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NPR

Remote working may be a win-win for employers, employees and — even the economy

Nearly half of the American workforce is now working remotely at least one day a week. And new research shows that many …

Ads of the World

The search for the most useless office perk in the world

A mailroom punching bag. Tuna cans with no can opener. A folded-up exercise machine. New marketing campaign seeks “the …

Fortune

These 'stealth' remote workers are working from Bali—and their colleagues have no idea

While COVID raged, she logged in from her apartment. Now that the virus has eased, her bosses were encouraging people to …

Study Hacks Blog

Your Work Matters. Build Your Schedule Accordingly.

This example is important because it underscores a psychological reality of productivity that can be lost among all the …

Bloomberg

Countries Compete for Remote Workers Even as Return to Office Demands Grow

Here’s how to apply for some of the most popular digital nomad visas around the world.

Fortune

Everyone is wrong about the future of remote work

Bosses and employees are in a tug-of-war over where work will be done. CEOs eager for a return to the office suggest …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #256

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

World Economic Forum

I believe the future of remote work is borderless and inclusive — here's how we get there

Embracing borderless remote work could help companies improve their talent pool. Moreover, for companies seeking to boost …

Reddit

I started my Digital Nomad life, loved it, and now I feel a bit depressed (after six months)

For me, challenge number one as a nomad is meeting new people. I’m not at ease with social relations, and even if I go …

The Atlantic

Quiet Quitting Is a Fake Trend

What people are now calling “quiet quitting” was, in previous decades, simply known as “having a …

Skift

Remote Work May Win New Advocates Over Rising Energy Costs for Offices

Coronavirus threw traditional work and travel patterns into disarray last winter, forcing people to stay at home. But this …

Planetizen

Some Commute Times Worsening Despite Remote Work Trends

The unpredictability of constantly changing commuting trends has some workers seeing much longer commute times as …

Axios

The number of people working remotely tripled during COVID

The number of people primarily working from home tripled between 2019 and 2021, per survey results released Thursday by the …

Reddit

After five years of nomading we made a rookie mistake we won't make again

Greetings from Ohrid, Macedonia, which has turned out to be a pretty phenomenal place to spend a month. Full Trip Report to …

Insider

Travelers are slamming Airbnb chore lists that tell guests to mow the lawn, do the laundry, and take out the trash — on top of paying $125 cleaning fees

Some Airbnb hosts are requiring guests to complete lengthy chore lists on top of paying cleaning fees up to $375, the Wall …

Hacker News

What jobs will be big in the future that don't exist yet?

I’m putting together a list of future jobs that she can think about (space mining engineer, neural lace technologist, …

Stay SaaSy

Build Your Career on Dirty Work

Whenever people ask me for advice on career growth, I share what has worked reasonably well for me: find a growth company, …

LinkedIn

Culture is Key to Hybrid Work

But from my experience, if you are counting on forced hours spent in a traditional office to create collaboration and provide …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #257

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 37 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Reddit

Does anybody manage a fully remote team of employees? Is there anything you should watch out for or avoid?

I work at a startup and two weeks ago, I got promoted to be one of the youngest product managers in my company.

Thing is, …

The Workplace

How should we handle an over-productive employee?

A hyper-productive, stellar employee doesn’t have enough tasks to do and is getting worried that this might mean he is …

HRReporter

How to weed out fraudulent candidates with rise of remote work

One of the biggest nightmares for HR and recruiters is verifying that a shiny new hire is actually who they say they are.

Harvard Business Review

The New Rules of Work Clothes

After two years of hastily throwing a business jacket over a T-shirt and sweatpants while letting people into our homes …

Workonomics

Roundup #2: The 'Quiet Quitting' Phenomenon

Whatever the story is with quiet quitting, the levels of actively disengaged workers (getting into rage quitting territory) …

Derek Power

This 'Return to the Office' Rhetoric needs to end.

The office isn’t dead, but if you don’t trust your employees to work remotely your company might very well be.

Texas Monthly

Why Empty Offices Are Becoming Apartments in Texas's Big Cities

With workers continuing to stay home post-pandemic and housing in short supply, developers in the state’s largest …

Fast Company

Working remotely can make impostor syndrome worse. Here's how to manage it

The CMO of Norwest Venture Partners reveals her own struggle with impostor syndrome during the pandemic and the lessons she …

Hacker News

Location based pay is killing my motivation, how do others handle it?

Recently I got to know the pay scales that my peers and even junior developers are getting in the US/EU. It is substantially …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #254

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 38 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.