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Reuters

Permanently remote workers seen doubling in 2021 due to pandemic productivity: survey

The percentage of workers around the world that is permanently working from home is expected to double in 2021 as …

Owl Labs

State of Remote Work 2020

How employees across the US feel about working remotely in a post-COVID-19 world, their new workplace expectations and what …

The Wall Street Journal

Remote Work Isn't Just for White-Collar Jobs Anymore

Just as Slack, Zoom and countless other tools have made it possible for the world’s white-collar workers to work from …

Ness Labs

Sustainability over speed: adopting asynchronous communication

With more people working from home, asynchronous communication will become key to being productive while keeping our sanity. …

TIME

The COVID-19 Pandemic Upended the Office. It's Time to Radically Rethink How We Work

The pandemic is forcing companies to rethink how they structure work, and some are trying ambitious changes to try to fix …

SAPIENS

Why Do Virtual Meetings Feel So Weird?

Even as online meetings become more common, they can’t always capture the nuances of nonverbal communication and …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #136

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 32 new remote jobs, a feature on Mixmax and the week’s top remote work …

The Bold Italic

For Some, New WFH Policies Mean a Chance to Explore America

Meet the pandemic’s digital nomads who are ditching permanent residences in favor of hitting the road.

ZDNet

Microsoft's CEO is tired of working from home and he's not alone

Satya Nadella worries that staring into a screen lulls you into a stupor and casual interactions just don’t happen …

Aline Lerner's Blog

I've been an engineer and a recruiter. Hiring is broken. Here's why… and what it should be like instead.

If you’ve ever been on either end of the table, you’re probably mad at the state of hiring, too. Whether you have …

Reddit

A Warning About Glassdoor

After being laid off, I left a very detailed, thorough, cutting review that within a week of being posted, had 6 …

Travel + Leisure

Dubai's New Remote Work Visa Program Will Allow People to Live in the Emirate for One Year

Dubai is now on the growing list of places offering new programs to lure remote workers.

Erin Blaskie

The Transactional Nature of Remote Work & How It's Killing Workplace Culture

Today’s remote work environment is not remote-work-done-well.

This is …

GitLab

Embracing asynchronous communication

Asynchronous communication is a significant differentiator in a world where businesses are increasingly remote. …

UN Development Programme

Understanding digital nomads

The lifestyle of digital nomads is seen as reflective of current and coming trends. By seeing who they are and what they do, …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #135

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 30 new remote jobs, a feature on Doist and the week’s top remote work …

Hakai Magazine

The Island That Humans Can't Conquer

A faraway island in Alaska has had its share of visitors, but none can remain for long on its shores.

The Economist

Zoom and gloom

The transition to remote work is welcome. But it will be painful.

Harvard Business Review

Navigating Office Politics When There Is No Office

Even without the office, it’s naïve to expect office politics to disappear, much like a company’s culture …

Preetam Nath

Why you should write

Before proceeding further, I must make one thing clear. While I personally prefer writing, the message here is to create …

Manuel Darcemont

Advice to my young self: to succeed in your career, forget side projects and focus on your job

To develop my career, I was spending a lot of time outside work reading technical books, doing toy projects, going to …

Slack

Rewiring how we work: building a new employee experience for a digital-first world

The pandemic has given us a golden opportunity to redesign the world of work. We have no choice but to work differently. We …

Life & Muse

The home office reveal: A battle of form and function

Conventional wisdom says we spend a third of our lives in bed, so we should invest in a good mattress. By that measure, we …

Work Life by Atlassian

How to debug distributed teamwork, as suggested by new research

We surveyed thousands of workers across the globe to see how COVID-19 and the sudden shift to working from home has affected …

WIRED

How Work Became an Inescapable Hellhole

Instead of optimizing work, technology has created a nonstop barrage of notifications and interactions. Six months into a …

TODAY

It's not you, it's work. The pandemic workday is 48 minutes longer with more meetings

According to a recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research, the average workday is 48.5 minutes longer than it …

Dropbox

Dropbox goes Virtual First

Starting today, Dropbox is becoming a Virtual First company. Remote work (outside an office) will be the primary experience …

Ars Technica

Yesterday's corporate network design isn't working for working from home

In the Before Times, telework was an interesting idea that tech companies were just starting to seriously flirt with as a …

The Verge

Microsoft is letting more employees work from home permanently

Microsoft is allowing more of its employees to work from home permanently, the company announced Friday. While the vast …