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BBC

The workers quitting over return-to-office policies

Employees have long threatened to walk if employers call them back into the office. Now, the dominoes are starting to fall.

FiveThirtyEight

They Never Got To WFH

But most Americans don’t have jobs in which telework is an option. There are fields where that’s not surprising: …

Hacker News

6-hour workdays more important than 4-day workweeks IMO

I got nothing against 4 day workweeks - I myself work part time, but I rather work 2-4 hours for even 6 days a week and …

Twist

What the heck is asynchronous communication anyway?

Drawing on the experience of my own fully remote, async-first company, Doist, I’ll explain what asynchronous …

Reddit

What would you do if your job suddenly decided to go hybrid?

My SO is a digital nomad, and her job recently decided they’ll be going hybrid. She now has to decide to quickly find a …

BBC

How remote work could nix the sick day

Sick days used to mean resting, not working. Now, however, more employees are logging in from home as they fight illness – …

Cambridge Clarion

Computer work lying down comfortably with a home-made stand over the bed

This article reports the result of a successful personal attempt to find an arrangement of keyboard, mouse and monitor for …

Axios

Employers are allowing more remote work days

Bosses are coming around to the idea of remote work, at least for part of the week.

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #248

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 41 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Hacker News

How do you deal with rude interviewers?

At the time I didn’t say anything, and just continued the interview as if nothing happened, but in retrospect, I think …

Better Humans

How to Do Remote Work Well

I’ve been working remotely for 10 years and these are the habits that make it sustainable.

Reuters

Pandemic tempts U.S. technology workers away from Silicon Valley

Smaller cities aim to lure newly-remote tech workers with perks ranging from cash handouts to free babysitting.

Study Hacks Blog

Taking a Break from Social Media Makes you Happier and Less Anxious

But given the simple study design and the clear effects it revealed, the message here seems to be clear: social media hurts …

BBC

The countries resisting remote work

In places including the US and UK, remote work is here to stay. But that’s not necessarily the story around the world.

Lauren Razavi

The Rise of Digital Nomad Visas

When the pandemic hit and remote work went mainstream, digital nomad visas were an easy win for governments trying to pick up …

BBC

The 'working' job interviews that go too far

To prove jobseekers’ worth, some employers are asking candidates to work before they’re even hired – sometimes, …

The Economist

Welcome to the era of the hyper-surveilled office

In the past few years, however, and especially as the pandemic has forced work from the controlled enclosure of the corporate …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #248

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 41 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Jamie Tanna

Lessons learned from the recent job hunt

I naturally wanted to blog about the processes, talk about how I felt the interview processes have improved/not been as good, …

Reuters

Remote work and restrictive covenant agreements

Amidst this work-from-home culture, multiple states have imposed more onerous restrictions (if not outright bans) on …

mycodingtales

Stop Pretending Your Company is Remote

The forced change to accommodate remote workflows also brought to light what I like to call “virtual offices”. …

BBC

The Dutch city testing the future of urban life

With a hotchpotch of neighbourhoods focused on innovative architecture, sustainability and social enrichment, can Almere give …

Hacker News

WFH – will I be outsourced?

I once heard, if you can work from home you will be out sourced.

Is the WFH movement going to turn into a “they …

The New York Times

What Your Younger Employees Are Really Thinking

In the latest Times Opinion focus group, 12 millennial Americans — ages 26 to 33 — discussed how the pandemic had upended and …

zanlog

why do you waste so much time on the internet.

sometimes i wonder why do i waste so much of time on internet, not even doing productive work. Just refreshing yt feed and …

Nature

Why video calls are bad for brainstorming

According to new research one important skill is impacted by the restrictions of video calls: brainstorming ideas. But why is …

Airbnb

Airbnb's design for employees to live and work anywhere

In response to this trend of newfound flexibility, Airbnb today announced our approach to allow employees to live and work …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #227

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 42 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

The Guardian

'Bossware is coming for almost every worker': the software you might not realize is watching you

Computer monitoring software is helping companies spy on their employees to measure their productivity – often without their …