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OneZero

No More Free Lunch: Working at a Tech Company Will Never Be the Same

Remote work forever, voice-controlled everything in the office, and other new normals of the future.

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #114

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 25 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Matt Mullenweg

Distributed Work's Five Levels of Autonomy

To make sense of this journey — from a company’s cautious exploration of remote possibilities to a fully realized …

The Atlantic

I Just Flew. It Was Worse Than I Thought It Would Be.

The surreal experience of flying during a pandemic, and the false promise of a return to normal.

Rachel Andrea Go

How to plan and execute remote employee training programs

Remote training occurs when the trainer and trainee are separated by time and location, and need to conduct learning …

Futurism

I Tried a VR App Meant to Replace Offices, and It Was Glorious

On Thursday afternoon, I slipped a virtual reality headset onto my head and felt like I’d jacked into the Matrix. Or …

The Conversation

Remote work worsens inequality by mostly helping high-income earners

During a period of confinement and physical distancing, telecommuting has enabled some workers to carry out their usual tasks …

BBC

Why are some people better at working from home than others?

For some, working from home is a gift – a remarkable opportunity to focus and be hyper-productive, all the while finding time …

Marker

The Office Is Dead

From startups and tech giants to more old-school Wall Street firms, businesses are rethinking the role of office space and …

Alexey needs a Web Presence

Working Remotely Crossed the Chasm

Working remotely: not just for COVID-19 anymore.

From academia to the Open Source movement, remote collaboration is not …

BuzzFeed

Twitter Will Allow Employees To Work At Home Forever

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey emailed employees on Tuesday telling them that they’d be allowed to work from home permanently, …

NPR

Your Boss Is Watching You: Work-From-Home Boom Leads To More Surveillance

Privacy advocates and some workers said they worry that the intensified tracking brought upon by the coronavirus will …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #112

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 24 new remote jobs, a feature on Semaphore and the week’s top remote work …

TIME

Loneliness Is a Modern Invention. Understanding That History Can Help Us Get Through This Pandemic

Loneliness in lockdown is easily explained by those who note that, as the much-quoted neuroscientist John Cacioppo put it, we …

Sander Knape

Why it's great to write blog posts

In fact: I believe that writing blog posts can be super valuable for pretty much everyone. Of course you will potentially …

Reddit

A coming flood of nomads?

After the crisis, 60% say they want to keep working remotely. The Times reports the (unsurprising) reasons that people are …

The New York Times

The Pandemic May Mean the End of the Open-Floor Office

As businesses contemplate the return of workers to their desks, many are considering large and small changes to the modern …

The Coinbase blog

How companies will work post COVID19: embracing a remote-first culture

At the same time, many companies are realizing that remote work has worked better than they expected. They are now asking …

CNBC

More big employers are talking about permanent work-from-home positions

Working from home could be the new normal for many employees as more major employers and CEOs, including Mondelez, Nationwide …

Medium

CEOs and Leaders: Here's how to prepare for an extended period of remote work

I’ve gained a lot of hard-won expertise over the last 9 years building 15Five as a remote-first company with now over …

diesdas.digital

Notion encourages busy-work and I'm tired of it

This post contains my observations on Notion, the no-code champion that’s eating up the productivity tool space.

Walk Kumano

Ise-ji: Walk With Me

Allow me to share what I love about a good walk in Japan: I love the small villages, coming across a rusted and worn down …

Tim Casasola

Why does writing matter in remote work?

In remote work, we communicate primarily through writing. We send messages in Slack. We document projects in Notion. We send …

The Atlantic

Work From Home Is Here to Stay

The blurring of work and home lives might not be just a temporary side effect of the pandemic. Though children will …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #111

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 34 new remote jobs, a feature on Thorn and the week’s top remote work …

The Technium

68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice

It’s my birthday. I’m 68. I feel like pulling up a rocking chair and dispensing advice to the young ‘uns. …

The Drive

These Aerial And Satellite Photos Of An Airport Absolutely Stuffed With Airliners Are Nuts

Nowhere has received more airliners for storage during this crisis than Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, …

The Partnered Pen

You're Not Lazy — Self-Isolation is Utterly Exhausting

I’m the perfect case study for why self-isolation based on societal demand makes all the difference between thriving …

CNBC

As working from home becomes more widespread, many say they don't want to go back

Once the economy reopens, 24% say they’d like to work either entirely or more from home compared to how they worked …