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Top PicksHand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond. Companies save billions of dollars by giving employees fake "manager" titles, study showsIrina Ivanova | CBS News Would you rather be a front-desk clerk or “Director of First Impressions”? A barber or a “Grooming Manager”? How you answer could mean a significant difference in annual earnings. That’s because companies routinely inflate workers’ titles to avoid paying them in full for overtime work, according to researchers from the University of Texas and Harvard Business School. Impersonal Email Layoffs Spotlight Dark Side Of Remote WorkDr. Gleb Tsipursky | Forbes Imagine you wake up in the morning, roll over in bed, and grab your smartphone. You’re checking your texts and email like you do every morning before starting your workday at your home office. Suddenly, you see an email in your personal email inbox with the subject title “Important Announcement.” It appears to come from an official email of the company where you work and informs you that you were laid off and need to set up an account for laid off employees. Is remote work bad for the economy?Sanjay Saraf | fractional.work Many political thinkers seem to think so. The evidence is shaky at best. A journey from work to home is about more than just getting there – the psychological benefits of commuting that remote work doesn’t provideMatthew Piszczek, Kristie McAlpine | The Conversation As management scholars who study the interface between peoples’ work and personal lives, we sought to understand what it was that people missed when their commutes suddenly disappeared. Layoffs are Cruel and Don't WorkMathew Duggan Let us set aside the morality of layoffs for a moment. Do layoffs work? Are these companies better positioned after they terminate some large percentage of people to compete? The answer appears to be no. Work Advice: My employer is reneging on its remote-work promiseKarla L. Miller | The Washington Post Is this ‘remote first’ company changing its business model, or just ‘quiet firing’ workers in lieu of a layoff? As People Return to Offices, It’s Back to Misery for America’s Working MomsAlana Semuels | Time Evidence suggests that the increase in companies enforcing return-to-office mandates may drive American mothers out of the workforce at a crucial moment. Taking a secret 'hush trip' could help with burnout — but might land your company a surprise tax billHannah Towey | Business Insider Hush trips are the most recent addition to the growing lexicon at the intersection of work and travel, joining longtime favorites “bleisure,” “workation” and “digital nomad.” The space’s recent growth is in part due to WFH trips becoming more accessible as hotels and vacation rentals offer discounts and packages for longer-term stays, Pokora said. It's the best work related thing that has ever happened to my mental health![]() There's been a lot written about the pros and cons of remote work, I won't be reading any of that and simply say it's the best work related thing that has ever happened to my mental health People are using software like DeepSwap to do Zoom job interviews with a completely different face…Support NoDeskAll of the content on NoDesk and the newsletter is available for free to everyone. If you’d like to support my work and have the opportunity to do so, please consider joining as a paid member. Your support also goes a long way when you:
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NoDesk: Issue #251
Thursday, February 2, 2023
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). Remote Jobs 100000s of
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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). Remote Jobs 100000s of
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