Remote Work

Inverse

Remote work might make the most miserable side effect of office culture even worse

Consider this: You’ve got a headache and a runny nose. You also have a job and your colleagues count on you to turn up. …

BBC

The sky-high cost of returning to the office

After two years of remote work, spending a day in the office can be a shock to the wallet – and rising costs are making it …

Hacker News

Who here is juggling two or more remote jobs? How is it working out?

With the pandemic’s turbocharged acceleration of remote work options, many employees have sought to capitalize on the …

Bloomberg

Workers Are Winning the Return-to-Office War Because They're Right

The deepening clash between knowledge workers and companies is more than just a struggle over commuting and convenience. It …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #248

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

Quartz

Even the highest-paid interns hate remote work

After the pandemic hit, remote work was discussed frequently in Glassdoor reviews by all types of workers, interns included, …

Fortune

Google and Apple are wrong: Hybrid and remote work won't keep employees from building 'social capital'

What forward-looking companies are discovering is that hybrid and even fully remote work arrangements don’t …

Hacker News

Has remote work made you procrastinate more?

Over the last two years, I have been working remotely, and I am finding myself stuck in the same place and unable to …

Andre Schweighofer

How to spot great remote jobs: The Joel test for remote work

The Joel test is a 12 question test to assess the quality of a software team. It was created by Joel Spolsky, co-creator of …

UW-Madison News

You're muted — or are you? Videoconferencing apps may listen even when mic is off

They found that all of the apps they tested occasionally gather raw audio data while mute is activated, with one popular app …

CNBC

70% of interns view remote work negatively, study finds

To that point, 70% of interns view remote work negatively, according to Glassdoor, a career site. Meanwhile, that’s …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #250

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 39 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Fortune

Fed-up managers declare WFH is over, as 77% say they'd fire you or cut your pay for not coming back to the office

Working from home. It was fun while it lasted?

About three out of five managers believe that remote work is on the wane and …

Protocol

Need help focusing? Flow Club is like a remote study hall for workers

Work-from-home distraction is inevitable. But what if you had a group of strangers holding you accountable over video?

This …

Fortune

Remote work is freeing tech talent from the limits of geography

Remote work is creating a new wave of globalization, accelerated by the pandemic. It’s democratizing access to …

Index

Remote Work Is Now The Ultimate Recruiting Strategy for Employers

Even if employers want to return to normal (everyone making a dreaded commute to a cubicle office), the perception of work …

Skift

Remote Work's Negative Side Gets Debated by European Politicians

The travel industry tends to portray remote work with Instagram-friendly images of people working on their laptops by beaches …

BBC

The simmering tension between remote and in-office workers

Companies are calling employees back to the workplace – but not all of them. This is stoking resentment among workers and …

The Guardian

Work remote, get paid less? The battle dividing offices will define the future of work

Mobility and freedom are the new prizes for the professional working class. But some companies fail to grasp the scale and …

The Wall Street Journal

Amid Zoom Fatigue, Companies Experiment With Holograms in the Office

The pandemic fueled interest in the use of 3-D holograms as an immersive approach to remote work.

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #256

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 40 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

Los Angeles Times

Op-Ed: Of course many people of color prefer remote work. It helps dodge office weirdness

A November survey of knowledge workers found that 86% of Latino workers and 81% of Asian/Asian American and Black workers …

The Washington Post

Should you take a dog to a co-working space? I found out.

Dog-friendly remote-work spots are on the rise for owners with well-behaved pups.

The Wall Street Journal

Their Secret for Workplace Zen? Landlines and Ethernet Cords

Some hybrid and remote workers are embracing the joys of hardy old-school technology, untangling wired headphones, unearthing …

The Atlantic

This Is What Happens When There Are Too Many Meetings

Last week, Microsoft published a study that offers an eerie reflection of my working life. Traditionally, the researchers …

NoDesk

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #233

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 38 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

The Washington Post

5 misconceptions about remote work, debunked

The challenges of making remote work effective and fair are real, but not insurmountable.

SoFuckingAgile

Mourning loss as a remote team

If you work with full time remote employees or contractors, please put channels in place to communicate with family or …

Spectrum News NY1

Adams: Remote work 'draining' New York City's economy

— Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday renewed his call for an end to working from home policies, arguing remote work was partly to …