Has anyone worked remotely from Thailand for 3–4 weeks when their company policy says remote work is limited to your home country.
I work for a large American multinational tech company and my employment paperwork mentioned my remote work location should be within my home country (India).
I’m not looking to relocate abroad or become a digital nomad. I normally live and work in my home country and plan to continue doing so.
I have a Thailand trip coming up and am considering spending about 4 weeks there. The first week would be paid leave, but for the remaining 2–3 weeks I’d be working normally while staying in Thailand. I would still be connecting through the company VPN as required.
A few details:
Fully remote role
Around 8 months into the job
No plans to move abroad permanently
No change in tax residency
Just a temporary workation
Performance wont suffer due to travel
I’m curious if anyone has been in a similar situation where the official policy was “remote within your home country” but you temporarily worked from another country for a few weeks.
What happened in practice?
Did IT/security notice foreign logins?
Did you tell your manager beforehand?
Were you asked to stop, take leave, or return?
Did anyone actually face HR issues for a short 3–4 week workation?