Are there any "remote" (within CH) payroll company gigs for software developers?

Life Hacking
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I’m talking about the payroll companies who hire you as an employee and put you to work for a bank. They get say 1500.- per day from the bank and they pay you 1000.- per day while pocketing the difference.

My problem is that all these gigs are in Zurich. I don’t want to move to Zurich and I live around 4h return by train from Zurich: it makes no sense to commute. I would be fine going a couple days a month to the office if they absolutely want while working on the train (so something like 4h in the office and 4h on the train), but I don’t want to do it on a regular basis.

Are there payroll companies hiring remotely for this kind of jobs? How do you find them?

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According to my experience, such companies (SSII) usually hire you as an employee and sell your skills for 1000/day. So you won’t be the one getting the big money and you’ll be constantly asked to travel and adapt to new working environments.

I don’t know if this is still the case nowadays, but when I received my degree in computer science, people said that if you’re after money, the quickest path was to become a EAP (mainly SAP) expert. Companies will put a lot on the table to hire you, even in “Suisse Romande”…

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I wouldn’t call 700-900.- CHF/day little money. If you don’t want to travel around, you can screen for it. Most of the contacts I had was for filling a position for 6 or 12 months at one employer in one specific office. You’re not a traveling consultant living out of a suitcase in that situation.

I loathe SAP and wouldn’t touch it with a 20ft pole. I make good enough money with my specialty (JavaScript, Linux) but if I can get paid twice as much working for a payroll company, why not? I can then work 50% of the year for the same pay or 100% for double the pay and retire twice as fast.

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Yes I understand the feeling about SAP and stuff, but that’s a way to get the level of income that you are mentioning. I would not consider Linux and Javascript skills so uncommon that even banks would reliably consider paying >20k/month to a contractor instead of hiring somebody directly.

There are certainly skilled developers that deserve more than the typical 85-120k/year, but HR departments often have trouble realizing how precious they are.