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Remote Work Doesn’t Seem to Affect Productivity, San Francisco Fed St…
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The Stress of Remote Working | HackerNoon
In software engineering, remote working makes a lot of sense since, most of the time, you only need a computer and an internet connection to perform your duties. So there are fewer reasons to force people to sit in a predefined office everyday. Consequently, it has become an important feature of a lot of IT jobs, even in Belgium, while it is definitely not the most forward looking job market. That said, most of the time, the remote working offer only apply to a part of the week (1 or 2 days a week seems to be the most frequent proposition here). Nevertheless, it definitely is getting a hold in most companies.

The Rise of the Decentralized Startup
I think we’re seeing a very big shift right now in how startups are created and operate. But before we dig into that, I want to spend some time talking about work. For centuries, work has bee…

Liberating work - workers.coop
Worker cooperatives enable workers to unite and collectively advance their economic, social, and cultural interests.

Why Remote Work Is So Hard—and How It Can Be Fixed
The challenges aren’t just technological. They’re managerial.

Remote Work Productivity Study: Surprising Findings From a 4-Year Analysis
Explore key findings from a longitudinal remote work productivity study. Learn how working from home impacts performance and why productivity remains strong.

Remote Work Doesn’t Seem to Affect Productivity, San Francisco Fed Study Finds
US industries that are more adaptable to remote work haven’t seen a bigger boost — or decline — in productivity growth since 2020 compared to industries with more in-person work, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Why I work remotely (hint: it has nothing to do with productivity).
Illustration by Nate Otto These are some of the things I can do because I’m fortunate to work for a company that lets me work from anywhere: Hug my kids and feed them breakfast before they lea…
The collaboration curse
The fashion for making employees collaborate has gone too far

Notion encourages busy-work and I’m tired of it
Why has everything become so needlessly complicated?

The productivity pit: how Slack is ruining work
Job software like Teams, Slack, and Workplace were supposed to make us more productive. They haven’t.

It's the 21st century – why are we working so much? | Owen Hatherley
Owen Hatherley: The right calls for hard work, the left for more jobs. The dream of mechanisation leading to shorter working hours seems forgotten

The Psychology of a Billion-Dollar Enterprise App: Why Is Slack So Habit-Forming?
Slack isn’t just another office collaboration app. The company has been called, “the fastest-growing workplace software ever.” Recent press…

The 10 Things You Learn After One Month Of Remote Work | I Done This
At iDoneThis, we’ve got our team spread all across the world. Germany, Italy, New York, Wisconsin. The company has been remote from Day 1 and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Working from a home office or coworking space gives us the freedom to work how we want and…

Here are supporting sources on the barriers to the creation of worker co-ops: aspeninstitute.org/events/democratizing-work-the… emerald.com/books/edited-volume/15376/cha… journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13505076251320889 researchgate.net/publication/324907081_The_sca… project-equity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Wo… ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2025/01/SBA-7…