NoDesk - NoDesk: Issue #246
A weekly newsletter with the best new remote jobs, stories and ideas from the remote work community, and occasional offbeat pieces to feed your curiosity. By Daniel (@nodeskco). Friends, I’ll be taking a break from the newsletter until next year. The next issue will be on Thursday, January 5th. The website will continue to be updated with articles and remote jobs. Thank you all for subscribing, supporting my work and being part of the NoDesk journey. Happy holidays and best wishes for the new year! Remote Jobs100,000s of people each year trust NoDesk to help them find a remote job. Featured Jobs
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Top PicksHand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond. Dropbox let employees work remotely and saw record-high turnover. Then it offered in-person retreats. Retention soaredPaolo Confino | Fortune Before COVID-19 upended the workplace status quo in the spring of 2020, some 97% of Dropbox employees worked from the office. By that fall, the initial shock of the pandemic had subsided, but many employees believed they’d return to the office once vaccines became widely available. Hybrid Work’s Sweet SpotColleen Walsh | Harvard Magazine Does hybrid work harm the bottom line? As organizations across the United States wrestle with post-COVID office policies, researchers at Harvard Business School (HBS) present evidence for an optimally productive blended office-and-home schedule. Their findings may help managers cope with the shift to remote work that is transforming the professional landscape. Remote work has become a right for knowledge workers. The data says we should create more fully remote jobsChantel Rowe | Fortune Because I manage products for global talent mobility (business travel, relocations, distributed workforces, etc.), I speak frequently with CEOs and HR leaders who fear that remote work is a looming disaster. Their fears largely stem from false assumptions. Remote Work Trends Are Rapidly Infiltrating Airport SpacesMatthew Parsons | Skift With the return of business travelers to the skies, more flexible office providers are honing in on airports as havens for remote workers. The scourge of job-title inflationThe Economist Plenty of companies now employ a “director of first impressions”, a job whose responsibilities include greeting all visitors at the front desk, almost as if you were meeting a receptionist. Does anyone else just feel... burned out? Disjointed? Stretched thin, like butter scraped over too much bread?amoveablefis | Reddit I’m done wandering alone, it’s finally broken my brain. No amount of cool vistas and exotic adventures can replace a sense of belonging for me in an actual community. I’m now planning to settle in my current country of residence long-term. What should I get done before my new life as a nomad?error_therror | Reddit This summer I’m gonna be able to nomad. As of right now, I’m saving like crazy. Got a remote job where I can work wherever. Is there anything I need to get done before life on the road? My plan is to spend about a year around Europe, coming back home to the US for a bit, then Asia for about a year. This spring, I’ll put most of my possessions in a storage unit. what else should I get done? I think one under-appreciated positive effect of remote work…![]() I think one under-appreciated positive effect of remote work has been erasing the discriminatory effect of HEIGHT, especially on perceptions of leadership ability. North of 50% of all job applications on a daily basis on LinkedIn go to that 14% of remote jobs![]() LinkedIn CEO @ryros: "Pre-pandemic, ~1% of all jobs posted on LinkedIn were remote. As of today, that number is ~14%...but that's not the fascinating part. What's fascinating is north of 50% of all job applications on a daily basis on LinkedIn go to that 14% of remote jobs" $MSFT The absence of video call manners is frustrating for everyone![]() The absence of video call manners is frustrating for everyone
I'm working remotely full-time, and video calls with coworkers are 50% of my time. Working from home (or remote work in general) can trick us into being in too relaxed mode.
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