Working abroad: is this the era of the ‘employee nomad’?

Be honest, have you ever dreamt of selling it all? Leaving the corporate world behind, and moving to a shack on a white sandy beach? Spending nights serving cocktails in your own bar, days cycling through town barefoot? It’s another one of those?big conversations we have whilst reclining on the sun lounger?after too many Aperols.

However, you’d be hard-pressed to find more than a handful of people who?actually?go through with it. With the fear of kids getting the right education, missing friends and family, or the new bar venture not being the success you thought it would be, before you know it, you’ll have to return to the UK, out of pocket and out of a job.

One of the positives to come out of the pandemic is flexible working –?employees want it?and progressive businesses are offering it.

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