Remote Work

Axios

Millennials drive remote work push

An overwhelming majority of Americans (77%) whose job can be done remotely say it’s important that their employer allow …

Fortune

Remote workers must not be left behind, workplace design experts warn

Managers have a lot of work to do to rethink the value of in-person work in an office and make it be about more than keeping …

BBC

The workers quitting over return-to-office policies

Employees have long threatened to walk if employers call them back into the office. Now, the dominoes are starting to fall.

FiveThirtyEight

They Never Got To WFH

But most Americans don’t have jobs in which telework is an option. There are fields where that’s not surprising: …

Twist

What the heck is asynchronous communication anyway?

Drawing on the experience of my own fully remote, async-first company, Doist, I’ll explain what asynchronous …

Reddit

What would you do if your job suddenly decided to go hybrid?

My SO is a digital nomad, and her job recently decided they’ll be going hybrid. She now has to decide to quickly find a …

BBC

How remote work could nix the sick day

Sick days used to mean resting, not working. Now, however, more employees are logging in from home as they fight illness – …

Cambridge Clarion

Computer work lying down comfortably with a home-made stand over the bed

This article reports the result of a successful personal attempt to find an arrangement of keyboard, mouse and monitor for …

Axios

Employers are allowing more remote work days

Bosses are coming around to the idea of remote work, at least for part of the week.

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #248

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 41 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Better Humans

How to Do Remote Work Well

I’ve been working remotely for 10 years and these are the habits that make it sustainable.

BBC

The countries resisting remote work

In places including the US and UK, remote work is here to stay. But that’s not necessarily the story around the world.

The Economist

Welcome to the era of the hyper-surveilled office

In the past few years, however, and especially as the pandemic has forced work from the controlled enclosure of the corporate …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #248

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 41 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Reuters

Remote work and restrictive covenant agreements

Amidst this work-from-home culture, multiple states have imposed more onerous restrictions (if not outright bans) on …

mycodingtales

Stop Pretending Your Company is Remote

The forced change to accommodate remote workflows also brought to light what I like to call “virtual offices”. …

Hacker News

WFH – will I be outsourced?

I once heard, if you can work from home you will be out sourced.

Is the WFH movement going to turn into a “they …

Nature

Why video calls are bad for brainstorming

According to new research one important skill is impacted by the restrictions of video calls: brainstorming ideas. But why is …

Airbnb

Airbnb's design for employees to live and work anywhere

In response to this trend of newfound flexibility, Airbnb today announced our approach to allow employees to live and work …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #227

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 42 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

The Guardian

'Bossware is coming for almost every worker': the software you might not realize is watching you

Computer monitoring software is helping companies spy on their employees to measure their productivity – often without their …

Nature

Employers can make remote working a success by listening to research

Virtual working is here to stay. Research can guide employers to enhance creativity online.

HR Brew

Need help navigating remote work? This book has "everything"

We talked to journalist Jill Duffy about how organizations can get the most out of hybrid and remote working formats.

Noahpinion

Think Bigger About Remote Work

The debate over remote work is evolving. We have gone from arguing about whether a significant level of remote working will …

The New York Times

How Remote Work Helped Tech Companies Outside Silicon Valley Grow

Some companies that hired remote workers during the pandemic say going back to the office isn’t an option.

Hacker News

Is Hybrid Working a Ruse?

We’ve been asked to return to the office for two days a week “mandatory”.

I’m convinced that this is …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #248

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 41 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Econofact

Is Remote Work Working Out?

Despite concerns at the outset of the pandemic, working from home had a positive impact on productivity. Evidence from SWAA …

Computerworld

Remote work and the end of super-commuting

Before the pandemic, more than four million Americans suffered through a daily work commute of more than 90 minutes. Help is …