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Leiden University

Basic income would not reduce people's willingness to work

A basic income would not necessarily mean that people would work less. This is the conclusion of a series of behavioural …

The Washington Post

Corporate America is coming around to remote work. But more big changes lie ahead.

Nearly two years after millions of Americans became abruptly acquainted with Zoom, questions about what the post-pandemic …

Fast Company

I've never met most of my new hires. Here's how I got to know them better than my office mates

Making remote work meaningful takes being intentional. You have to be purposeful to elevate your culture and build …

Artforum International

Ireland to Launch Universal Basic Income Program for Artists - Artforum International

The program will cover two thousand arts and culture workers for a span of three years. The government has earmarked €25 …

NPR

More than 1 million fewer students are in college. Here's how that impacts the economy

More than 1 million fewer students are enrolled in college now than before the pandemic began. According to new data released …

The Portugal News

Portugal best for remote work

Portugal has been ranked as the best place in the world to travel and work remotely in 2022, according to a survey by the …

MIT Sloan Management Review

Toxic Culture Is Driving the Great Resignation

Research using employee data reveals the top five predictors of attrition and four actions managers can take in the short …

Bloomberg

Work From Home Is Becoming a Permanent Part of How Jobs Are Done

Data show we can expect 30% to 40% of workdays to be remote, long after the pandemic is over.

James Brady

How to quit like a boss

Along the way, I’ve seen quite a few people quit, fired a few people, and made some pretty big mis-steps when planning …

The New Yorker

It's Time to Embrace Slow Productivity

The central goal of Slow Productivity is to keep an individual worker’s volume at a sustainable level. A natural fear …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #205

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 44 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

AIRLIVE

Lufthansa group confirmed that 18,000 flights had been flown empty to keep airport slots

Brussels Airlines has operated 3,000 flights without passengers this winter to avoid losing take-off and landing slots.

Fortune

Omicron has exposed corporate leaders' lack of vision about remote work

Thus, in response to Omicron, companies like Google, Uber, and Ford have been bringing out the same old “delay the …

Business Insider

Remote work is becoming permanent — for a sliver of the workforce

While life in the US slowly returns to some pre-pandemic norms, telework is shaping up to be a permanent feature of the …

Business Insider

Working was pointless at best and 'degrading, humiliating and exploitative' at worst, says Reddit moderator behind the influential 'antiwork'

A moderator of a viral “antiwork” Reddit thread has said she left traditional employment because much of her work …

Forbes

A Big Win For Workers: New York City Will Make It Mandatory For Companies To Disclose Salaries On Job Advertisements

Under a new law passed by the New York City Council, which will go into effect in April 2022 if not vetoed by January 14, …

Entrepreneur

The Future of Work Isn't Remote

After two years of being just faces on a screen, most of the employees at my company have returned to the office at least two …

The Economist

The rise of performative work

Before the pandemic turned everyone into remote employees, managers worried that working from home would be a paradise for …

Inc.

A Stanford Economist Who Studies Remote Work Says Half of All Workers Will Make This Big Change in 2022. It will be nice to feel settled, won't it?

Thanks to the pandemic, it’s no longer hard to find subjects for these kinds of work-from-home studies. And Bloom has …

McKinsey & Company

Tulsa's innovative program supports remote workers and economic development through COVID-19 and beyond

Tulsa Remote’s program to attract and support remote workers has become even more relevant during the pandemic and has …

Bolt

Why We're Switching to A Four-Day Workweek

Here’s what many of us know but can be tough to admit: Work will fill the space you give to it. My bet is that …

Bloomberg

Is It Time to Embrace Work-From-Home Forever?

All the canceled return-to-office targets have the cumulative effect of making each new deadline seem less credible. After …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #198

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

Seth's Blog

Don't waste the good days

If you’re feeling creative, do the errands tomorrow.

If you’re fit and healthy, take a day to go surfing.

When …

Business Insider

Job switchers beware: Some high-paying, remote jobs are scams

If you see a job offering to pay six figures shipping products from home, it could be a scam.

That’s because everyone …

Aeon

The end of travel

Driven by the need for a storied life, I relished the opportunity for endless travel. Is that a moment in time, now over?

Vox

3 ways remote work could remake America

From climate change to political polarization, remote work could change it all — even for in-person workers.

Harvard Business Review

The Upside of Feeling Uncertain About Your Career

But what if you don’t know for sure? What if, beyond your general sense of malaise or misgiving, you’re saddled …

Travel Stats Man

Airports Had to Deal With Over 2 Billion Litres of Airplane Toilet Waste in 2019

We already know airplanes don’t have enough toilets.

But where does all the waste go once the vacuum has sucked the …