Is your situation that you have literally $0 and no credit? In that case, I don’t think remote work is realistically feasible. In the future I’d just be honest and communicate your situation with your employer. Realistically though, until your situation is stable, I’d try to find an in-office or hybrid job. Remote work is generally harder to get so if you were able to get a remote job I’m sure you could find something in-office or hybrid.

You should’ve communicated to them that your housing situation is unstable and wouldn’t have access to internet for a week. From their perspective you were just being unreliable and sketchy.

Also, most cities have coworking spaces, which should be your first choice over library/cafe/college for a full work day.

At $880k my taxes after deductions were like $30k.

I’m not American, is this a joke or do you really pay 3.5% effective tax rate?