NoDesk: Issue #175
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
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Featured Jobs
VP Finance at On Deck - Remote (North America)
Frontend Software Engineer at Grafana Labs - Remote (Worldwide)
Python Backend Engineer - Cloud Platform at Grafana Labs - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Software Engineer - Plugins at Grafana Labs - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior React Developer at Toptal - Remote (Worldwide)
Visual Designer at Thorn - Remote (US)
Senior Fullstack Product Engineer - Fundraising at On Deck - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Data Engineer - No-Code Infrastructure at On Deck - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Product Engineer, Community Platform at On Deck - Remote (Worldwide)
Freelance Developer for SEO/PPL & Tachyons at Working Not Working - Remote (US)
Visual Designer at Thorn - Remote (US)
Senior Product Manager - Platform/Infrastructure at Gladly - Remote (US)
Senior Software Engineer at Gladly - Remote (US)
WordPress Developer at Wunderdogs - Remote (Worldwide)
Sales Manager at Zeroqode - Remote (Canada, North America, US)
Email Marketing Manager at Foxelli Group - Remote (Worldwide)
Full Stack Engineer at Facet Wealth - Remote (US)
Senior Product Designer at FIFA - Remote (Europe)
Business Development Specialist for German-Speaking Countries at AutoSuggest - Remote (Worldwide)
Ruby on Rails Developer at Toptal - Remote (Worldwide)
Data Engineering at Toptal - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Java Developer at Toptal - Remote (Worldwide)
(Senior) Product Manager at Uberall - Remote (Worldwide)
Customer Success Manager at Architech Labs - Remote (Canada, US)
Customer Success Manager (SaaS, US, Remote) at Publitas - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior UX Designer at Thorn - Remote (US)
Senior React Developer at Toptal - Remote (Worldwide)
Head of People & Culture at Thorn - Remote (US)
Latest Jobs
Account Manager - DACH at Dropbox - Remote (EMEA)
Business Data Analyst at Auth0 - Remote (Worldwide)
Content Strategy & SEO Consultant at Memberstack - Remote (US East Coast, European timezones)
Developer Advocate at Pulumi - Remote (US)
Operations Intern, On Deck Media at On Deck - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Social Marketing Manager at GitLab - Remote (Worldwide)
UX Content Designer (Contract) at Reddit - Remote (US)
Brand Marketing Manager at Eight Sleep - Remote (Worldwide)
Chief of Staff at Postscript - Remote (North America)
Content Marketing Specialist at Siege Media - Remote (US)
Copywriter at Tuft & Needle - Remote (US)
Customer Success Manager at Nacelle - Remote (Canada, US)
Original Content Project Manager, Digital Audio & Ebook at Scribd - Remote (Canada, US)
Sales Rep at Hypothesis - Remote (UTC-8 and UTC+2)
Sr. Product Designer, Open-Source at HashiCorp - Remote (Canada)
Customer Experience Agent (PST) at Slack - Remote (Canada)
Customer Success Manager at Grafana Labs - Remote (US)
Engineering Manager, Labs at Buffer - Remote (Worldwide)
Kiva US Director at Kiva - Remote (US)
Senior Product Designer at Nacelle - Remote (Canada, US)
Senior Product Designer (Americas Timezones) at Mixmax - Remote (Americas)
Senior UX/UI Designer at Tuft & Needle - Remote (US)
Talent Acquisition Manager at Prisma - Remote (GMT-4 to GMT+2)
Customer Experience Coordinator at Discord - Remote (Worldwide)
Customer Success Associate at Omada Health - Remote (US)
Designer at Maze - Remote (Americas, EMEA)
Finance Manager at Hipcamp - Remote (Canada, US)
Freelance Social Media Coordinator (UK) at Stitch Fix - Remote (UK)
Full Stack Developer at Mailbrid - Remote (Worldwide)
Partnerships Manager at Qatalog - Remote (US)
Product Analyst at Sourcegraph - Remote (Worldwide)
Product Designer at Auth0 - Remote (US)
Technical Customer Support Specialist, Entry Level at Webflow - Remote (US)
Data Analyst, Product Analytics at Discord - Remote (Worldwide)
Designer at Memberful - Remote (Worldwide)
Executive Assistant, Finance at GitHub - Remote (Canada, US)
Product Designer at Hipcamp - Remote (Canada, US)
Technical Writer at ikimedia Foundation - Remote (Worldwide)
Account Manager at Dropbox - Remote (EMEA, Germany)
GTM Finance & Strategy at Stripe - Remote (North America)
Product Designer at Rainforest QA - Remote (Worldwide)
Senior Recruiter at Giant Swarm - Remote (Worldwide)
Commercial Account Executive at HackerRank - Remote (US)
Customer Success Manager, International at Articulate - Remote (Ireland, UK)
General Counsel at The Humane League - Remote (US)
Operations Manager at Otis - Remote (Worldwide)
Product Marketing Manager at Sauce Labs - Remote (North America)
Top Picks
Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.
Why Managers Fear a Remote-Work Future
Ed Zitron | The Atlantic
Remote work lays bare many brutal inefficiencies and problems that executives don’t want to deal with because they reflect poorly on leaders and those they’ve hired. Remote work empowers those who produce and disempowers those who have succeeded by being excellent diplomats and poor workers, along with those who have succeeded by always finding someone to blame for their failures. It removes the ability to seem productive (by sitting at your desk looking stressed or always being on the phone), and also, crucially, may reveal how many bosses and managers simply don’t contribute to the bottom line.
Don’t Lose the Democratizing Effect of Remote Work
Joan C. Williams, Rachel M. Korn, Mikayla Boginsky | Harvard Business Review
The good news for employees is that 90% of large companies are embracing the hybrid model, which combines on-site work with remote work, according to a recent McKinsey survey of 100 executives at large organizations. The not-so-good news is that mishandling the transition to hybrid work threatens to reinforce social inequalities and jeopardize companies’ diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts.
Americans Are Willing to Take Pay Cuts to Never Go Into the Office Again
Lisa Fleisher | Bloomberg
A new survey shows 65% of workers who said their jobs could be done entirely remotely were willing to take a 5% reduction to stay at home.
Big tech companies are at war with employees over remote work
Samuel Axon | Ars Technica
CEOs want workers back at their desks. Employees and the virus have other plans.
Stat of the day: 38% of remote workers work from bed
Erica Pandey | Axios
Forget the home office — 45% of American teleworkers regularly work from a couch, 38% regularly work from bed and 20% often work outside, according to a study by the home improvement marketing firm CraftJack.
The rise of never-ending job interviews
Mark Johanson | BBC
Some companies are asking candidates to attend multiple interviews. But too many rounds could be a red flag – and even drive candidates away.
Why Don’t Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay?
Matt Dean | ethena
The hard truth that many companies struggle to wrap their heads around is that they should be paying their long-tenured engineers above market rate. This is because an engineer that’s been working at a company for a long time will be more impactful specifically at that company than at any other company.
Companies that make people return to the office will lose employees
Rani Molla | Vox
We’re in an era where people have tasted a different way of working, a different way of connecting with the people they cohabitate with, a reduced level of stress from the reduction of commutes, saving more money. And because they’ve tasted this, they’re demanding it, they want it.
Being remote doesn’t feel like working with people
Workers, do not accept--let alone suggest--a pay cut in exchange for remote work
Work will move to remote-first
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