🗣 Outreach CEO wants RTO, says interrupting in person is less rude

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🎥 This viral tweet thread (1M+ views) features products that optimize a home office for video. I’ve bookmarked it for my next round of upgrades. (Twitter: @Girdley)

💰 Remote workers earn $8,553 (or 9.7%) more than their in-office peers. There are two theories given: (1) companies pass along real estate savings to employees, and (2) without geographic limits, remote workers are more likely to find best-fit roles they can excel in. (Fortune)

🔑 Remote companies now have proven keys to success. Among them: routinely hold celebrations (whether in-person or virtual), define how to use virtual collaboration tools, and establish clear individual performance goals and measurements. (CNBC)

📊 34% of the American workforce worked remotely in 2022 at least part of the week, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. By gender, 41% of women and 28% of men worked remotely. (Washington Post)

📈 Smaller tech companies are reaping the talent benefits when larger tech companies bring employees back to the office. Data shows that as companies become much larger, they are less likely to allow full remote work. (Vox)

🗣 Some companies are becoming desperate to bring employees back to the office. The article cites new policies at tech companies like Asana and Google, and also gives us this batshit quote below from the Outreach.io CEO, with his asinine reason to bring people into an office. (New York Times)

God forbid your coworker be allowed to finish their thought! Sorry to the Outreach employees who are now ~kindly~ interrupted in the office.

🧑‍💻 These 10 job categories have the highest % of remote workers. Leading the list are web developers, sales representatives, and software quality assurance testers + analysts. (SILive)

📉 Ross Perot Jr. expects commercial real estate to experience a recession. The Texas-based developer said typical office space isn’t enough of a draw for workers: “people want beautiful, highly-amenitized offices,” because WFH has provided such a comfortable alternative. (Fortune)

🇲🇰 Europe and Southeast Asia dominate this list of the ten cheapest countries to work remotely from. The top four are North Macedonia, Colombia, Indonesia, and Thailand. (Yahoo! Finance)

😩 “Digital nomads” often lose enthusiasm for the lifestyle. While the allure of travel and sightseeing while working has grown substantially in recent years, the drawbacks aren’t as obvious: less stability, lower productivity, worse health, and fewer friendships. (BBC)

🆙 This company offers power-free standing desks, or “pneumatic” standing desks. If you don’t want to be dependent on a power outlet to sit and stand as you please, check out aptly-named The Standing Desk.

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This week, whether you’re in the office or remote, try not to interrupt your colleagues like the Outreach CEO 🙃

Cheers,
Grant