{"id":1813,"date":"2018-03-30T18:25:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T18:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.useme.com\/en\/blog\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2022-08-17T12:49:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T12:49:02","slug":"take-a-look-at-this-in-case-youre-considering-remote-work-from-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/take-a-look-at-this-in-case-youre-considering-remote-work-from-spain,90\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a look at this in case you\u2019re considering remote work from Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/take-a-look-at-this-in-case-youre-considering-remote-work-from-spain,90\/#A_balance_between_work_and_life_exists_indeed\" >A balance between work and life exists indeed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/take-a-look-at-this-in-case-youre-considering-remote-work-from-spain,90\/#Friendly_weather\" >Friendly weather<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/take-a-look-at-this-in-case-youre-considering-remote-work-from-spain,90\/#Local_support\" >Local support<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/take-a-look-at-this-in-case-youre-considering-remote-work-from-spain,90\/#Cost_of_your_life\" >Cost of your life<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>At the beginning, please take a note of a kind of perspective which was presented here. It\u2019s European Union-oriented. So, if you live in EU, you don\u2019t need any permission to work remotely in Spain. But it\u2019s pretty different (and complicated) if you\u2019re from outside this area.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_balance_between_work_and_life_exists_indeed\"><\/span><strong>A balance between work and life exists indeed<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s been seen as a sustainable human approach, as something serious. Owing to that, Spain seems like an excellent place created especially for remote workers. It stems from unique cultural context. Don\u2019t try to flatten it to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Siesta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siesta<\/a> because it\u2019s not fair. Spanish lifestyle requires doing many things (talking, eating) at a slower than that. Thus, the culture of work in this country doesn\u2019t support nor prefer 8-hour work day from 8 to 16 or from 9 to 17. It\u2019s more flexible. You can combine working and travel at once.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDon\u2019t rush\u201d policy influences local life satisfaction, which is the highest in all Europe. Spanish notion of enjoying daily life strongly influences people&#8217;s behaviour there. They\u2019re welcoming and easy-going as long as you don\u2019t want to start talking about Spanish history, religion or regional diversion.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Friendly_weather\"><\/span><strong>Friendly weather<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While the spring season is approaching and nature is waking up from long winter period in many European countries, people living in Spain have no reason to talk about it. On average, the lowest temperature there occurs in January and February &#8211; it\u2019s plus 10 degrees Celsius. Additionally, the following periods (from March to June and from September to December) are the sunniest months. So you don\u2019t worry that you get cold in winter. This epic climate attracts the attention of those who cannot live without sunbeams and mild temperatures.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Local_support\"><\/span><strong>Local support<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Currently, you can come across <a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/elpais\/2014\/02\/20\/alterconsumismo\/1392886493_139288.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 400 coworking spaces<\/a> and business hubs in Spain, even on Mallorca. They play a crucial role in developing ecosystem (setting up events, conferences, industry initiatives) that integrates the community. Moreover, some people take advantage of freelancing rush by setting up dedicated business. One of them is Javea-based <a href=\"https:\/\/sun-and-co.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sun and Co<\/a>, which is a great place for foreign independent professionals looking for international experience.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the bureaucracy duties (register with the tax authority for example) can be completed online. For beginning freelancers aged under 30 (for men) and under 35 (for women), the Spanish government has established the \u2018tarifa plana\u201d scheme. It\u2019s an 18-month programme allows paying obliged social security fees starting with a small amount which gradually increases to the full volume (it\u2019s usually \u20ac265 per month).<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cost_of_your_life\"><\/span><strong>Cost of your life<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Spain is an ideal country for every remote worker who wants to connect warm, relaxing climate and Western culture with moderate expenditures related to living. Except for popular big cities like Barcelona or Madrid, where everything is expensive due to tourism hype, you can live comfortably for roughly \u20ac1000 monthly in other cities scattered around the country. Additionally, the first class transport infrastructure lets you travel and work much easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the last few years, this country has become a promising land for independent professionals across the globe. Over 3 million Persona de libre dedicaci\u00f3n (freelancer in Spanish) can\u2019t be wrong, can they? It\u2019s worth mentioning that a fifth of them aren\u2019t native people. They\u2019re foreigners, in other words. This element makes a genuine sense and atmosphere of settling down and work remotely there. It\u2019s not only one, though. Flocking to Spain by many foreign solopreneurs results from other reasons. Here, we have laid out a specific nature of this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-1813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-freelancers","tag-spain"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1815,"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions\/1815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/useme.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}