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Egypt Today

Egypt's Cabinet approves a 6-month remote work trial period

The Egyptian Cabinet is implementing a remote work system for governmental entities’ employees.

Reddit

Foreigners wanting to get off the beaten path/live like a local vs. locals annoyed that tourists are everywhere. What are your thoughts?

I understand the desire to go to a new country not to be surrounded by your own countrymen. But if everyone flocks to places …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #346

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 36 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

The Guardian

Human values, as well as AI, must be at the core of the future of work

Automation too often erodes conditions and job quality creating anxiety and overwork. To build ‘good work’, we …

Atlas Obscura

Remembering the Golden Age of Airline Food

Why were in-flight meals so much better in the past?

Business Today

ChatGPT-maker Sam Altman says era of remote work is over

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes that tech industry’s worst mistakes was that everybody could go full remote forever.

University of Bristol

Research reveals majority of gig economy workers are earning below minimum wage

As the cost of living continues to spiral, a new report shows more than half of gig economy workers in the UK are paid below …

GeekWire

DocuSign — which is forcing employees back to the office — touts report about remote work benefits

DocuSign released a report Wednesday highlighting the benefits of remote work — which caught our attention given that the …

Bloomberg

IBM Chief's Message to Remote Workers: 'Your Career Does Suffer'

Working from home is suitable for some roles, Arvind Krishna said, but those who aspire to move up the ranks need to be in an …

Computerworld

After the remote-work rush, vacant offices and empty downtowns

With hybrid and remote work now the norm, employers are not renewing leases and choosing carefully the buildings they do want …

The Japan Times

Japanese companies split over post-pandemic remote working

Japanese companies are divided over whether to keep remote working arrangements in place after the country downgraded …

Fortune

Remote work has become a bargaining chip–and that's problematic

As more than 155,000 civil servants in Canada strike for their right to work from home, among other demands, the fight …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #346

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 36 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

POLITICO Magazine

Remote work is straining public transit — and many agencies are stuck

Most of the nation’s most-trafficked public transit systems are still seeing less than 80 percent of their pre-pandemic …

Fortune

Remote work is turning America into a 'suburban nation,' a massive millennial survey by BofA finds

Millennials are looking for a good place to buy a home, and they’re finding suburbia to answer the call.

TechNative

Remote working is here to stay: but can you ensure it's safe, effective & productive enough?

A remarkable four in ten work at home to some degree according to the latest UK Office for National Statistics 2023 data — …

CNBC Make It

Some remote jobs will still be hot in 5 years, and others 'might not exist,' economists say—how to know the difference

Remote jobs are vanishing.

At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, close to half of Americans worked from home full-time, a …

Insider

Tech CEOs threaten to end remote work, infuriating workers hit by mass layoffs and dwindling perks

Here’s a question tech bosses will have mulled over in recent months: in a year of efficiency, just how far can they go …

Psychology Today

The Critical Role of Well-being in Hybrid and Remote Work

Why employee well-being is crucial for company success.

BBC

The perks and perils of remote-work gossip

In remote- and hybrid-work settings, the watercooler whisper to colleagues has been digitised. But spilling all online can be …

Forbes

Why Those Working Remotely Are Heading For The Tragedy Of The Commons

There is no doubt that remote or virtual work is more efficient for white collar workers. And it may be more effective in …

NPR

Would you live next to co-workers for the right price? This company is betting yes

So a growing number of employers around the country have decided to build their own housing for workers, mostly for them to …

Vox

Your boss is obsessed with productivity without knowing what it means

That’s poor ground to stand on when trying to revoke remote work.

NPR

Airbnb let its workers live and work anywhere. Spoiler: They're loving it

At a time when more and more workers are finding themselves back in their offices at least a few days a week, Airbnb is going …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #265

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 45 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Bloomberg

Child Care Is Broken. WFH Won't Fix It.

It’s tough to get anything done while watching the kids, but shaming caregivers doesn’t help, either.

Fortune

Remote work has failed to kill toxic office politics as rumor spreading, backstabbing and credit snatching remain eternal

“Work is different today, so office politics is emerging in different ways,” said Dana Sumpter, an associate …

Entrepreneur

Remote Work Skeptics Are Forgetting Their Most Valuable Asset: Their Customers. Here's Why.

While there’s a widely-held belief that three days a week in the office is the magic number, with a number of large …

The New York Times

Surgeon General: We Have Become a Lonely Nation. It's Time to Fix That.

This week, for the first time, I will be proposing a national framework to rebuild social connection and community in …