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Germany is beginning a universal-basic-income trial with people getting $1,400 a month for 3 years
The scientist leading the research, JĂźrgen Schupp, said it would improve the debate about universal basic income by producing scientific evidence.
More companies are hiring a âdirector of remote workâ
As many embrace working from home, companies like Facebook are looking to hire a remote work leader.
Whatâs next for remote work: An analysis of 2,000 tasks, 800 jobs, and nine countries
The future of remote work is likely to be hybrid in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly for a highly educated, well paid minority of the workforce.
Work From Anywhere: Hotels, Digital Nomads Will Change Travel Forever
COVID-19 normalized working from home. As more people seek freedom and hotels look for new profits, travel and work are transforming again.
Deutsche Bank Research: Tax home workers 'to help those who cannot
Working from home should be taxed to help support workers whose jobs are under threat, a report has suggested. Deutsche Bank Research suggests a tax of 5% of a worker's salary if workers choose to work from home when they are not forced to by the current pandemic. The tax would...
The Digital Nomads Did Not Prepare for This
They moved to exotic locales to work through the pandemic in style. But now tax trouble, breakups and Covid guilt are setting in.
Caribbean Island Work Rule and Covid-19: How to Enter, What Visa, How Long Stay
As soon as Londonâs first coronavirus lockdown ended last summer, Abbie Sheppard, 24, took a quick vacation to the island of Bermuda.Four months later, the vacation is long over but sheâs still there -- one of the thousands of people lured to islands in the Caribbean and the...
Job Interest Not a Big Predictor of Job Satisfaction
Interest More Important for Job Performance and Career Choice
The Joys of Being a Stoic
In September, a writer for HBOâs Watchmen series, Cord Jefferson, was awarded an Emmy. I enjoyed the showâs first season, a sequel
Toronto is drastically cutting office space as remote work could become permanent
Whether you love it or hate, COVID-19 has brought on a new reality for many people. This includes working from home and effectively reducing office...
Working' Remotely? Selection, Treatment, and Market Provision of Remote Work
Why was remote work rare prior to the pandemic? One possibility is that remote work reduced worker productivity. Another is that it attracted less productive workers.
We Need a Remote Work Commute. Perhaps commuting wasnât so bad after...
Your train is running behind schedule, and youâre going to be late for work for the second time this week. Worse, you got drenched on the walk to the station, and you can already smell the damp fromâŚ
What Job Crafting Looks Like
Stories of three people who changed their jobs to find more meaning.
Automation efforts sped up by pandemic will displace millions of jobs - Business Insider
The World Economic Forum predicts that automation efforts accelerated amid the pandemic will displace 85 million global jobs by 2025.
Get started with 2-minute rule | Hoanh An
Whenever you find it hard to get started on a task, consider scaling it down into a 2-minute version. For example, Read a book â Read one page Write an essay â Write one sentence Run 10 miles â Wear my running shoes Do 100 push-ups â Do 1 push up Eat more vegetables â Eat an...
Our Work-from-Anywhere Future
Best practices for all-remote organizations
Study: Focus will shape the future of distributed work | Dropbox Blog
The shift to working from home has mostly been positive for knowledge workers, but the challenges reveal a $1.2 trillion opportunity.
How I designed the ultimate Zoom-friendly home office
A director at Facebook recently redid his remote work setup to include a DSLR camera, standing desk, and Samsung Frame TV. Here are his recommendations for an office that will make you lookâand feelâgood on Zoom.
COVID fatigue: The pandemic workday is 48 minutes longer with more meetings â here's how to cope
Weâre working longer days and juggling more meetings. Hereâs how to cope with âZoom Fatigueâ and more.
The COVID-19 Pandemic Upended the Office. Itâs Time to Radically Rethink How We Work
Here's how the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing companies to rethink how employees do their jobs.
Nonverbal Communication Online - Why Does it Feel So Weird?
Nonverbal communication online - Even as online meetings become more common, they canât always capture the nuances of nonverbal interactions.
For Some, New WFH Policies Mean a Chance to Explore America
This week in The Bold Italic, we are publishing The Californianâs Dilemma, a series that goes beyond the headlines about the âCalifornia exodus,â featuring essays from San Franciscans about whyâŚ
Airbnb courts digital nomads as it continues push for long-term stays
Airbnb says the home-share company is seeing an increase in digital nomads booking long-term stays as well as in hosts offering those types of stays.
Google's CEO says the future of work involves a 'hybrid model' and the company is already reconfiguring its offices for employee 'on-sites'
"I see the future as definitely being more flexible," Pichai said during a video interview for Time 100 this week.
Hybrid Work Is the New Remote Work
Leaders should be managing remote working conditions amid the uncertainty of today and prepare for and optimize the hybrid working models of tomorrow.
Companies Who Go Remote-First will Replace Every Company that Doesnât
Companies who adopted technology 20 years ago replaced every company that didnât. Companies who adopt remote working will replace every company that doesnât tomorrow. The reason is incredibly simple: cost & talent.
Will new travel technology invade your privacy?
Digital facial recognition. COVID-tracing apps. Innovations that make trips safer during a pandemic might expose your personal data.
The Rise of Remote Work Can Be Unexpectedly Liberating
What if you are better off without the office?
Americans are saving more than just money by not commuting
The pandemic lockdown has killed the work commute. And as the number of miles people travel every day has collapsed, commuters have saved themselves billions of dollars.
Netflixâs Reed Hastings Deems Remote Work âa Pure Negativeâ
The streaming giantâs leader says not being able to get together in person, particularly internationally, makes doing business harder and that he is eager to have staff back in the office once a coronavirus vaccine is available.
Google Abandons Plan to Rent Dublin Office for 2,000 Workers
Alphabet Incâs Google unit walked away from a plan to rent space in Dublin for as many 2,000 workers, shelving one of the cityâs biggest real-estate deals in recent years.
UX Design - Rethinking the Sign-in
Letâs talk about the problem with the current sign-in screen and how we can solve that!
How I got, handled and aced UX Interviews at companies like Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and more!
Itâs interview season again, and you know what that means â That crippling feeling of not knowing how to actually handle and ace your interviews. Well, fret not, because it isnât quite as challengingâŚ
While covid-19 continues to force remote work, Europe looks to enforce a right to disconnect
Spain, Greece, Ireland and other countries are trying to preserve work-life balance.
Working from âanywhereâ is possible - but not sustainable
A Northwestern professorâs research finds that location still matters very much.
The surprising traits of good remote leaders
Strong in-person leadership skills donât necessarily translate to being a good virtual leader. Instead, organisation and competency reign supreme.
Pinterest cancels huge SF office lease in unbuilt project, citing work-from-home shift
Pinterest terminated its massive 490,000-square-foot lease at San Franciscoâs unbuilt 88 Bluxome project, citing a shift towards a more distributed workforce.
The problem isnât that life is unfair â itâs your broken idea of fairness
Unless youâre winning, most of life will seem hideously unfair to you.
Unlimited Information Is Transforming Society
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?
A new survey suggests that at least 16 percent of employees will remain at-home workers long after COVID-19 recedes, report researchers Christopher Stanton, Zoe Cullen, and Michael Luca.
The Great Slacklash Is Coming
Slack and its counterparts 'create problems, high school-type problems,' one CEOÂ said.
Struggling Tourist Destinations Pitch Themselves to New Digital Nomads as Remote Work Locales
Some tourism destinations are pivoting their offering to cater to the recently-expanded market of digital nomads, freed up for remote work by the pandemic.
Why Airlines, Cities, and Starbucks Need Remote Workers Back at the Office
For a decade, Carlos Silva has been gluing, nailing, and re-zippering shoes and boots at Stern Shoe Repair, a usually well-trafficked shop just outside the Metro entrance at Union Station inâŚ
The new residency schemes inviting workers abroad
Amid Covid-19, new programmes are popping up that invite workers to settle abroad and work remotely. Could we all soon become âdigital nomadsâ?
Being OK With Not Being Extraordinary
The internet always highlights the first place winners, the billionaires, the award-winning artists, the best-selling authors, the largestâŚ