#remote-workers

#remote-workers

The study also found that 57% of all workers felt remote work in Ireland opened them up to better job opportunities.While 60% stated that it gave companies the chance to improve diversity and inclusion, a big concern for Gen Z.
Another study conducted by SMRS in 2023 found that Gen Z cited two main reasons for preferring flexible and hybrid working.

Spain has launched a new visa which will allow Brits to live in the sun-soaked country for up to five years without having to gain full residency.The new 'digital nomad' visa will allow people who work remotely for a non-Spanish firm to reside in the country as long as they earn a certain amount each month and can carry out their job by just using their laptops.

Spain has launched a new visa which will allow Brits to live in the sun-soaked country for up to five years without having to gain full residency.The new 'digital nomad' visa will allow people who work remotely for a non-Spanish firm to reside in the country as long as they earn a certain amount each month and can carry out their job by just using their laptops.

IBM CEO, Arvind Krishna, isn't telling his employees that they have to return to the office, but he did warn that continuing to work remotely could mean being passed over for promotion or career advancement.Trotting out the same old Microsoft productivity paranoia arguments that we've become accustomed to since the COVID-19 pandemic redefined work, Krishna said in an interview this week that "we work better when we are together in person," and that managers need to be able to see the folks whose work they're directing every once in a while.

Three years after Silicon Valley companies led the charge for embracing remote work in the early days of the pandemic, the tech industry is now escalating the fight to bring employees back into the office - and igniting tensions with staff in the process.Google, which has long been a bellwether for workplace policies in the tech industry and beyond, frustrated some employees this week by announcing plans to begin more strictly enforcing its policy that requires workers in-office at least three days a week.

Owning a home in the Bay Area now costs more than twice as much as renting one, the largest disparity of any major population center in the country, as homeownership stretches even further out of reach for many local residents.San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland tallied the biggest cost differences between renting and owning among U.S. cities, according to a new report by real estate listing site Redfin.

I found my first remote job through the Remotive website, but do you know how I got hired at Remotive?My ex-boss referred me to the founder of Remotive when I was in between jobs and he was in between employees.You never know where or when your next opportunity will come.-Rachel
⚔️ ​How Remote Work Connected Amazon Employees Making $19 an Hour and $80,000 a Year​ (NYT) ~ If it's morally wrong then why are even the warehouse workers fighting to keep remote work?

Research Highlight
The authors offer 11 strategies for leading more effective hybrid teams based on data from a recent survey of marketing leaders.Three years into the pandemic era, hybrid work models abound for business professionals.In the March 2023 edition of The CMO Survey, of 314 marketing leaders, 57% said that they work from home remotely at least some of the time, while 39% do so all of the time.

As pressures increase for remote workers to return to the office in 2023, more companies are assessing the ways in which their workforce will contribute going forward - with some adopting more hybrid approaches to location.Carmine Di Sibio, global chairman of consulting firm Ernst & Young, joined the growing list of experts saying workers need to return to the office at least part-time in the post-pandemic age, telling FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo on Wednesday that work-from-home employees should begin to trickle back into the office at least three to four times per week.

Nearly 17 million Americans describe themselves as digital nomads.Insider previously spoke with three people who have embraced the digital nomad lifestyle.They shared their stories, as well as the advice they have for others looking to join them.As the New Year approaches, many people are looking for opportunities to travel in the year to come.