Remote YearReviews of remoteyear.com

Remote Year is a great idea in that it pushes companies to explore the new world of digital nomadism. I work for a forward thinking company, and had the opportunity to be one of their first remote workers with the help of Remote Year. After 9 months on the program I truly feel that Remote Year has not provided the resources for me to succeed. I was part of the second group of Remote Year and was promised the "kinks were already worked out." It wasn't until our fourth month that we arrived in a city and had no immediate wifi issues in our workspace. However we're now on month 9 and still experience issues at least once a month with both our housing and work-spaces. Our program staff does a great job of trying to fix problems but the higher level staff doesn't give them great tools to succeed. The community I've met has been great which is why I've stayed on the program. Until a large number of our community threatened to leave over poor quality housing, wifi issues, and overall poor programming our concerns were not listened to. When you hand over control of how you work, travel and live to a 3rd party - they should be focused on customer service not expansion or growth. Given how many programs Remote Year has launched you would think they would take the time to learn from their mistakes. Based on conversations with groups on Remote year 3 - 7 who are still facing similar issues as our group it doesn't appear that this is the case. While it might be less of an issues for freelancers or people who work for themselves to be put out with constant wifi issues, for people who work in a traditional office this program does not provide the tools to succeed.

Remote Year is a great concept in trying to change the way we think about work and travel. While they are attempting to be a key player in what is surely to be a booming industry of digital nomadism, their focus on expansion rather than customer service is a short term game play that may not pan out long term, but choices were made. The value proposition is extremely hard to make when it comes to the consistency of accommodations, workspace, and travel planning comparative to the overall price tag. This in addition to the extremely unprofessional staff makes it very difficult to recommend Remote Year to any working professional who isn't looking to have a year long party binge. While I will always thank Remote Year as a catalyst to change perspectives and for forging lifelong friendships, there are a number of other options available that may provide a better overall experience with potentially a lower price tag.