Applied H4 (COS) and H4-EAD with future effective date (10/15/24).
You can travel outside US and keep working from there.
If you move to H1B, H4 will be lost and H4 EAD may be denied.
If your US payroll will be running while you are outside the US, then it is a problem.
Running payroll in the US is what you need H4 EAD for. Isn’t it?