Tim Harford
The surprising public health benefit of unemployment
Here’s a discovery to bring you up short: unemployment is good for you. Really? Well, no, not really. But a new …
Career HealthTim Harford
Here’s a discovery to bring you up short: unemployment is good for you. Really? Well, no, not really. But a new …
Career HealthEuronews
Dreaming of living in Italy full-time? Here’s how you can make it a reality with the newly-launched digital nomad visa. …
Digital NomadAxios
For the first time since the pandemic, more workers prefer hybrid work arrangements than fully remote setups, according to a …
Remote WorkFortune
For the first time since the pandemic began, more workers are saying they prefer hybrid work to working completely remote. …
Remote WorkMIT News
A new study finds sustained pattern changes — with a lot of regional variation.
Remote Work TravelBloomberg
Manager recruits in the industrial Midwest are shunning offers to move to the American south — in part because they’re …
Money WorkGallup
U.S. owner-employers have better life outcomes than other entrepreneurs.
Health WorkInc.
A New Study Says It’s a TieIt’s not about the right place to do work. It’s about getting the right people …
Productivity Remote WorkCNN
On January 24, content creator Pelumi Nubi, who grew up in London, set off on a solo drive from the UK capital to Lagos, …
TravelTechCrunch
“Our findings are consistent with employees’ concerns that managers use RTO (return to office mandates) for power …
Remote WorkForbes
As of January 2024, LinkedIn reports that there were twice the number of applications to remote roles than there were remote …
Remote WorkNewsweek
Gen Z-ers started their careers during the age of remote work, when the pandemic mandated stay-at-home orders and Zoom work …
Remote WorkNoDesk
This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 36 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.
Newsletter Remote WorkSkift
Business travel by remote and hybrid workers has presented new complexities for corporate travel managers, and costs are just …
Remote WorkHarvard Business Review
The prospect of a new career can hold a sense of excitement. But what should you do if your job search has become a …
CareerBloomberg
Tips for managing office gatherings that won’t leave anyone—remote or in person—feeling left out.
Remote WorkBloomberg
Secure facilities available for short-term rental are cropping up in DC and other major cities.
Remote WorkBBC
Digital nomads - the laptop-wielding new generation of remote workers - have found themselves at the sharp end of a debate in …
Digital NomadFortune
Researchers at the University of Warsaw surveyed 937 U.K. managers to find that fully remote workers were 11% less likely to …
Remote WorkCNBC Travel
Virgin Voyages is targeting a new type of traveler: remote workers.
In March, the Miami-based cruise line owned by Sir …
Remote WorkAtlas Obscura
We first have to determine what we even mean by “fastest.” Does that mean the number of words or syllables spoken …
Remote WorkFortune
Workers are packing up their belongings and turning their backs on the constant grind of Europe’s most intense capital …
Remote WorkNoDesk
This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 36 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.
Newsletter Remote WorkFinancial Times
Automated application processes are dehumanising and unhelpful.
CareerGeorgia Institute of Technology
Four years after the onset of the pandemic, remote work has become the norm for a large portion of the workforce. Patricia …
Remote WorkArs Technica
Big turnaround from Dell’s previous pro-WFH stance.
Remote WorkAd Age
Why modern leaders should emphasize results over physical presence.
Remote WorkInc.
According to a new report, the tech giant is giving employees two months to return to the office–or leave.
Remote WorkPhys.org
Boredom serves an important purpose—it signals the need to stop an action and find an alternative project. But boredom …
Productivity WorkZerodha Tech Blog
The hard lesson we learnt is that effective, long term remote work requires specific skill sets and DNA to pull off.
Remote WorkSera Milbank, Ella McCall | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis has announced new conditions to New Zealand’s visitor visas settings, allowing visitors to work remotely for an overseas employer or client while they are in New Zealand. The “digital nomad visa” is aimed at attracting more tourism to New Zealand, by allowing travellers coming to New Zealand to continue working for their overseas employers or clients, without breaching the conditions of their visitor visas.
Sydney Lake | Fortune
Remote workers are accepting lower salaries in order to work from home. Some are taking as much as 5% to 15% less pay to do so, while other employers are reversing the strategy to entice workers to come to the office at higher salaries.
Polly Thompson, Jyoti Mann | Business Insider
In an email sent on Friday morning, CEO Michael Dell said that from March, the company would expect all employees living within roughly an hour of offices to be at their desks five days a week.
Kathryn B. Creedy | BBC
Ever wondered why flight times seem to be getting longer? It’s called “padding”, a phenomenon that helps airlines arrive on time – but at a cost.
Aki Ito | Business Insider
Why have Zoomers replaced boomers as the most burned-out generation?
Jennifer Liu | CNBC
With the new year comes new goals, and for some CEOs that includes issuing fresh return-to-office mandates for their workers.
Zoë Cullen, Christopher Stanton | Harvard Business School Working Knowledge
More organizations are asking employees to return to offices, but many employees would rather take a pay cut than commute. Research by Zoë Cullen and Christopher Stanton puts a value on remote work.
DJ DiDonna | Harvard Business Review
A research-based primer on getting the most out of an extended leave from work.
Ashley Belanger | Ars Technica
US agencies wasting billions on empty offices a “embarrassment,” RTO memo says.
David A. Patterson | Communications of the ACM
Sharing 16 life lessons, and nine magic words.
Daniel | NoDesk
This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 36 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.
Seher Asaf, Kathryn Armstrong | BBC
New Zealand has relaxed its visa requirements to attract so-called “digital nomads” - people who travel while working remotely - in an attempt to boost tourism.
Mert Bulan
It’s been over a year since one of the most significant turning points in my life, and it’s time to reflect on that.
UBS
In an era of remote work, many hoped for greater gender equity. Yet Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin’s work shows there’s more to it.
Katrien Devolder | The University of Oxford
Instead of asking whether remote workers are lazy, we should ask whether, and how, different working arrangements enable people to direct their effort more effectively to the right goal.
Lizzie Enfield | BBC
Sweden’s long, cold nights might put you off going there in winter, unless, that is, you are in search of that elusive 21st-Century luxury: a good night’s sleep.
Julia Richardson | The Conversation
According to the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), about 10% of federal workers are fully remote. The impact of this order will be far-reaching.
Lily Zheng | Harvard Business Review
How a new framework built around fairness, access, inclusion, and representation can succeed where DEI has failed.
Zoe Conway | BBC
Working from home is creating a generation who are “not doing proper work”, the former boss of Marks and Spencer and Asda has warned.
Emma Goldberg | The New York Times
Amazon, JPMorgan and others have been telling their employees that remote work is over. Now federal employees have been ordered to come to work in person, too.
John | World Day
Forget the tourist-packed Piazzas and crowded museums – Florence’s hidden nomad scene offers a tantalizing blend of old-world charm and digital-age connectivity. As the birthplace of the Renaissance, this Italian gem now fosters a quiet revolution, attracting remote workers seeking inspiration amid its cobblestone streets and artistic legacy.
Daniel | NoDesk
This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 36 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.
Russell Baylis
I work from home everyday, I am susceptible to eye strain, eye pain, and dizziness. Having a working environment that’s as easy on my eyes as possible is of critical importance. I hope that by sharing what I’ve learned, it can be helpful to you if you work from home, and like many, have experienced WFH eye strain.
Anna Holmes | The New York Times
Don’t count on human resources to take your side in a workplace issue, especially if it involves a conflict with your boss.
JasminePacahanas | Reddit
I’m wondering how many of you have a remote job while traveling and how many of you have your own businesses/ freelancing/ selling your own products.
Getting a fully remote job nowadays is extremely difficult considering everyone wants to work remotely. Is it even worth chasing a remote job?