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DW

Germany: Working from home is here to stay, says study

Working from home is the not-so-new normal for many German workers, a study says. More than a third of service sector …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #349

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 36 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

BBC

Five countries with the best work-life balance

For anyone considering an international move, it’s important to understand a country’s attitudes towards work – …

Fortune

The remote-work revolution means only managers can afford to live in pricey cities

The pandemic surge toward remote work, it was once hoped, would bring in a more egalitarian America, where workers no longer …

Reddit

Cities or Towns you're always coming back to and never getting enough of it

What are your favorite cities or towns like that you’re always coming back and never getting enough of it and …

The Wall Street Journal

What Gen Z Will Lose if They Don't Have Friendships at Work

As more young people work remotely, they aren’t forming close relationships with colleagues. That will have a profound …

Life Since the Baby Boom

Bring Back Private Offices

In the Before Times, you just came to the office every day. It wasn’t even a question; “working from home” …

The New York Times

Who Still Works From Home?

The American workplace’s experiment with remote work happened, effectively, overnight: With the onset of the pandemic …

Fortune

A new kind of remote work city just drove a $2 trillion gain in the housing market. 'Pricey metros and pandemic boomtowns' are drifting, Redfin finds

The biggest asset class just got even bigger. The national housing market is now worth $47.5 trillion, after its value went …

The Conversation

Working from home can make us healthier and happier. Employers benefit too. Here's the evidence if you need any convincing

Some of us used to imagine a world where the morning commute was a short stroll from your bedroom, the dress code included …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #349

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 36 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

The Guardian

US man accused of making $1.8m from listening in on wife's remote work calls

US regulators have accused a man of making $1.8m (£1.4m) by trading on confidential information he overheard while his wife …

Fortune

Yelp says going all in on remote work boosted job applications by 43% and led to a more satisfied workforce

Many return-to-office evangelists say that mandates are necessary to boost productivity and improve work culture—but Yelp …

Slate

The Worst Possible Way to Be Rejected for a Job

No one likes being rejected for a job, no matter what form it comes in, but turning down candidates on live video is a …

NPR

These companies tried a 4-day workweek. More than a year in, they still love it

The four-day workweek is proving to be the gift that keeps on giving.

Companies that have tried it are reporting happier …

The Atlantic

Overwhelmed? Just Say 'No.'

The science of how to stop saying yes to everything—and be happier.

Bloomberg

Return-to-Work Policies Devolve Into a Toxic Cultural Flashpoint

The debate over working remotely has turned ugly as companies call employees back to the office and workers resist the loss …

Ben Kuhn

How I build and run behavioral interviews

I used to think that behavioral interviews were basically useless, because it was too easy for candidates to bullshit them …

Jamie Tanna

Job titles are bullshit

I first saw the inequity of job titles within my first few years at Capital One.

CNN

Dubai wants to build the biggest airport in the world. Here's how that's going

Dubai Airports, the airport authority that manages both Dubai International (DXB) and the new airport, promises that when Al …

Fortune

Glassdoor is closing its final remaining offices in Chicago and San Francisco as it goes fully remote

Glassdoor told Fortune exclusively that the company will close its last remaining offices in Chicago and San Francisco …

Bloomberg

Job Cuts Are Sending a Chill Through the Remote Work World

A sluggish US labor market for white-collar employees is fueling pressure to return to the office.

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #349

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 36 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Reddit

Curious: what do you all do as remote workers/digital nomads? (Besides tech)

I’m curious about what kind of work digital nomads have. I have encountered quite some devs and UX/UI people working …

CNN

South Korea's digital nomad visa is about much more than travel

Professor Jungho Suh, project director of the Korean Management Institute at George Washington University, believes that the …

Bloomberg

Forget About Remote Work If You Want More Than $200,000 a Year

If you want to make $200,000 or more a year, prepare to dust off your work clothes.

Remote work opportunities for high-wage …

Deprocrastination

Stop postponing things by embracing the mess

Does your day get derailed frequently because of unexpected circumstances?

Do you always expect yourself to be more …

The Guardian

Four-day week made permanent for most UK firms in world's biggest trial

Research shows 51% that took part permanently adopted the change, while 89% still operating policy one year on.

Computerworld

The hidden high cost of return-to-office mandates

If you force employees to commute and work in an office every day, you can expect to lose your best employees.