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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 …

The Washington Post

The great mismatch: Remote jobs are in demand, but positions are drying up

The job market — although still hot — is slowing, and many Americans who had been working from home are being called back …

The New York Times

The Holidays Are Longer Now. Is That a Good Thing?

Remote work has made it easier for some to be more flexible with holiday travel plans. For most, it’s a positive change …

Tremendous

The Perks of a High-Documentation, Low-Meeting Work Culture

At Tremendous, we practice meeting mindfulness through an intentional high-documentation, low-meeting work culture.

This is a …

Hacker News

Why isn't remote work advertised as a pro environment initiative?

No form of transport requires less energy than telecommuting. Why aren’t there Zoom/MS Teams/Slack bill-boards on 101 …

The Guardian

A hundred UK companies sign up for four-day week with no loss of pay

Thousands of employees to be moved permanently to four days in policy described as ’transformative'.

Sébastien Dubois

Why take and make notes

In this article, I’ll share some ideas about why note-taking and note-making can change your life for the better …

Reddit

Women nomads, which country did you felt most safe?

I would love to hear about your travel experiences!

The Washington Post

Layoff spree in Silicon Valley spells end of an era for Big Tech

A crypto-collapse, layoffs at Facebook and carnage at Twitter are rocking the tech industry. It’s stoking memories of …

The New York Times

U.S. Fines Airlines More Than $7 Million for Not Providing Refunds

The Transportation Department penalties come after many travelers have expressed frustration about flight delays, …

Bloomberg

Musk's About-Face on Remote Work Latest Example of WFH Whiplash

Leaders on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley and everywhere in between have had to roll back strict RTO demands.

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #244

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 46 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

NPR

These companies ran an experiment: Pay workers their full salary to work fewer days

Companies in the United Kingdom are about to complete the biggest trial of a four-day work week ever undertaken, anywhere in …

Sifted

What not to say to someone who has just been laid off

Think about comforting someone who has been laid off like you’d comfort someone who has lost family.

Fortune

Introducing the chief remote officer: Corporate America's response to a hybrid workforce that's here to stay

Before the pandemic relegated us to our homes for the better part of two years; before Zoom meetings and “nice to …

Reddit

Lima - a city that should be on your radar as a digital nomad

I’ve been working in Lima for a few months now, and I 100% recommend other digital nomads to come on over. If you still …

Reddit

I am curious: as a DN, how many evenings do you go out and explore vs. stay in?

Since we are working and not on vacation, most of us with a traditional 9-5 will only get evenings and weekends to see our …

Okta

Is 40 hours a week too much? Here's what history and science say

Most professionals work Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. But why is that? Who decided we should work 40 hours a …

The Cut

'I'm Working Remotely, But My Company Won't Let Me Move Out of State'

Here’s the reason, which a lot of people aren’t aware of: If an employer lets employees work from a different …

Computerworld

As remote work gains favor, employees' relationships to their jobs are in flux: Report

New research from collaboration platform Miro has found that employee priorities are changing, with clear generational …

BBC

Musk tells Twitter staff remote working will end

Elon Musk has told Twitter staff that remote working will end and “difficult times” lie ahead, according to …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #256

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

The Guardian

Revealed: working class people paid thousands less than middle class peers despite doing same jobs

Firms should be ’legally required’ to publish their class pay gaps, says thinktank, after it found salary …

QZ

Ditch the desk: workers stay longer with location flexibility—how companies can respond

Most workers who are currently remote or hybrid rank flexibility as even more important than their compensation. Our research …

Bloomberg

Employees Lie to Their Bosses So They Can Work From Anywhere

Workers are concealing where they are, risking their jobs so they can travel the globe even as offices call people back.