💃🏻 Remote women promoted over men

Good Morning,

Lots of recent articles have covered disparities between remote workers and in-office workers.

They say job listings for office-based roles tend to have higher salaries, on average, than remote job listings. And that office workers are more likely to be promoted than remote workers.

I don’t doubt that these are technically true, but like most articles about remote work pushed by content farms in the last few years, they are unnecessarily sensationalized.

The reality is: we’re still in a workforce dominated by managers with more in-office leadership experience than remote leadership experience. They’re going to do what’s comfortable and familiar for themselves. So in times of uncertainty, those old-school managers will assume an employee willing to come into an office is more dedicated than a worker who opts to work from home.

It’s frustrating that the world’s shift to remote work isn’t happening faster, but the data says we’re moving steadily in the right direction. As workplace economist Nick Bloom has said many times now, the post-pandemic remote work trend resembles a Nike Swoosh - we’re past the valley, and it’s only going up from here.

…but that doesn’t mean you need to wait a decade for your boss to allow WFH. Get that remote job today!

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Need to Know

👫 Remote men 2X less likely to be promoted than remote women
A UK study had managers evaluate theoretical employees for promotions; they showed that managers were two times less likely to promote men who opted for remote work than women who were remote. That said, the study did not show any difference in raises between men and women.

While there isn’t a reason given for this discrepancy, it’s interesting to consider: do managers give more leniency to female remote workers due to caregiving duties? Do they have less sympathy for men, who traditionally have been more likely to go into an office daily?

Some better news: the study also showed that among organizations with “supportive” remote policies, there were no promotion or raise differences at all for those who chose to work remotely. (Fortune)

✈️ How this digital nomad was promoted in big tech
Andre Maxwell has worked at Okta for two years now, and has been working abroad as a digital nomad for three years.

He’s been to 16 countries since joining Okta in 2022, and was recently promoted to senior management, while being relatively young for the title he currently has.

He cites two big reasons for this promotion. First: his performance.

And second, his work-life balance. He says that he’s been sure to maintain work boundaries, and that traveling makes him happy; he emphasizes that being happy outside of work is necessary for him to bring his best self to work. (Business Insider)

🚌 MIT Study: remote work’s impact on transit
Researchers have come up with precise figures to show remote work’s impact on private and public transit across the US. For every 1% of onsite workers that go remote, there’s a 1% reduction in vehicle miles driven, and a 2.3% reduction in public transit ridership.

Extrapolating from this, a 10% decrease in onsite workers - a realistic figure - would reduce annual CO2 emissions from vehicles by 191.8 million metric tons, and would result in 2.4 billion fewer public transit trips, accounting for $3.7 billion in lost fare revenue.

As you might expect, there are strong variances by region. Vehicle impacts are stronger in Texas than New York, for example.

The five metro areas hardest-hit by lost public transit trips and fares are NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, and Philadelphia. DC (featured in the next headline), struggling with the impacts of remote work, isn’t even in the top 5 😬 (MIT)

💵 Remote work may cause DC tax hikes
We’ve written about the strain remote work has caused the primarily-urban city of Washington, DC - but now city leaders are weighing how they can account for the dip in economic activity during the workweek.

This means: a proposed increase in a business tax for paid family leave, a small proposed increase in sales tax, a 69-employee layoff of city employees, and elimination of the city’s “Circulator” buses. (Axios)

🇮🇹 Italy launches a remote work visa
Effective April 4th, Italy finally has made it possible for digital nomads to work legally in the country long-term. There’s a higher threshold for qualifications than in many other countries, though. Applicants will need the following:

• Proof that they have already worked remotely for at least 6 months

• Income at least 3X the minimum required to be exempt from national healthcare participation (which really just means annual income above $30,000 USD)

• A declaration signed by their employer

• Proof of suitable accommodation during their stay

In this first iteration, the visas will be valid for one year, and will be eligible for renewing terms thereafter. (Euronews)

Stuff We Like

💼 X (Twitter) Job Board
Honestly kind of impressed with what X (formerly Twitter) put together. They wanted to make a job board, and they made a pretty big one.

You’ll first need to input a Keyword and Location as seen below - but these can be broad, like “Sales” and “United States.”

Then, you’ll be taken to a page with more criteria to choose from, including, most importantly, Location Type. This is where you can filter for Hybrid and Remote jobs! (X.com/jobs)

⚙️ Chirp Wheel*
One of the benefits of working from home instead of an office is being able to unabashedly get in a micro-workout or hop on the floor for a quick foam roll if I’ve been sitting down for too long. I use this Chirp Wheel daily and tell people about it all the time. There are several sizes, but I’ve really liked this deep tissue version. (Chirp Wheel)

🖥️ Gizmodo’s “Best and Weirdest” WFH Products
Gizmodo is out with a new home office product roundup. This one features some great options for a portable printer, camera, mic, and the ever-popular (and personal favorite) Xebec Snap. (Gizmodo)

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