Would you take a 40% pay cut to work from Lisbon instead of London if your visa still tied you to one country every 90 days? I ask because a friend did exactly that in 2023 — swapped a £92k product job for €58k remote, and her rent dropped from £2,100 to €1,150. On paper she's ahead. But she still flies out to renew her Schengen clock, and her company just told her they're reviewing whether digital nomad contracts count as local employment. I'm genuinely unsure whether the flexibility is worth that fragility. Curious how others weigh it.