Remote Work

San Francisco Chronicle

Tech's hottest job title in 2021? 'Head of remote work'

The head of remote. That person spearheads keeping remote workers engaged, encouraging them to collaborate, while designing …

Axios

The case for going back to the office

Even though work is possible from anywhere, most companies are sticky, and they will hold onto their in-person cultures. That …

GitLab

Out of the office: How the world adapted to working remotely in 2020

This report is the story of how people have adjusted to the realities of remote work, and how they are rethinking old …

AP

Will work from home outlast virus? Ford's move suggests yes

On Wednesday, one of America’s corporate titans, Ford Motor Co., supplied its own answer: It told about 30,000 of its …

The Globe and Mail

Working from home is causing breakdowns. Ignoring the problem and blaming the pandemic is no longer an option

Nearly a year into physical separation from colleagues, bosses and clients – sometimes coupled with kids trapped at home – …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #194

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 48 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

CNN

'I don't have to choose between lifestyle and career.' How remote work changed these people's lives

Some have taken to the road, while others have strengthened new relationships and changed their approach to how they work. …

VoxEU

The productivity of working from home: Evidence from Japan

Working from home has become much more prevalent across advanced economies during the Covid-19 pandemic. This column uses …

The Wall Street Journal

From Remote Work to Hybrid Work: The Tech You'll Need to Link Home and Office

Some days you’ll go to the office, some days you’ll work from home. Your tech life is about to get messy. Here …

Leading from afar

Onboarding remote new hires asynchronously w/ Andrew Gobran

Onboarding a new hire can be challenging. Companies are now doing it remotely which requires a redesign to the onboarding …

Okay

What Remote Work Really Does To Your Engineering Productivity

Many companies have unwittingly incorporated common remote work assumptions that will lead them to lower productivity levels, …

TechCrunch

Passive collaboration is essential to remote work's long-term success

Technology like high-quality video conferencing and the cloud have been integral in making remote work possible. But we …

wrkfrce

What to Expect from the Future of Work According to an Oracle of Remote Work

This is about more than freeing well-paid knowledge workers in Silicon Valley, London, and New York to live more sustainably. …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #204

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 43 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

CNN

The pandemic forced a massive remote-work experiment. Now comes the hard part

It’s been one year since Covid-19 was declared a pandemic and businesses started closing their offices. Millions of …

Bloomberg Businessweek

Sick Days Don't Look So Good Now That You Can Work From Home

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, remote work had started to chip away at sick days. Slack messages saying “I’ve …

NPR

Workers Are Moving First, Asking Questions Later. What Happens When Offices Reopen?

Companies will need to be careful how heavy-handed they are in ordering workers back to their cubicles. “The good news …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #205

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 44 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

The Startup

4 Practical Ways to Avoid Zoom Fatigue

I’ve been trying to figure out why, exactly, I’m so drained at the end of every Zoom meeting — and now we know. A …

Elad Blog

Back To The Office

There are 3 future models for work, with lots of gray area in between. Each company will chose their own model from below. I …

André Jonas

Remote Work Interviews, Part I: Applying

In the following 2 months I’ve applied to remote positions with over 10 companies hiring remotely such as 1Password, …

Skift

Digital Nomad Visas May End Up Being a Bureaucratic Hell for Big Companies

There’s momentum building to make remote work a reality at some of the more progressive multinational companies, but …

Basecamp

The Basecamp Guide to Internal Communication

The how, where, why, and when we communicate. Long form asynchronous? Real-time chat? In-person? Video? Verbal? Written? Via …

Another Podcast

Who's in the office? Notes on a year of remote work.

We left the office a year ago and haven’t been back, but now we’re starting to plan a return. What will surprise …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #194

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 48 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Jumpstart

Asynchronous communication for meaningful decisions, fair evaluations and fast learning

Not a week goes by and another company publishes its commitment to embrace post-pandemic remote work.

The overwhelming answer …

Insider

Zillow is adopting a hybrid model of work, but its CEO says it's trying to prevent one major downside: a 'two-class system' where those who come into the office are viewed as better employees

What Barton is alluding to is that idea that employees who choose to report to the office either some of the time or …

Insider

Lead urbanism expert Richard Florida's response on how big cities will thrive during the new era of remote work

One of the great ironies of the pandemic is that it fundamentally changes the game of economic development from chasing …

NBER

Housing Consumption and the Cost of Remote Work

Prior to the pandemic, the expenditure share on housing was more than seven percent higher for remote households compared to …