Articles

BBC

Why do we buy into the 'cult' of overwork?

Overwork culture is thriving; we think of long hours and constant exhaustion as a marker of success. Given what we know about …

Harvard Business Review

How to Hire Someone You've Never Met in Person

Hiring has always been one of the most vital elements of a leader’s role. Finding the right person to do a job is tough …

BFI

Work from Home & Productivity: Evidence from Personnel & Analytics Data on IT Professionals

Using personnel and analytics data from over 10,000 skilled professionals at a large Asian IT services company, we compare …

Tribune

Workplace Wellbeing Is a Scam

As conditions at work deteriorate, the number of ’employee wellbeing schemes’ is on the rise – but no amount of …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #198

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

Sifted

Remote work hasn't got anything on the office

Twitter, and other companies, have vowed that employees can work from home ‘forever’.

But is a remote-only …

Galaxy Brain

Executives don't decide if the company culture is good. Employees do.

In our reporting, we heard time and again that employees naturally shy away from being vulnerable around their employers. It …

Culture Study

The 'Capitalism is Broken' Economy

Stick with me here, but what if people weren’t lazy — and instead, for the first time in a long time, were able to say …

The New York Times

Google's Plan for the Future of Work: Privacy Robots and Balloon Walls

The company that helped popularize open office plans and lavish employee perks is trying to reinvent office spaces to cope …

Los Angeles Times

The remote work revolution is transforming, and unsettling, resort areas like Lake Tahoe

The Lake Tahoe property boom is a vivid example of a trend that emerged last spring when white-collar workers got the mandate …

Benoit Bernard

How I Booked My Absolutely Cheapest One-Month Trip Ever

Some blogs mentioned that airfare was cheaper on some weekdays (or during specific months), while others stated that prices …

Harvard Business Review

What Mix of WFH and Office Time Is Right for You?

Many professionals will choose a hybrid approach to work after the pandemic, sometimes working from home, sometimes from the …

Hacker News

How to convince your manager to let you continue to WFH

What is your advice to a developer that enjoys their current job and wants to continue to WFH post-pandemic.

NBER

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 …