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Hacker News

How to optimize your career for happiness?

I thought I had a pretty good work-life balance but lately, I’ve been through health issues and every single …

Axios

Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation

For all the hype that wage growth has received this year, pay isn’t keeping up with price growth. Real earnings, or wage …

The Washington Post

Future of Work: Requiring workers to return to the office is a ‘doomed approach’

Slack’s CEO Stewart Butterfield says the future of work is being dictated by workers who want more flexibility and better …

Željko Filipin

Lessons from 16 Years of Working Remotely

I have been working remotely since 2005. Recently, an intern has asked me for advice about it. I’ve decided to write a blog …

Tyler Cipriani

Lessons From Seven Years Of Remote Work

When you’re physically disconnected from your colleagues, you have to build new skills and adapt your tactics. This is advice …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #196

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 39 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Owl Labs

The State of Remote Work 2021

A look at how U.S. employees feel about remote and hybrid work, how their behaviors have evolved since the pandemic, and how …

Harvard Business Review

So You Botched a Job Interview. What’s Next?

You’ve prepared. You’re ready. You either go to an office or hop on a video interview. And then, disaster. Or at least you …

The Economist

The difficulties of policing remote work

As office life approaches some sort of new normal, remote working is here to stay. Employers enjoy cost savings as they spend …

The Atlantic

The Future of Work Is a 60-Year Career

Humans may soon live to be 100, which likely means more years on the job. That could be a good thing, if we take the …

Bloomberg

Where Are All the Gig Workers and What Are They Doing?

The pandemic has accelerated one of the biggest changes in our labor market since the industrial evolution: independent work. …

The Economist

Why Americans are rethinking where they want to live

“People are asking deep questions about how and where they want to live,” says Richard Florida of the University of Toronto, …

Aeon

Workplace diversity isn’t just about equality – it’s a competitive advantage

As individuals, we tend to gravitate to people who share and confirm our beliefs. But, in business, surrounding yourself with …

Seth's Blog

A freelancer’s dilemma

What do you own? What are you really good at? What do you enjoy?

Engaging with the marketplace requires creating value for …

Science

Forced to settle for a nonideal job? Here’s how to make the most of it

You alone get to decide how to perceive an opportunity, and you’ll serve yourself best when you cease looking at settling as …

SFGATE

How to kill the American office for good

Isn’t it weird that you grow up, break into the white collar sector, and then your primary place to go is a cubicle …

The New York Times

Is the Four-Day Workweek Finally Within Our Grasp?

After embracing flexible work styles during the pandemic, some companies are now embracing a shorter week.

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #194

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 48 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Harvard Business Review

Remote Work Should Be (Mostly) Asynchronous

Well-meaning band-aid solutions achieve little if the toxic norms that rob knowledge workers of autonomy and control remain …

Fortune

Remote work was supposed to be the great equalizer. The reality? Not so much

Brian Elliott, executive leader of Future Forum and SVP at Slack, said that executives have had very different lived …

Bloomberg

Return-to-Office Chaos Is the Best Thing to Happen to Consultants Since Y2K

A new breed of “experts” is here to help desperate employers navigate these uncharted waters. Too bad no one knows anything.

Fast Company

Tulsa paid people $10k to move there and work remotely. Here’s how it worked out

Since its founding, Tulsa Remote has brought nearly 1,300 workers to town, and a new study suggests that the investment is …

The Ringer

Work in America Is Broken—Can Remote Work Save Us?

Derek talks to Anne Helen Petersen, the coauthor of Out of Work: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home, …

Wall Street Journal

Work-Life Balance Finally Happened. Then They Were Called Back to the Office.

Giving up remote work can feel like a loss. Here are ways to bring some of the flexibility of working from home back with …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #194

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 48 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Fast Company

Remote work has a downside. Here’s why I want to go back to the office

Despite how popular the idea of working from home permanently has become for many people today, I’ve come to believe that …

Skift

KPMG Report Gives Big Thumbs Down on Long-Term Remote Working

A revealing survey of corporate mobility teams shows that the post-pandemic legacy of remote work may not be that great after …

Where's Your Ed At?

The Myth of Mentorship, And How We've Failed Entry-Level Workers

As a society we have rejected the idea that people need to be trained or mentored because it’s expensive and time-consuming …

An Injustice!

The ‘Digital Nomads Are Ruining Everything’ Argument Is Lazy, Reductive, and Doesn’t Help Anyone

I’m optimistic by nature and truly believe we can build a world where remote workers and local communities live alongside one …