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TechCrunch

Virtual HQs race to win over a remote-work-fatigued market

In retrospect, 2019 feels like the working world’s last dance with spontaneity. The pre-pandemic past is rife with …

Fast Company

More companies are hiring a 'director of remote work'

Remote work has become the norm thanks to COVID-19, and the pivot is accelerating the adoption of a fairly new job title for …

The Points Guy

What it's like inside your plane's hidden 'crew rest,' where pilots and flight attendants sleep

So, where does the crew disappear to in the middle of the flight? It’s not like there are (typically) extra …

McKinsey Global Institute

What's next for remote work: An analysis of 2,000 tasks, 800 jobs, and nine countries

Our analysis finds that the potential for remote work is highly concentrated among highly skilled, highly educated workers in …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #140

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 28 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Travel + Leisure

Meet the Travelers Who Are Taking Advantage of Long-term Remote Work Visas in Paradise

These adventurous travelers — some with kids — are taking advantage of their new location independence with prolonged stays …

NPR

Small Cities Are A Big Draw For Remote Workers During The Pandemic

More young, well-paid and well-educated people are relocating permanently from big metro areas such as Seattle, San …

Forbes

No Office, No Problem: Software Unicorn Gitlab's CEO Warns You're Probably Doing Remote Work Wrong

Dutch-born Sid Sijbrandij built a developer-tool business valued at nearly $3 billion without ever opening an office. Now …

SFGATE

Bay Area applicants flood program that pays them $10,000 to leave California

The program, started by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, is paying people $10,000 to move to Tulsa, Okla., to work …

The New Yorker

The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done

How personal productivity transformed work—and failed to.

University of Houston

Job Interest Not a Big Predictor of Job Satisfaction

“To be satisfied with a job, you don’t have to worry too much about finding a perfect fit for your interests …

Bloomberg

Work Here! Tourist-Starved Caribbean Woos Homebound Workers

With traditional tourism hammered by the pandemic and many in Europe and North America working from home amid shorter days …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #139

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

BBC

Deutsche Bank: Tax home workers 'to help pay those who cannot'

Economists at Deutsche Bank suggest a tax of 5% of a worker’s salary if they choose to work from home.

The tax would be …

The Conversation

What Day of the Dead tells us about the Aztec philosophy of happiness

For the Aztecs, then, a happy life is achieved through balance. Individually, this means balancing one’s …

The New York Times

The Digital Nomads Did Not Prepare for This

They moved to exotic locales to work through the pandemic in style. But now tax trouble, breakups and Covid guilt are setting …

Saurabh Khawase

When Remote Work doesn't cut it

The challenges surrounding remote work outweigh it’s promises. Not every company is a FAANG, and companies will …

Nautilus

The Joys of Being a Stoic

Suppose I have a job interview coming up. I want the job, of course. But that’s not up to me. It depends on the …

The Points Guy

Which US airlines are blocking middle seats?

While it’s important to check with your airline as things can change by the day, here’s what you can expect when …

blogTO

Toronto is drastically cutting office space as remote work could become permanent

…the City surveyed staff, and found that 95 per cent of those involved in the survey would like to continue working …

The Startup

Why Working from Home Is Here to Stay

But, before I go on and on about all the reasons I love work from home and why I think it’s the best thing since sliced …

Harvard University

'Working' Remotely? Selection, Treatment, and Market Provision of Remote Work

We find remote work improves individual productivity but worsens worker selection. Calls per hour rose sharply by 7% when …

Reddit

Anyone else sick of AirBNB?

Sick of the annoying hosts. The surprise fees. The unclean apartments. The furniture that’s pretty for photos, but …

Medium

We Need a Remote Work Commute

It turns out that converting that time into something beneficial has been challenging. And, the longer I go commute-less, the …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #138

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

Upvoted – The official Reddit blog

Evolving Reddit's Workforce

To help drive the idea home (pun intended), we’ve reimagined our approach to compensation in the US. To support …

Christian Science Monitor

For those with disabilities, shift to remote work has opened doors

The COVID-19 pandemic has created many challenges, but disability advocates are welcoming one societal shift that has huge …

Scientific American

Governments Worldwide Consider Ditching Daylight Saving Time

A pushback has arisen to seasonal clock changes that affect mood, sleep and general well-being.

Harvard Business Review

Our Work-from-Anywhere Future

Individuals, teams, entire workforces, can perform well while being entirely distributed—and they have. So now we face new …