the office, and told her that I'll still do the field visits I need to do my job.

I had to travel maybe once or twice a week, because my work involves a lot of inspections - if it was just a meeting, I set up a conference call. I was still in the same city, so the issue of travel costs and health networks never came up.

I know a few people in my company who moved to other states and kept working. For a few of them it's a short term thing while they look for local work and train someone else, but one girl has been doing it for years and I don't see it affecting her work at all. We have a really strong remote network and can do pretty much anything over it that can be done from the office. I don't know how the insurance logistics worked for them though...

Congratulations to you and your husband! I saw your update on the other thread, and it's so awesome how they stepped up and offered him a permanent position. I hope your company will give you the option to telecommute!

Did you put together a formal proposal when you inquired about remote work? Not quite - telecommuting is common in my company, so there is already a formal telecommute agreement in my company. If a manager approves you for telecommute status... he/she just submits the request through an online portal to get the telecommute status pushed through. Then you fill out a form, and e-sign it. It then goes through two levels of management for approval. Once you're approved, they get you setup with everything needed for telecommuting, including broadband setup in your home, and all office equipment shipped to your home (headset, keyboard, monitors, laptop, etc).

How often do you travel to the office (if you do?) - No more than once a quarter for on-sites and team building stuff.

When you travel to the office does the company cover travel expenses or do you? Company covers all food and travel expenses.

If you live in a different state than the company, how does the health insurance work? Are you out of network? (DH's new employer offers HORRIBLE insurance.) - they have different insurance options depending on what state you reside in. We have offices all over the country, but headquarters are based in Minnesota.

Miss Ariel brings up a good point about time zones. Before, I was based in the same time zone as my department, but recently transitioned to a new role where most of my team will be in the Central time zone (I'm Pacific)... so I asked some questions about expectations, like would they prefer I be logged on at 8 am Central?

Can't think of much else, but all the best to you guys!

I work remotely 4 days a week. I'm out of state, but 4 miles from the office.

When I was 8 months pregnant we switched offices to a place without enough desks. I proposed to go remote and come in for important meetings. I would be available virtually and would ensure I'd stagger my telework to have a visible presence in my office.

I put together an informal proposal-- I believe my email was "Just saying...I'd be happy to solve the space issue by working in yoga pants on my couch 4 days a week". We talked through logistics afterwards.

I have national health insurance through my DH's job. My agency offers employees nationwide health insurance as an option.

My company pays my travel. It's my commuting subsidy. They also gave me a laptop and promised me a cell phone.

My state has reciprocity for taxes, so there's no issue there.

Did you put together a formal proposal when you inquired about remote work? Nope, i just had a phone conversation with my manager about it

How often do you travel to the office (if you do?) 2 days a week

When you travel to the office does the company cover travel expenses or do you? no. i'm not sure i would qualify for help unless i worked full time from home

If you live in a different state than the company, how does the health insurance work? Are you out of network? our health insurance is already based out of a different state. we're still able to find providers that are in network. (we are BCBS of IL and i'm able to find in network providers in CA)

My manager was easy to work with on this. a couple members from my team already work from home full time. i only wanted to work from home a couple days a week so he was okay with it. it helped that he doesn't work in our office either tho.

My situation is kind of remote...meaning I work in a satellite location 3 days a week and commute to the office 2 days a week. I am technically not remote using the definition of working at home and using a token to log into the network, but that option was on the table until we found this solution. It's been 4 years and I am still happy with the arrangement.

I live in one state and work in another and there have never been any tax issues that I was aware of. It's annoying because I have to file federal, state living and state work tax, but it's nothing that TurboTax can't figure out.

Good luck!

I am not a remote worker, but at my previous job I worked at a newspaper in our state but our insurance was BCBS Alabama because the parent company was based in Birmingham. As far as finding care, it wasn't usually out of network, but I did have to be careful. I usually tried to stay in our town because the hospital/doctors would take that insurance but some out of town wouldn't. It's basically a big thing of looking on the website and seeing which doctors/hospitals/specialists they cover in your area.