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What is the best advice you received in 2022?

I am a believer I can learn from anywhere and I thought I can ask HN folks to share what they learned or received advice that …

Fortune

Dropbox let employees work remotely and saw record-high turnover. Then it offered in-person retreats. Retention soared

Before COVID-19 upended the workplace status quo in the spring of 2020, some 97% of Dropbox employees worked from the office. …

Reuters

High-tech, high-risk: potential pitfalls from remote employee monitoring

There can be no dispute that the COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally altered the American workplace by sending employees home to …

Reddit

Does anyone else just feel... burned out? Disjointed? Stretched thin, like butter scraped over too much bread?

I’m done wandering alone, it’s finally broken my brain. No amount of cool vistas and exotic adventures can …

Harvard Magazine

Hybrid Work's Sweet Spot

Does hybrid work harm the bottom line? As organizations across the United States wrestle with post-COVID office policies, …

Fortune

Remote work has become a right for knowledge workers. The data says we should create more fully remote jobs

Because I manage products for global talent mobility (business travel, relocations, distributed workforces, etc.), I speak …

Skift

Remote Work Trends Are Rapidly Infiltrating Airport Spaces

With the return of business travelers to the skies, more flexible office providers are honing in on airports as havens for …

Bloomberg

Some Bosses Embrace Work From Home to Keep Wages Down

With potential hires in short supply, companies increase their recruiting in areas where pay is lower.

The Economist

The scourge of job-title inflation

Plenty of companies now employ a “director of first impressions”, a job whose responsibilities include greeting …

Reddit

What should I get done before my new life as a nomad?

This summer I’m gonna be able to nomad. As of right now, I’m saving like crazy. Got a remote job where I can work …

The Times

'You cannot allow staff to choose their working conditions'

Laws to give employees greater rights seemed reasonable. That is, until James Dyson stepped in.

CNN

Global 4-day week pilot was a huge success, organizers say

The verdict is in: A four-day work week is good for business.

After six months, most of the 33 companies and 903 workers …

Forbes

Why Remote Work Will Win This Winter

The monumental battle over remote work is heating up this winter as more traditionalist business leaders are demanding that …

Vox

Conferences want to cure the work-from-home blues

Sunshine and wine caves: How conferences are trying to win over a remote-work world.

Axios

Demand for remote jobs outpaces supply

Applicants want remote jobs, but the number of postings that allow people to work from home is dwindling as companies start …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #256

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 40 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Yahoo

Everyone hates the open floor office plan. Meet its remote-work-friendly replacement: 'quiet spaces'

Here’s the party line, in case you’ve missed it: Working from home is best for when you need heads-down, …

Euronews

It's official: France bans short haul domestic flights in favour of train travel

France has been given the green light to ban short haul domestic flights.

The European Commission has approved the move which …

Guardian

'I want to savour every word': the joy of reading slowly

Bragging rights seem to go to people who devour books, but, as this impatient reader found, turning the pages over many days …

Jam

How to move fast and not break things as a remote company

The Facebook-era “move fast and break things” startup motto no longer applies in today’s hyper-competitive …

Forbes

Is Remote Work Responsible For Quiet Quitting?

So what explains the drop in productivity associated with quiet quitting? According to Ben Wigert, director of research and …

NZ Herald

Out of office: Will we regret the work-from-home revolution?

The Covid pandemic has prompted a radical change to the way many people work. But not everyone is convinced it’s a …

BBC

The remote 'helicopter bosses' who stunt worker resilience

Micromanagement has always existed. But remote work has birthed a new swathe of helicopter bosses, and workers are suffering. …

CNBC

Why labor economists say the remote work 'revolution' is here to stay

Remote work surged in the pandemic era — but this trend, borne of necessity for public health, has now become a fixture of …

The Washington Post

Airbnb is more successful than ever. Why is everyone so mad at it?

Guests are over fees and chores. Hosts say they can’t fill vacancies. But the company keeps cashing in.

Bustle

Have We Been Thinking About Burnout All Wrong?

A term suggesting rock bottom stops meaning rock bottom when we’re all there and, somehow, still going.

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #264

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 35 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Neel Nanda

Intentionally Making Close Friends

One of the greatest sources of joy in my life are my close friends. People who bring excitement and novelty into my life. Who …

Harvard Business Review

Tech Talent Is Flooding the Job Market

Unlike other economic downturns, when employers cut roles no longer critical to business operations, laid-off workers from …