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Is $240K Worth the Commute or Is $120K Working at Home the Better Deal? A Closer Look

Adam Hayes | Investopedia

The question of whether to work at home—but for half the salary of an equivalent office job—has inspired a viral debate with millions of online views.

After all, salary decisions are part math, part philosophy. And in practice, they come down not just to the dollar amount, but how you want to spend your days.

The remote work premium reconsidered

Christos Makridis, Jason Schloetzer | CEPR

Remote work has become part of the workplace fabric across the world, but evidence on its impact on productivity and job satisfaction is often contradictory. This column argues that the debate has been framed too narrowly. Using data from PayScale and Gallup, the authors show that once compensation, occupation, and workplace environment are controlled for, as well as types of task and manager quality, the contribution of remote work is smaller and more conditional than headline comparisons suggest.

Remote work, offices shut: Tech giants scramble to respond as Iran war escalates

Reeta Raman, Laura Cress | BBC

Some of the world’s largest companies are moving to protect employees and facilities in the Middle East during the US-Israel war with Iran.

Amazon, Google, Snap and Nvidia are among the firms to have implemented emergency protocols as the safety of thousands of their workers across the region is brought into sharp focus.

Is legal uncertainty softly killing remote‑work innovation?

Kseniya Navazhylava | The Conversation

As France debates the “end of the golden age of remote work”, both workers and employers face growing confusion: are today’s working from home practices really compatible with emerging work habits in in the public and private employment sectors — and more importantly, with the law?

As boomer and Gen X bosses retire, working from home will make a major comeback, new research predicts—and you have work-life balance loving Gen Z to thank

Orianna Rosa Royle | Fortune

In fact, the National Bureau of Economic Research found that millennial and Gen Z bosses are far more likely to let staff work remotely than their older counterparts—and that it’s only a matter of time before they take over and bring their affinity for flexibility with them.

US economy unexpectedly sheds 92,000 jobs in February

Natalie Sherman | BBC

The number of jobs in the US economy fell last month, an unexpected contraction that has renewed questions about whether the labour market in the US might be starting to crack.

How the anxiety over AI could fuel a new workers’ movement

Samantha Oltman | The Guardian

New technology has workers spooked, but experts say it’s creating an opening for a resurgence in worker power.

Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence

Anthropic

This report introduces a new measure for understanding the labor market effects of AI and studies impacts on unemployment and hiring. Jobs are more exposed to AI to the extent that their tasks are theoretically feasible with LLMs and observed on our platforms in automated, work-related use cases. We find that computer programmers, customer service representatives, and financial analysts are among the most exposed.

The Self-Help Trap: What 20+ Years of “Optimizing” Has Taught Me

Tim Ferriss

The older I get, the more I think that self-help can be a trap. Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease. I say this after ~20 years of writing self-help and a lifetime of consuming it.

The stranger secret: how to talk to anyone – and why you should

Viv Groskop | The Guardian

Forget fear of public speaking. A lot of people now shy away completely from speaking to anyone in public. But if we learn to do this it’s enriching, for ourselves and society.

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