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Why Working from Home Will Stick

COVID-19 drove a mass social experiment in working from home (WFH). We survey more than 30,000 Americans over multiple waves …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #179

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 54 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Quartz

Working from home could soon mean working from someone else's home

A new report from Upwork, a freelancing platform, found that 22% of those who plan to work remotely post-pandemic are …

Sifted

Why you should put salaries on your job ads

Every single job description should show a salary or salary range — and there are no excuses.

When a company offers a …

Bloomberg

Work From Home to Lift Productivity by 5% in Post-Pandemic U.S.

A new study finds that, in fact, remote work does indeed make us more productive.

The work-from-home boom will lift …

Slate Magazine

Most Americans Would Take a Pay Cut to Keep Working From Home

The Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes, as the research led by the economist Jose Maria Barrero is called, brokers …

MIT News

Study finds ride-sharing intensifies urban road congestion

SMART research finds US road congestion increased by almost 1 percent while the duration of congestion rose by 4.5 percent.

The New York Times

How the Pandemic Did, and Didn't, Change Where Americans Move

But about 30 million change-of-address requests to the U.S. Postal Service in 2020 show that with these two very visible …

The New York Times

The Best (and Worst) States for Remote Work

A recent study ranked all 50 states and Washington, D.C., to find where working from home was most attractive to workers and …

Dynomight

Better air is the easiest way not to die

While most things that clearly improve health are well known, one is insanely underrated: Fixing your air. I suspect this is …

Ruth Terry

Here's Some Real Talk About Working Remotely Abroad

It’s important to go in with your eyes wide open, aware that your race, gender, and other intersecting identities …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #179

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 54 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

James Beshara

"Asynchronous" Working In 2021

From the prioritization of current work, the costs of multitasking, to the opportunity costs on your time, to getting more …

The New York Times

How Safe Are You From Covid When You Fly?

To understand how risky it may be to board a flight now, start with how air circulates in a plane.

Vox

Just because you can work from home doesn't mean you'll be allowed to

Which jobs are heading back to the office and which can stay home varies widely.

Lauren Razavi

Minimum Viable State: Building a Nomad Internet Country

Governments are out of touch. The nation-state model is outdated. It’s time to create the global infrastructure for a …

The Atlantic

'Smart' Cities Are Surveilled Cities

Notwithstanding global enthusiasm for hyperconnected cities, this futuristic wired urban world has a dark side. What’s …

Leading from afar

Success of the hybrid remote model is based on flexibility not force w/ Jessica hayes @ whereby

In today’s episode, we chatted with Jessica Hayes, VP of People at Whereby about the hybrid remote model & future …

The New York Times

There's a Name for the Blah You're Feeling: It's Called Languishing

The neglected middle child of mental health can dull your motivation and focus — and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021.

The New York Times

Unemployment Is High. Why Are Businesses Struggling to Hire?

Health concerns, expanded jobless benefits and still being needed at home are among the reasons would-be workers might be …

National Geographic

'Zoom fatigue' may be with us for years. Here's how we'll cope.

New research shows how employers and tech companies can maintain the positive aspects of remote work while reducing the …

Fast Company

10 questions to ask in a job interview that will really expose a company's culture

Culture is felt through the behaviors that are reinforced or discouraged on a day-to-day basis on teams. If you want to get a …

Atlas Obscura

What Is the Hardest Language in the World to Lipread?

For linguists, it is a tremendously controversial and fluid topic of study. What are lipreaders actually looking at? Just how …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #196

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 39 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Benji Weber

Don't hire top talent; hire for weaknesses.

Design your hiring process to find the right people to strengthen your teams’ weaknesses, rather than trying to find …

Ars Technica

France bans air travel that could be done by train in under 2.5 hours

On Sunday, the French National Assembly voted to ban some short-haul flights in favor of train travel. If the measure is …

Forbes

Managers: Asset Or Liability In Remote Work?

This new virtual world created several people challenges for companies and managers: How to monitor progress? How to motivate …

Financial Times

The cross-border pitfalls of 'working from anywhere'

When employees go overseas, businesses have to grapple with compliance woes — so what might ease the way?

Dror Poleg

The Ponzi Career

The future of work is a pyramid scheme, where every person sells his favorite person to the next person.