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NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #202

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

The Verge

Salesforce declares the 9-to-5 workday dead, will let some employees work remotely from now on

Cloud computing company Salesforce is joining other Silicon Valley tech giants in announcing a substantial shift in how it …

Temporary heresy

Talent is largely a myth

With the amount of conversations, conference talks and hype going on around talent, you would expect people will have an …

Reuters

Managing your boss: adjusting to narcissists, 'ghosts,' gaslighters

Most people think of managing as a top-down process, but you also “manage” your boss, whether you realize it or …

Shin Kim

Shift to Remote Work Based on 7,000+ Hacker News Job Posts

Indeed it sure feels like everyone is leaning into remote work. But how is it backed up by data? Can we quantify the remote …

Hacker News

Team fun event ideas during WFH?

Can y’all share any team fun event ideas that have worked well for you during the WFH/pandemic period? My folks miss …

Computerworld

Remote work 2.0 — when WFH really means 'work from anywhere'

Many companies have embraced a work-from-home model, but most aren’t prepared for what comes next. Here’s what to …

BBC

The computers rejecting your job application

I wondered: is it fair for a computer alone to accept or reject your job application?

Welcome to the fast-growing world of AI …

Thinking Through

Stop Swiss Cheesing your calendar

Swiss-cheese calendar causes a massive amount of context-switch between different work priorities. By the time one meeting …

The Wall Street Journal

The New Silicon Valley Perks: Child Care, Financial Planning and Therapy

Instead of using food and foosball tables to keep workers at the office as long as possible, tech companies now seek to offer …

Buffer

The 2021 State of Remote Work

Top insights and data from one of the largest remote work reports.

Shin Kim

Why Remote Friendly Won't Do

In 2021, as founders look to guide their onsite team back to the office while blending them with the permanent remote team, …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #202

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

Hacker News

Remote workers in a non-tech city, what's your experience?

I’m a graduating as a software engineer in a city with a limited number of tech jobs. Due to divorce + kids living in …

Bloomberg

Don't Give Up on Remote Work, Even If You Hate It

Some form of location flexibility is probably here to stay. So it’s worth the effort to find a way to work from home …

The Atlantic

Superstar Cities Are in Trouble

The past year has offered a glimpse of the nowhere-everywhere future of work, and it isn’t optimistic for big cities.

Vice

Gig Workers Have Nowhere to Pee

There’s a reason that gig workers consistently have difficulty getting bathroom access whether its in restaurants, …

Fast Company

Why employers might not offer remote work options to junior staff

As offices reopen, employers are considering the needs of early-career employees, many of whom prefer working in person.

Giles Turnbull

How to be clear

You can spend a lot of time coming up with tactics and strategies for your communication, but the most valuable tool you can …

Simon Moxon

Why employers will have no choice but to embrace remote working

Most company owners would agree that the most important asset is their employees, and one of the biggest challenges of …

YouGov

Most remote employees don't want to return to the workplace after the pandemic

Among those Americans who are currently working from home, 83% say that they like doing so, including a majority (56%) who …

Harvard Business Review

Work-Life Balance Is a Cycle, Not an Achievement

Research has definitively shown that overwork isn’t good for employees or their companies — and yet, in practice, it …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #149

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 67 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Harvard Business Review

Help Your Team Beat WFH Burnout

Leaders have a responsibility to consider the experience of their workers most affected by work-from-home burnout and to …

View from Initialized

Post-Pandemic Silicon Valley Isn't A Place

Two-thirds of our portfolio companies will still use an office, but we’ll see a huge step change pre- and …

Harvard Business Review

9 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2021 and Beyond

While enabling employees to work remotely became commonplace across 2020 (and will continue this year and beyond), the next …

Inc.

Simply Replicating the In-Office Experience Remotely Doesn't Work

Many have been trying to replicate their physical office environment in a virtual setting. But replication doesn’t …

Noahpinion

Can knowledge industries escape superstar cities?

The real question is whether distributed work will allow second-tier cities like Tulsa to take enough knowledge workers to …

First Round Review

Use This Startup's Playbook for Running Impactful Virtual Offsites

Offsites may have been paused or put off initially, but as many startups embrace remote-first policies and plan to stay out …