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OneZero

Why You're Constantly Misunderstood on Slack (and How to Fix It)

Because we haven’t been talking on Slack for hundreds of years, there aren’t foundations guiding our behavior and …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #117

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 31 new remote jobs, a feature on Frontity and the week’s top remote work …

Business Insider

Companies are using webcams to monitor employees working from home

Employees at home are being photographed every 5 minutes by an always-on video service to ensure they’re actually …

The Wall Street Journal

I've Worked From Home for 22 Years. Here's What I've Learned.

The rules change when you move from an office to your spare room. Here’s how to be both productive and healthy.

Quanta Magazine

Why Sleep Deprivation Kills

Going without sleep for too long kills animals but scientists haven’t known why. Newly published work suggests that the …

Stay SaaSy

Advice to New Managers: Don't Joke About Firing People

One of the most narrow pieces of feedback I give to people being promoted to manager is simple - don’t joke about …

Medium

DIY device for video conferencing that achieves eye contact.

In a video conference the other day, I found myself talking into the lens of the webcam.

Marker

Now Is a Great Time for Your Company to Cancel Fridays

By the end of the pandemic workweek, it makes sense to assume that many employees are burning out. A lack of control over …

The Daily Beast

Remembering Anthony Bourdain Before He Was Famous

On the second anniversary of Anthony Bourdain’s untimely death, Earl Geer remembers their time running Sullivan’s …

CityLab

Stockton Extends its Universal Basic Income Pilot

Researchers published ongoing findings, which indicate UBI can help solve everyday emergencies. Recipients reported spending …

Forge

The Return to the Office Will Only Succeed Through Radical Transparency

For workers making a safe transition back to the office — a situation that I acknowledge is an extremely fortunate one to be …

DEV

Resume Pro Tip: The absolute best way to show your work experience

Having a strong resume helped me land interviews at Amazon, Toptal, Crossover, and many more top remote work platforms. I …

Eugene Yan

Stop Taking Regular Notes; Use a Zettelkasten Instead

Why do I say regular note-taking doesn’t work then?

Because the notes stay as separate notes. Ideas and knowledge …

Reddit

Not letting life pass me by

I was gearing up to embark on a digital nomad lifestyle before covid, and now like everyone I’m in a holding pattern …

DEV

Should remote workers be paid differently based on location?

Assuming two developers with the same skills, experience and productivity. One lives in New York, the other lives in …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #140

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 28 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Stripe: Blog

Stripe's remote engineering hub, one year in

We’ve seen promising gains in how we communicate, build more resilient and relevant products, and reach and retain …

The New Yorker

Why Remote Work Is So Hard—and How It Can Be Fixed

As we enter the uncertain second phase of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s unclear when, or whether, knowledge workers …

WIRED

Remote Work Has Its Perks, Until You Want a Promotion

Companies like Facebook and Twitter expect many employees to work far from headquarters after the pandemic. That calls for a …

Marker

Remote Work Means Anyone Can Take Your Job

Now thousands of people could be competing for your role from around the world.

Bloomberg

To Avoid Burnout, Work Less and Ignore 'Productivity Propaganda'

There’s burnout, and then there’s pandemic-induced burnout. For many workers, the professional environment has …

Victor Mota

Beyond Remote

Despite what being forced to WFH overnight due to covid seems to imply, remote is not a switch you can flip on for a company. …

Outside Online

What the Future of Adventure Travel Looks Like

Travel is poised to make a strong comeback, according to experts. We talked to guides, company founders, flight specialists, …

Nfx

The New Generation of Labor Marketplaces and the Future of Work

With unemployment expected to reach 20-30%, on par with the Great Depression, the COVID-19 crisis heralds a once-in-a-century …

Harvard Business Review

Want to Be More Productive? Try Doing Less.

We’ve been taught that if we want more — money, achievement, vitality, joy, peace of mind — we need to do more, to add …

Fortune

What do workers fear most about going back to the office? Each other

As coronavirus lockdowns begin to ease, the biggest fear among white-collar workers in the U.S. about returning to the office …

Fast Company

Surveilling employees who work from home could do more harm than good

While digital monitoring is clearly an invasion of privacy—a necessary one, according to the companies that offer such …

Bloomberg

Scared Americans Desperate to Travel Are Buying Up 'Covid Campers'

Cooped-up Americans desperate to get out after months of lockdowns are dreaming of doing something—anything—that resembles a …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #132

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 32 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.