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Latest Jobs

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• Senior Event Manager (Contract Position) at Intercom - Remote (US)

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Top Picks

Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.

These ‘stealth’ remote workers are working from Bali—and their colleagues have no idea

Simon Willis | Fortune

While COVID raged, she logged in from her apartment. Now that the virus has eased, her bosses were encouraging people to return to the office, but they weren’t being strict. “They say two days a week would be nice,” she says, “but nobody really cares.” All her client meetings were still being conducted virtually, so sure, why not? Go work in Bali.

Remote workers are wasting their time proving they’re actually working

Rani Molla | Vox

That uncertainty, coupled with a looming recession and many companies moving back to more time in the office, is prompting workers to increasingly show that they’re working — which is decidedly not the same as actually working. Rather, it’s what some have called “productivity theater.”

Remote working may be a win-win for employers, employees and — even the economy

Greg Rosalsky | NPR

Nearly half of the American workforce is now working remotely at least one day a week. And new research shows that many employees consider remote work to be non-negotiable for their employment.

How remote work withers our social networks

Carlo Ratti | The Boston Globe

Cafe society and a confab around the water cooler may enhance creativity.

4-Day Workweek Brings No Loss of Productivity, Companies in Experiment Say

Jenny Gross | The New York Times

More than 70 companies in Britain are undergoing a six-month experiment in which their employees get a paid day off each week. So far, most companies say it’s going well.

The search for the most useless office perk in the world

Ads of the World

A mailroom punching bag. Tuna cans with no can opener. A folded-up exercise machine. New marketing campaign seeks “the most useless office perk ever” and draws in hilarious submissions.

one piece of advice

katie | unfurled spirals

I’ve been chatting with many young people lately, and they are all generally very stressed and anxious about the future. I offer them my own advice, but don’t want them to just take it from me. So I surveyed some of the people in my life that I admire the most: “what is one piece of advice you’d give to your 20 year old self”

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If you work exclusively remote I recommend…

Julia Furst Morgado @juliafmorgado

If you work exclusively remote I recommend going to meetups, conferences and events near you because real life human interaction can work wonders for the mind and soul.

September 26th 2022

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If you’re starting a company give it a go as remote-first

Marcelo Lebre @marcelo_lebre

If you’re starting a company give it a go as remote-first, if it doesn’t work it’ll make you adopt async and documentation best practices that will be useful in whatever model you decide to fall back to! Ultimately do whatever works for your business.

September 26th 2022

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