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NoDesk: Issue #391 – NoDesk



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Hand-picked articles, stories and ideas from the remote work community and beyond.

University of Vaasa | Phys.org

Johanna Jansson’s research in the field of human resource management reveals that successful remote work is built on three foundations: overall organizational design, the supervisor-subordinate relationship, and the employee’s own role. When these three foundations are in balance, both company performance and employee well-being can be promoted simultaneously.

Kit Eaton | Inc.

While many employers now insist on people coming in, people working outside the office continue to perform well.

Peter Cappelli, Ranya Nehmeh | Knowledge at Wharton

The case for in-office work has never been stronger. This might seem surprising, given that many businesses have operated remotely or in hybrid models for more than five years. The initial excitement about remote work stemmed largely from its immediate conveniences and the individual flexibility it offered employees. Over time, however, its long-term challenges for businesses—such as diminished collaboration, weaker organizational culture, and barriers to innovation—have become increasingly evident. Even employees are expressing their concerns.

Peter Cappelli, Ranya Nehmeh | Fortune

While there were many changes with remote work, the single most notable one was the shift to remote meetings. As other researchers found in other settings, total meeting time is up compared to the office context, and there are many challenges as to how remote meetings operate.

Brandon Vigliarolo | The Register

Police in the United Kingdom appear to be taking a cue from Homer Simpson’s playbook, with officers in multiple departments accused of “key jamming” to make it look like they were working from home when they likely weren’t.

Financial Times

What if working from home was a legal right? An Australian state is planning a new hybrid work law despite an angry business outcry.

Rik Huijzer

Companies are saying that the economy and AI are causing the large amount of tech layoffs, but Vanessa Wingårdh looked at the H-1B visa data and noticed that the companies are lying.

She argues that the American employees are being replaced by cheaper H-1B visa workers.

Martha Gimbel, Molly Kinder, Joshua Kendall, Maddie Lee | The Budget Lab at Yale

Overall, our metrics indicate that the broader labor market has not experienced a discernible disruption since ChatGPT’s release 33 months ago, undercutting fears that AI automation is currently eroding the demand for cognitive labor across the economy.

Jason Ma | Fortune

Amid the debate over AI’s role in limiting job opportunities for Gen Z, there is also the fact that for decades many parents have been encouraging their kids to go to college.

Chris Lakin | Locally Optimal

There’s this popular idea that socially anxious folks are just dying to be liked. It seems logical, right? Why else would someone be so anxious about how others see them?

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