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Money + misdirection: the shadow side of "charge what you're worth" pricing culture
If you’re a freelancer or creative entrepreneur, you’ve probably seen this before: You’re zooming around a …
FreelanceMedium
If you’re a freelancer or creative entrepreneur, you’ve probably seen this before: You’re zooming around a …
FreelanceHacker News
We use Slack for internal comms, but it’s used mostly for chit-chat conversations and real-time issues. Is there a …
Remote WorkThe Outline
Take a better lesson from philosophy and me, a reformed loudmouth.
LifeThe Wall Street Journal
The in-flight moving map, object of fascination for travel geeks and impatient fliers, is going in a new direction. But have …
TravelQuartz
In organizations, it often seems like all problems are eventually communication problems, because communication is the way we …
WorkThe DESK Magazine
Perhaps the quality of alone time has decreased with the rise of the internet and technology. Maybe we have forgotten how to …
FreelanceBennett Notes
Now, as a young adult, I feel like I completely lost that spontaneity and simple mindset. Every project which I take up has …
LifePart-Time Traveler
Since when did we start traveling with a destination’s Instagram worthiness in mind?
TravelNPR
More young people are leaning into the rental or sharing economy — owning less of everything and renting and sharing a whole …
Gig EconomyHarvard Business Review
Coworking spaces give some members a sense of professionalism and credibility that traditional remote working does not.
CoworkingDEV
I think I’m going into it eyes open, but I want to document my hopes and expectations about remote life going into it.
Remote WorkVox
Airlines have embraced blue lighting to upgrade the flying experience.
TravelHarvard Business Review
Businesses have never done as much hiring as they do today. They’ve never spent as much money doing it. And …
CareerFast Company
There’s plenty of evidence on the benefits of a four-day workweek. But many companies are still hesitant to make the …
WorkBeen thinking how a lot of the payoff from leaving the office at the end of the day is simply getting back home. But now that …
Remote WorkTaylor Pearson
So, if you’re not quite sure what to do with your life, putting yourself in a position to get autonomy, mastery, and …
LifeDavid Perell
Writing online is the fastest way to accelerate your career. It’s the best way to learn faster, build your resume, and …
Life WorkQuartz
But the week is man-made, arbitrary, a substance not found in nature. That seven-day cycle in which we mark our meetings, …
Life WorkSlate Magazine
Airbnb’s terms of service dictate that hosts must disclose the presence of cameras to their guests. It’s unclear …
TravelInc.
Can we have the best of both worlds? Ikea says yes–and backs it up with a working prototype.
WorkNational Geographic
Women adventurers reveal how gender inequality can limit movement—and imagination.
TravelGQ
“We feel the need to finish books, even if we’re bored by them. This often gets in the way of people reading …
LifeTerence Eden's Blog
I’m going to let you in to three TOP SECRET rules for getting hired. These are the hidden techniques used by TOP …
CareerBBC
Ever wondered why flight times seem to be getting longer? It’s called “padding”, a phenomenon that helps …
TravelBuilding Creative Market
I don’t know what it’s like for everybody at every remote job, but when a job-hunting friend asked me recently …
Remote WorkHuman Parts
One can’t design a life around what it’s like to be on vacation. Vacations are not real. They cost money. They …
LifeInc.
In a quest to create the perfect remote team, Google researchers spent two years studying more than 5,000 employees. …
Remote WorkQuartz
But when we talk about “meaningful work,” what do we actually mean? Negotiating peace treaties, growing food, …
Remote WorkBloomberg
Unemployed people derive significant psychological benefits from receiving a fixed amount of financial support from the …
Basic IncomeMEL Magazine
Focusmate is the internet’s most invasive productivity hack. I put it to the test.
ProductivitySera Milbank, Ella McCall | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis has announced new conditions to New Zealand’s visitor visas settings, allowing visitors to work remotely for an overseas employer or client while they are in New Zealand. The “digital nomad visa” is aimed at attracting more tourism to New Zealand, by allowing travellers coming to New Zealand to continue working for their overseas employers or clients, without breaching the conditions of their visitor visas.
Sydney Lake | Fortune
Remote workers are accepting lower salaries in order to work from home. Some are taking as much as 5% to 15% less pay to do so, while other employers are reversing the strategy to entice workers to come to the office at higher salaries.
Polly Thompson, Jyoti Mann | Business Insider
In an email sent on Friday morning, CEO Michael Dell said that from March, the company would expect all employees living within roughly an hour of offices to be at their desks five days a week.
Kathryn B. Creedy | BBC
Ever wondered why flight times seem to be getting longer? It’s called “padding”, a phenomenon that helps airlines arrive on time – but at a cost.
Aki Ito | Business Insider
Why have Zoomers replaced boomers as the most burned-out generation?
Jennifer Liu | CNBC
With the new year comes new goals, and for some CEOs that includes issuing fresh return-to-office mandates for their workers.
Zoë Cullen, Christopher Stanton | Harvard Business School Working Knowledge
More organizations are asking employees to return to offices, but many employees would rather take a pay cut than commute. Research by Zoë Cullen and Christopher Stanton puts a value on remote work.
DJ DiDonna | Harvard Business Review
A research-based primer on getting the most out of an extended leave from work.
Ashley Belanger | Ars Technica
US agencies wasting billions on empty offices a “embarrassment,” RTO memo says.
David A. Patterson | Communications of the ACM
Sharing 16 life lessons, and nine magic words.
Daniel | NoDesk
This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 36 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.
Seher Asaf, Kathryn Armstrong | BBC
New Zealand has relaxed its visa requirements to attract so-called “digital nomads” - people who travel while working remotely - in an attempt to boost tourism.
Mert Bulan
It’s been over a year since one of the most significant turning points in my life, and it’s time to reflect on that.
UBS
In an era of remote work, many hoped for greater gender equity. Yet Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin’s work shows there’s more to it.
Katrien Devolder | The University of Oxford
Instead of asking whether remote workers are lazy, we should ask whether, and how, different working arrangements enable people to direct their effort more effectively to the right goal.
Lizzie Enfield | BBC
Sweden’s long, cold nights might put you off going there in winter, unless, that is, you are in search of that elusive 21st-Century luxury: a good night’s sleep.
Julia Richardson | The Conversation
According to the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), about 10% of federal workers are fully remote. The impact of this order will be far-reaching.
Lily Zheng | Harvard Business Review
How a new framework built around fairness, access, inclusion, and representation can succeed where DEI has failed.
Zoe Conway | BBC
Working from home is creating a generation who are “not doing proper work”, the former boss of Marks and Spencer and Asda has warned.
Emma Goldberg | The New York Times
Amazon, JPMorgan and others have been telling their employees that remote work is over. Now federal employees have been ordered to come to work in person, too.
John | World Day
Forget the tourist-packed Piazzas and crowded museums – Florence’s hidden nomad scene offers a tantalizing blend of old-world charm and digital-age connectivity. As the birthplace of the Renaissance, this Italian gem now fosters a quiet revolution, attracting remote workers seeking inspiration amid its cobblestone streets and artistic legacy.
Daniel | NoDesk
This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 36 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.
Russell Baylis
I work from home everyday, I am susceptible to eye strain, eye pain, and dizziness. Having a working environment that’s as easy on my eyes as possible is of critical importance. I hope that by sharing what I’ve learned, it can be helpful to you if you work from home, and like many, have experienced WFH eye strain.
Anna Holmes | The New York Times
Don’t count on human resources to take your side in a workplace issue, especially if it involves a conflict with your boss.
JasminePacahanas | Reddit
I’m wondering how many of you have a remote job while traveling and how many of you have your own businesses/ freelancing/ selling your own products.
Getting a fully remote job nowadays is extremely difficult considering everyone wants to work remotely. Is it even worth chasing a remote job?