Mon. Jul 21st, 2025

NoDesk: Issue #378 – NoDesk

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

Emma Burleigh | Fortune

Research reveals employees clock in 2.65 fewer hours on the job while working from home, compared to their in-office counterparts. Despite the appeal of flexible schedules and some myth-busting, it’s been found that remote staffers can be less productive, fake work and watch movies on the job.

Marc Angrand, Pierre Manière, Anne Rodier | Le Monde

Employees at French companies are going on strike in protest against changes to remote work policies – often minor adjustments brought in the name of efficiency and team cohesion. But employees refuse to say goodbye to the new way of working.

Maayan Manela | Ctech

The Indian engineer’s juggling act forces tech CEOs to rethink flexibility.

Suzanne Blake | Newsweek

Companies have long held concerns about remote work, fearing productivity declines, disconnected workforces and worsened team culture.

However, a new study reveals there might be another problem for employers: the majority of remote employees are using their time on the clock to earn extra income on the side, according to a new study.

Chip Cutter, Haley Zimmerman | The Wall Street Journal

Ford chief predicts AI will replace ‘literally half of all white-collar workers’.

Charlie Graham | In The AIrena

Having spent the last year deep in the AI-rena, building products with Claude Code/Cursor, using tools like Ideogram, Midjourney, and Creatify for content creation, and watching how my company’s needs have changed, I think this narrative is overplayed.

Junior roles aren’t going to die. They’re going to transform.

Lisa Bonos, Danielle Abril | Washington Post

Video calls can be a drag — some workers send a bot in their place.

Marc Brooker | Marc’s Blog

If I could offer you a single piece of career advice, it’s this: avoid negativity echo chambers.

Judith Thurman | The New Yorker

What can hyperpolyglots teach the rest of us?

Diana Leyva | The Tennessean

The Transportation Security Administration is kicking it old school by reversing a nearly two-decade-old policy. That’s right, after almost 20 years, passengers will no longer be required to remove their shoes at airport security checkpoints.

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