Work Abroad: Things to Consider & Yes, You Should Do It
Warm alpaca sweaters, fresh fruit smoothies, protected bike lanes, and two days of mild indigestion. These are a few of my favorite work abroad things.
Wait, strike indigestion. Funny story, but I’ll spare you.
I spent the month of February working remotely in Peru’s Miraflores district. Usually, I work out of a small office in Scottsdale, Arizona as an Executive Recruiter. Our small, but mighty B Corp supports mission-driven clients across the U.S. and 98 percent of my day to day work is accomplished through phone and video call.
Location agnostic job responsibilities plus a significant other with family in Lima led to sweet work abroad magic. My partner pitched me on the idea of an extended trip to Lima (sold!), so I floated the idea to my supervisor and she asked me to put the proposal on paper.
The plan was afoot.
The next twenty-six days abroad flew by as quickly as I feared they would, but we boarded the plane home with hundreds (maybe thousands) of photos, an experience to check off our bucket list, and very few unread emails.
