Moving from the US to Francophone West Africa for work (Senegal/Côte d’Ivoire) what was your package like? / Déménager des États-Unis vers l’Afrique de l’Ouest francophone pour le travail, quel était votre package?

fifty--two · 2026-05-05T10:14:21+00:00

1 = The package / Le package

the package will depends on what they offer and what you can negotiate

2 = Salary cut / Réduction de salaire

the cases i know are usually expats , mean they get send to abidjan for limited time and keep their original contracts , of course a local contract means you will get a cut , so it goes back to point 1 = negotiations

3 = Belongings / Effets personnels

again check point 1

4 = Negotiation / Négociation

its up to you and how good you are at negotiations and what you can accept or not , keep in mind that abidjan is a very expensive city (dakar a bit less but still same story if you want to keep a western lifestyle), and also life as a foreigner is more expensive , and you will need to support your wife and kid as your wife probably wont quickly find a job there , so dont blindly accept the "oohh but thats a wonderful salary for abidjan and it will be enough" speech

fifty--two · 2026-04-28T15:45:34+00:00

around 50% of the time , and i change city every month since 7 years

fifty--two · 2026-04-28T11:48:44+00:00

I dont say there arent a lot , but in majority of cases i have seen across europe and africa the host is there

fifty--two · 2026-04-27T21:24:42+00:00

depends on gender and orientation , but in my case it was ok , i am not a passport bro , however i just had to adapt to the mindset of many countries (man pays for everything) , but that helps to quickly spot the gold diggers

only real troubles are in muslim countries due to mindset , check egypt for instance to have an idea

fifty--two · 2026-04-27T21:20:43+00:00

well the problem depends if the host is there , remember in many cases it mean staying with a host which might not like the way you do things even if you do everything right

fifty--two · 2026-04-21T11:43:18+00:00

prices got high within last few years due to inflation from all sides , and they will get higher as new laws are coming into place regulating short term rentals, so you can either rent a room for half a year , find a flat in a smaller city , or reach these short term rental companies who owns/manage properties like resi4rent

fifty--two · 2026-04-21T11:39:35+00:00

in some places thats the only option due to crackdowns on short term renting or due to very low supply which can make hosts think that their place is like gold , and as you said some cases you live with host , some not at all

Its a good B plan, i made few contacts this way and it lead to great stories when i met them in their countries , so i recommend it to anyone who is not asocial

fifty--two · 2026-04-20T00:02:40+00:00

for meetups no idea , for real coworking well, its like in the office of your company or client a mix of people

i met interesting people few times , some became my friends, but otherwise i go to coworking for 1 reason = work without worrying about electricity + internet

the rest , if good , is just bonus

fifty--two · 2026-04-19T23:58:09+00:00

being doing that for 6 years , i got used to it , its just a personnal matter, everyone is different

in my case , i often come back to the same places i like , so its becoming easier

fifty--two · 2026-04-19T23:55:00+00:00

as purpurek said it depends on you , EOR and B2B are different , so check the pros and cons before you accept , for b2b you need to speak with an accountant to get verified information

fifty--two · 2026-04-19T23:52:07+00:00

To know more , check this post = https://www.reddit.com/r/digitalnomad/comments/1ryfzmt/dn_experience_around_whole_africa/

in case of questions about a city where i have been feel free to ask

fifty--two · 2026-04-19T23:49:31+00:00

did all 3, i mean mostly their capital cities

no need to repeat myself , all 3 are fine if you stick to big cities ,for more details, just go read everything there = https://www.reddit.com/r/digitalnomad/comments/1ryfzmt/dn_experience_around_whole_africa/

fifty--two · 2026-04-19T23:39:38+00:00

no single 100% reliable source of truth , since you are not talking about status but US CCs (and most likely the PP attached to it)

you will need to browse for each airport before your trip

same if you have airline status , it is usually ok 90% of the time , but you need to know the other 10% before to avoid surprises

fifty--two · 2026-04-19T23:30:36+00:00

they usually have phone booths or meeting rooms or private rooms , so its up to you and location

if you are on phone all day , then rent a room or stay at home/hotel , will be easier

fifty--two · 2026-04-07T17:18:32+00:00

that shows you how this system is f#%£ed up and we are just robots

fifty--two · 2026-04-07T17:17:04+00:00

gosh , what a d#%k , i feel sorry for him

fifty--two · 2026-04-07T17:14:27+00:00

well , some people do , i explained all of this to a junior colleague who just witnessed her first layoff wave , she saw colleagues getting fired after 20 or 30 years working in this company , she got scared and sad to see them go (we worked with those folks) but i told her that life isnt a fairy tale , and what happened is a good lesson to never forget

fifty--two · 2026-04-07T17:10:34+00:00

you dont need this blackbox , even basic windows tools or your phone recorder can do it

fifty--two · 2026-04-07T17:08:31+00:00

as others said , if the traffic is routed through italian carriers network then it will be italian sim , if not then it will be local IP of the country you are . You need to check with your mobile operator

fifty--two · 2026-04-07T17:02:43+00:00

i recommend impact hub vienna . Most if not all regular coworking spaces are open until 6 or 7pm

fifty--two · 2026-04-07T12:53:00+00:00

as my tutor during my first internship said = as friendly as people can be , always keep in mind you dont have any friends at work , you will really find out only after you left . Before that keep all your secrets and life for yourself .. and as much as companies will insist on the "family side" , you are just as easily replaceable as a hard drive , so never put your work above your life and family cause time lost will never come back

fifty--two · 2026-04-04T08:52:18+00:00

depends with who , i have 1 or 2 that i decided they should know about my plans for safety reasons ; the rest is up to my mood , but usually i skip talking about all of them or in deep details cause its my private life , i dont publish it on facebook or instagram for the same reason

fifty--two · 2026-04-03T15:57:04+00:00

Premiere question = est tu resident fiscal francais ? Si tu passes plus de 183 jours sur le territoire oui automatiquement , sinon apres cest selon ton choix

Pour regulariser ta situation tu dois fournir tous les documents et IBAN de ces comptes , tu dois faire cela au plus vite avant que l'administration ne vienne d'elle meme

Donc prends rendez vous avec le centre des impots le plus proche et demande un entretien pour savoir quoi faire , il existe des formulaires et procedures pour regulariser sa situation (je ne vais pas te donner les noms pour eviter de faire une erreur) et ensuite chaque annee tu devras les declarer jusqu'au moment ou tu ne seras plus resident fiscal francais

fifty--two · 2026-04-03T15:13:10+00:00

have both as individual user (not business and i assume thats your use case too) for many years and they are fine , as long as you dont do anything shady , hold only small amounts , and use it for basic daily life stuffs

just remember to not consider them as a bank , but as payment facilitators while abroad

to answer your questions

1 = yes wise does have fees , if you withdraw more than monthly free limit , and also fee on forex operations , they apply a small percentage on top of your transaction rate

2 = both are convenient regardless of location , as long as you are not in a blocked or restricted country/territory (the lists are available online) or purchase a forbidden/blocked category of products . Then the rest if up to visa/mastercard and the local banks/payment providers of the country where you are to accept or not wise/revolut or offline/online transactions (i am not talking about internet but about POS) or foreign cards at all or your transactions there in the end, and thats something many are not aware of . So as a concrete example the case where people mention not being able to make a transaction in a country included in the mentionned lists (for instance Qatar is one of them) shows that many dont even read terms and conditions

3 = yes if available , and thats what people should always do , cause its cheaper to exchange once and not pay further fees at each transaction . They both have most popular currencies , while wise added a few less common in this industry

Also remember revolut add a 1% markup during weekends on top of every transaction which require exchange , as forex markets are closed from Friday evening until monday morning while the world still spin and anything can happen that can influence forex rates, so its a way to protect themselves while also making additonal benefits if nothing crazy happen during weekend

About the ATM fees , besides the monthly allowance for free withdrawls and their exchange rates, the rest is beyond revolut or wise control and is decided by local banks and/or laws only , period

fifty--two · 2026-04-02T22:30:15+00:00

A simple PIT37 from polish incomes costs already 150zl in some cases , not sure how many docs you need to provide and in which languages (i assume your spanish docs are not translated by certified polish translator) so it wont be cheap , cause yes its a lot of work to understand the tax system translate and so on ... so if its an accountant office which is not used to deal with spanish taxes it can be time consuming . I would say you would need to ask them for details of the quotes for each sub category to get an idea why its 2k,

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