The Best Articles in Remote Work

Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. He calls out the two main offenders (call them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make the workplace actually work.

Learning how to work from home can be challenging, but these 14 working from home tips can help you to stay productive throughout the day.

A Q&A with Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo about the tech company's detailed approach to becoming a remote-first organization.

Think outside the (Zoom) box.

«hybrid meetings in which some people are present and some are online are generally a horrible experience for those attending remotely.»

Working from home makes it hard to keep them separate.

«prioritize your communication based on context. During the hours when you want to focus on the job, try to reduce your personal communication.»

It’s toxic and wrecks productivity.

«More than four-fifths of employees send work emails on weekends. Nearly six in 10 do so while on vacation, and more than half check email after 11 PM.»

Cities from Canggu to Medellín are welcoming tech workers, but locals complain they’re being priced out.

Loneliness — the distress and discomfort we feel when we perceive a gap between the social connection we want and the quantity and quality of the relationships we currently have — can be a side effect…

With 90% of companies embracing hybrid work according to a new McKinsey report, here’s how they’re solving its remaining technological and social challenges.

The choice of an app can decide your effectiveness when working remotely. See if these productivity tools make a difference to your day.

«Working from home has many challenges, but you can be immensely productive with the right tools. Remote work can bring its own challenges, like working across time zones and different teams. You need to find the apps that cover your needs, especially when you don't have a group of peers to lean on nearby.»

The past few years have encouraged us to revisit many assumptions about our lives, including the state and function of our workplaces. More than ever, it’s clear that our workplaces both shape and…

«Where you do your work matters, because without you even knowing it, places are anchoring your career and shaping your sense of self.»

Whether you’re moving across town or across the country, there are a lot of factors to consider in deciding where to live. To figure out which factors to prioritize, it can be helpful to use what we…

«When thinking about a move, the “sexiness” of certain factors — a hip downtown, access to the beach, a big yard — loom large in your mind as you imagine how these elements will change your life.»

Knowing when to end your workday was probably something you didn't give a second thought to in the office. You most likely arrived around 9 am and went home around 5 pm. Yet, when working remotely,…

«An example of this would be, setting 3 two-hour blocks of time to do deep work, and creating 1 two-hour block of time for communications like meetings and email.»

Here's your ultimate guide to creating, maintaining, and following a robust documentation culture in remote teams.

«Documenting knowledge is important for any team. Critical knowledge that lies in someone's brain is a big fragility for any organization.»

If you could work from anywhere, where would you go? For more and more people, it’s not a hypothetical question: Young or old, single or with a family, full-time employee or contractor, the digital…

Excerpt from the new book Global Natives

Leaders are meeting employee demands for more flexible work arrangements amid culture and innovation concerns.

«The authors’ research into hybrid work originated from a series of online workshops with managers from 20 global companies that began in March 2020 and continued every three months for a year.»

What are the principles underlying the ideal desk setup? How do we balance great design with modern technology? Let’s plunge into my desk setup and my philosophy behind it.

The software made it easier to crack jokes and easier to stir up trouble. Employees love it. Bosses don’t.

«Slack gave every company a message board. Now those that want to hold on to their authority are hiring moderators.»