Tue. Feb 3rd, 2026

NoDesk: Issue #403 – NoDesk


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By Daniel (@nodeskco).

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

Andrew Van Dam | The Washington Post

Our analysis shows how the odds of working change as you change โ€” and some surprising recent shifts in whoโ€™s most likely to work at home.

Carolyn Crist | HR Drive

The programโ€™s interactive modules focus on productivity, collaboration, leadership and long-term career growth in the remote economy.

Business Today Desk

The long-running battle between work-from-home and office attendance appears to be nearing its end. According to Sander vanโ€™t Noordende, global chief executive of hiring firm Randstad, the so-called return-to-office war is effectively over, with companies increasingly resetting expectations around where and how employees work.

Jessica Grose | The New York Times

Certainly the job market seems grim in this moment. Michael Madowitz, the principal economist at the Roosevelt Institute, described it as โ€œan awful traffic jam.โ€ โ€œIf youโ€™re just out of college, youโ€™re trying to merge into a freeway and nobody is letting you in,โ€ he explained.

Eva Roytburg | Fortune

Thereโ€™s something missing in this boom: the jobs. Hiring this year, at best, has stalled, and at worst has collapsed: unemployment has climbed to 4.6%, and even Fed Chair Jerome Powell has warned recent data may be overstating job gains.

Sydney Lake | Fortune

This yearโ€™s job market has been bleak, to say the least. Layoffs hit the highest level in 14 years; job openings are barely budging; and quits figures are plummeting. Itโ€™s no wonder people feel stuck and discouragedโ€”especially as many candidates have been on the job hunt for a year.

Jaime Arellano-Bover, Carolina Bussotti, John M. Nunley, Alan Seals | SSRN

Our study provides a comprehensive characterization of which features of the college experience are more and less valuable during the high-stakes, first-job matching process.

hocobozos | Reddit

I am mass cooked. Like actually cooked. Please learn from my mistakes.

Kiera Feldman | LA Times

The air you breathe on airplanes comes directly from the jet engines. Known as bleed air, it is safe, unless there is a mechanical issue โ€” a faulty seal, for instance. When that happens, heated jet engine oil can leak into the air supply, potentially releasing toxic gases into the plane.

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