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NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #204

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

Dave Ceddia

Interview Questions to Ask Your Interviewer

Here in its raw unedited form are the questions I used.

They’re short on purpose, because I wanted to be able to skim …

MIT Sloan Management Review

Leveling the Playing Field Through Remote Work

Issues of accommodation and flexibility are at the new frontier of job design.

The New York Times

Microsoft tells workers to prepare to return to the office

Starting Feb. 28, “employees will have 30 days to make adjustments to their routines and adopt the working preferences …

Skift

Selina, WeWork, Zoom to Help Europe Craft New Remote Work Policies

Politicians writing the new rules for the remote work economy need big industry names onboard. Hopefully they’ll be …

Jakob Greenfeld

The simple system I'm using to stay in touch with hundreds of people

So unless you have a solid system, chances are high that you won’t reach out to people regularly and miss out on a ton …

Quartz

The WHO warns remote work could be bad for you

all day long you wring yourself out
work virtually
go nowhere

Remote workers across the globe will recognize the sense of …

Hacker News

What remote work dreams didn't come true for you?

I know some folks have worked remotely for years, but a vast number of us are coming up on 2 years of working remotely …

Index

Zoom Meeting Etiquette 101

It’s safe to say that Zoom meeting etiquette has a long way to go if it’s to run as smoothly and respectfully as …

Johnny Rodgers

A modern home

Many friends, family, and acquaintances have asked us about the process. What follows is a long, roughly linear account of …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #208

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 45 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Reuters

Delta CEO wants U.S. to put convicted unruly passengers on 'no-fly' list

Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) wants the U.S. government to place passengers convicted of on-board disruptions on a national …

Bloomberg

How Working From Home Will Permanently Change the Way We Travel

Some say it’s the most transformative thing to happen to the travel industry since commercial flights took off. …

Los Angeles Times

Op-Ed: Work life will never be the same. We need some in-person days and some remote

My advice is to recognize the reality of the new labor market and adapt. Hybrid schedules are the future, with employees …

Ynetnews

Pandemic-induced work from home has environmental benefits, study shows

Study, conducted by a team of researchers from Lithuania, Cyprus and Germany, finds application of remote working models can …

Bloomberg

Pay Me More or I Quit: Workers Play Risky Game With Their Bosses

More than 60% of Americans say using a job offer from another company for the sole purpose of receiving a salary increase is …

Hacker News

Poll: Do you prefer the office or work from home?

• Work from the office, prefer working from home
• Work from home, prefer working from home
• Work from the office, prefer working …

The New York Times

What We Lose When Work Gets Too Casual

The loss of workplace formalities like fixed start and stop times, managerial hierarchies with clear pathways for advancement …

The Week

Why indefinite remote work is bad for Gen Z

Companies are trying to figure out the future of work, but has anyone asked young people?

Alex Chesser

Career Advice Nobody Gave Me: Never ignore a recruiter

No one ever explained to me that recruiters are also one of the best career resources you can find.

If you think about it, …

Fortune

Here's the proof culture still comes first in the age of remote work

Empirical research has long highlighted corporate culture–specifically managers–as the most important determinant of employee …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #202

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 46 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Paweł Łubiarz

How to work remotely and travel

Almost 40 000 kilometres, 12 countries and over 50 different beds - this is 2021 - my first and the last year as a digital …

Fast Company

I tried 6 different ways to 'clock out' at the end my workday. Here's what I learned

I tried scheduling different activities after work to create a better boundary between my professional and personal life.

My Van Year

My Van Year Intention

My van will be ready for the road in less than two weeks and people keep asking me: What is your plan? I give them a …

Overthinking Everything

People don't work as much as you think

The short version is this: People don’t work nearly as much as you think they do, because everything we say about …

Vox

Remote work isn't the problem. Work is.

Going back to the office won’t change the fact that we have too much work.

Ask a Manager

The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed

The idea is that one person interviews and another takes the job, or one person interviews while another person feeds them …

The Washington Post

Thinking of permanently ditching the office? Here's what to consider before going fully remote.

As the pandemic prolongs remote work for many employees, workers should consider financial and legal consequences.