NoDesk: Issue #349

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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Latest Jobs

• Community Manager, Developer Advocate at Grafana Labs – Remote (UK)

• Engineering Manager, Growth at Gusto – Remote (US)

• Inside Account Representative at Copy.ai – Remote (Canada, US)

• Platform Engineer (Mid-level) at Tackle – Remote (US)

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• Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager at Gradle – Remote (Europe, US)

• Sr Financial Analyst, Strategy at Instructure – Remote (US)

• Staff Product Designer, A11Y at Reddit – Remote (US)

• Staff Test Engineer at Mozilla – Remote (Canada, US)

• Account Executive at Altruistiq – Remote (US)

• Account Executive at Kinsta – Remote (Worldwide)

• Engineering Manager, Organizations at GitLab – Remote (EMEA)

• Head of Digital Experience & Operations at ActiveCampaign – Remote (US)

• Mid-Market Account Executive at Teleport – Remote (US)

• Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Finance at Discord – Remote (US)

• Account Executive, Enterprise at FullStory – Remote (US)

• Analyst, Recruiting Operations at MongoDB – Remote (US)

• Head of Partnerships at Smile.io – Remote (Canada)

• Senior Customer Success Manager, APAC at Mattermost – Remote (Australia)

• Sr. Product Manager, Content & Media at Vimeo – Remote (US)

• Staff Product Manager, App Ads at Reddit – Remote (US)

• Account Executive (EMEA) at FormAssembly – Remote (Europe, UK)

• Community Growth Manager at Saltbox – Remote (US)

• Growth Marketing Associate – Digital at Rocket Money – Remote (US)

• Principal Product Manager, Open Source at Mezmo – Remote (US)

• Senior Data Scientist at Eyeo – Remote (UK)

• Business Development Representative at Postscript – Remote (North America)

• Customer Success Manager, Europe/North America at Pitch – Remote (Europe, North America, UK)

• Event Marketing at Plaid – Remote (US)

• Marketing Operations Manager at MongoDB – Remote (US)

• Senior Developer Advocate at RevenueCat – Remote (Worldwide)

• Senior Financial Analyst at Wikimedia Foundation – Remote (UTC-8 to UTC-4)

• Account Executive Enterprise, UK&I at Zoom – Remote (UK)

• Conference Operations & Production Associate at TED – Remote (US)

• Customer Lifecycle Manager at Deel – Remote (North America, LATAM)

• Sales Development Representative at Shopify – Remote (EMEA)

• Sr. Backend Engineer at HashiCorp – Remote (US)

• Technical Product Marketing Manager at FullStory – Remote (US)

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Top Picks

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

Did 2024 Kill Remote Work?

Sarah Lynch | Inc.

This year, bigwigs like Elon Musk and Amazon took aim at remote work. But one thing is clear: Hybrid is still the MO for plenty of companies.

DOGE’s Big Ideas Include Ending Remote Work and Daylight Saving Changes

Ken Thomas, Richard Rubin | The Wall Street Journal

Here are six ways Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have suggested trimming the federal government.

From ‘Great Resignation’ to ‘Great Detachment’: How the U.S. job market has slowed

Rob Wile | NBC

Official data points mask dissatisfaction and job-finding difficulties among America’s workers.

Fully Remote Work Plummeted in 2024

Sarah Lynch | Inc.

Companies are starting to place more value on in-office work, according to a new report. But it’s not a return-to-office renaissance quite yet.

How Businesses Can Navigate The Remote Work Debate, According To Research

Liz Elting | Forbes

Resolving the discourse around remote work might seem straightforward. Why not pick the option that guarantees the best business outcomes?

Unfortunately, research has shown it isn’t as simple as saying working from home is or isn’t in a business’s best interest.

The Great Office Return—Will 2025 Be The End Of Remote Work?

Rachel Wells | Forbes

There are so many conflicting ideas regarding remote work which make this an ongoing workplace debate, and the news regarding big-name companies like Amazon and Dell mandating five-days-a-week RTO in 2024 leaves many scratching their heads and concerned about where they might end up working in 2025 and beyond.

Do Adults Have the Skills They Need to Thrive in a Changing World?

OECD

The latest Survey of Adult Skills highlights a mixed global picture of literacy, numeracy and adaptive problem solving proficiency. Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden excel in all these areas, with significant proportions of their adult populations demonstrating advanced abilities. However, on average across OECD countries, 18% of adults do not even have the most basic levels of proficiency in any of the domains.

Let’s End Toxic Productivity

Jennifer Moss | Harvard Business Review

“I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” I’m embarrassed to admit that this is a line I used to repeat, whether to justify working until 2:00 am to hit a deadline or squeezing in just one more email or skipping meals because “I don’t have time.”

Tokyo government gives workers 4-day workweek to boost fertility, family time

Chris Lau, Lisako Neriki Ancheta, Yumi Asada | CNN

The Japanese capital is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees, in its latest push to help working mothers and boost record-low fertility rates.

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