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WIRED

It's True. Everyone Is Multitasking in Video Meetings

A Microsoft study finds just how often remote workers multitask during videoconferences—especially when the group is large …

99% Derisible

Be a star or a janitor.

For most people, especially early in their careers, there’s just not a lot of agency at work. By and large, junior …

Monocle

Open invitation

After years of conflict and instability, Iraq is opening up to tourism. Thanks to a new visa scheme, citizens of almost 40 …

NPR

Overwork Killed More Than 745,000 People In A Year, WHO Study Finds

Working long hours poses an occupational health risk that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, the World Health …

Harvard Business Review

5 Behavioral Biases That Trip Up Remote Managers

Most managers weren’t prepared to lead remote teams, and they’re expected to adapt to the changing situational …

The New York Times

So, You Want to Become a Digital Nomad

Working remotely while abroad has obvious appeal. But the tax consequences vary depending on where you go. Here’s what …

Harvard Business Review

Stop Sabotaging Your Workforce

Our great work-from-home (WFH) experiment can offer us an opportunity to revisit how we work and redesign it for the better.

Forbes

The Future Of Work Will Be Five-Hour Days, A Four-Day Workweek And Flexible Staggered Schedules

The post-pandemic future of work should include four or five-hour workdays, four-day workweeks and staggered schedules where …

SSRN

Virtual Watercoolers: A Field Experiment on Virtual Synchronous Interactions and Performance of Organizational Newcomers

This study demonstrates that hosting brief virtual water cooler sessions with senior managers might have job and career …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #200

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

Forge

How to Chip Away at the 40-Hour Workweek

If we as a society are going to recognize that time is valuable and that we are humans first, employees second, we need to …

Outside Online

The Mental Benefits of Being Terrible at Something

The 80/20 rule is interesting to consider, but it can also be misleading. That’s because both the early and the late …

Krebs on Security

How to Tell a Job Offer from an ID Theft Trap

One of the oldest scams around — the fake job interview that seeks only to harvest your personal and financial data — is on …

The New Yorker

What if Remote Work Didn't Mean Working from Home?

The retreat to eccentric near-home workplaces has been a common experience during the pandemic, and we’ve learned that …

Bloomberg

Remote Work Habits Are Likely to Outlast the Pandemic in Canada

The Covid-19 pandemic will have a significant and long-lasting impact on Canadians’ willingness to return to the …

The Economist

Why tech firms are trying to run away from politics—and failing

As other firms become more political, some Silicon Valley companies are heading in the opposite direction

Forbes

Survey Asks Employees At Top U.S. Companies If They'd Give Up $30,000 To Work From Home: The Answers May Surprise You

According to the study’s findings, “About 64% of Amazon workers who answered the question preferred permanent …

Alanna Irving

Zooming beyond time and space

While face to face interaction is generally synchronous (at the same time), online interaction can also be asynchronous (at …

The Washington Post

A seismic standoff over remote work is building

If the pandemic has shown us anything, it’s that the old way of working left little room for living. Between our …

The New Yorker

Burnout: Modern Affliction or Human Condition?

As a diagnosis, it’s too vague to be helpful—but its rise tells us a lot about the way we work.

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #202

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

The Atlantic

Europe Wants Americans Back

American tourists are stereotypically thought of as loud, boorish, and tacky. They’re also sorely missed.

Bloomberg

That New Hybrid Office May Not Be as Flexible as You Hoped For

The post-pandemic workplace risks being complex for bosses to run and unsatisfying for employees.

BBC

Long working hours killing 745,000 people a year, study finds

The first global study of its kind showed 745,000 people died in 2016 from stroke and heart disease due to long hours.

The …

The Washington Post

Microaggressions at the office can make remote work even more appealing

Extended remote work during the pandemic has highlighted how much energy people of color, women, and people with disabilities …

The Miscellaneous Stuff Blog

The Best Way to Deal with a Micromanaging Boss

When an employee is placed in a no-win scenario at work, he has few options. He can place the blame for failure on someone …

WIRED

The Case for Letting People Work From Home Forever

Do you want happier, productive, more engaged, and more fulfilled employees and coworkers? Well, you should campaign to let …

The Economist

The real reasons some languages are harder to learn

When considering which foreign languages to study, some people shy away from those that use a different alphabet. Those …

USA Today

Work from home: Remote work is still popular with many Americans

‘The DNA of work has changed’: Many Americans want to keep working from home after the COVID-19 crisis passes.