NoDesk: Issue #298
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).
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-Daniel
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Top Picks
Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.
2023 was the year return-to-office died. Experts share remote work trends expected in 2024
Bailey Schulz | USA Today
Remote work numbers have dwindled over the past few years as employers issue return-to-office mandates. But will that continue in 2024?
Boardroom Clashes Most Likely Over Return-to-Office Policies
Matthew Boyle | Bloomberg
Nearly three out of four organizations said return-to-office policies could prompt boardroom battles, according to a new survey of US workplace leaders, showing how senior management doesn’t always see eye to eye on the issue.
Remote work, AI, and skills-based hiring threaten to put our jobs on the chopping block—but experts say those fears are overblown
Jane Thier | Fortune
In 1897, literary icon Mark Twain is said to have come across his own obituary in a New York newspaper. Asked for his response, tongue partly in cheek, Twain famously said the reports of his death “have been greatly exaggerated.”
Remote work stifles innovation
Aki Ito | Business Insider
A review of 24 million scientific papers and patents holds some startling insights for the age of working from home.
Research: The Growing Inequality of Who Gets to Work from Home
Peter John Lambert, Nicholas Bloom, Steven Davis, Stephen Hansen, Yabra Muvdi, Raffaella Sadun, Bledi Taska | Harvard Business Review
There is a large and growing divide in terms of who gets to work from home. Research on job postings found that remote work is far more common for higher paid roles, for roles that require more experience, for full-time work, and for roles that require more education. Managers should be aware of this divide, as it has the potential to create toxic dynamics within teams and to sap morale.
Full return to office isn’t the only work model dying. So is fully remote
Deborah Kong | CNBC
Only 1% of executives in a new EY survey say their employees are fully remote, a stark contrast to 2022, when 34% of respondents said they had a remote workplace model.
Hybrid work is the winner, and 80% of business leaders are confident in the strategy.
My failed attempt at using a closet as an office
Pamela Fox | Pamela Fox's Blog
My partner and I both work from home. I’m very thankful for that as we have two young children and a commute would take up the same time we spend on getting them ready for the day. However, it’s been quite a journey coming up with a home office setup that works for both of us.
Airbnb Is Fundamentally Broken, Its CEO Says. He Plans to Fix It
Nikki Ekstein | Bloomberg
“We never fully built the foundation,” Brian Chesky says in a revelatory interview. “It had four pillars when we needed to have 10.”
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