Hacker News with Generative AI: Remote Work

Ask HN: Why that many more US-based companies are hiring "US-only" remote? (ycombinator.com)
I recently got laid off and was going through the latest "Who is hiring".<p>I noticed that about 90% (guessing) of US-based companies that hire remote are hiring "(US only)".<p>I know there are plenty good reasons for a US company to hire US-only, I am only surprised because a few years ago (when I last was searching for a job), that was definitely not the case. "US-only" was the exception, not the rule.

Remote Work, Hiring Trends, United States, Technology

19 points by soneca 31 days ago | 19 comments

Empire of office workers strikes back against RTO mandates (theregister.com)
Despite high-profile calls for employees to get their butts back behind their desks in a traditional workplace setting, more people - at least in the UK - are ignoring return-to-office mandates, a study has found.

Remote Work, Work Culture, UK, Technology

22 points by rntn 31 days ago | 21 comments

JPL to Transition to Onsite Work (nasa.gov)
In an email to employees, the director’s office announced that a transition to fully onsite work will occur this year.

Work, NASA, JPL, Remote Work

7 points by cptroot 35 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: I built a directory for side hustles to help people exit the rat race (esidehustles.com)

Side Hustles, Entrepreneurship, Remote Work, Financial Independence

9 points by OdehAhwal 35 days ago | 1 comments

3 Years of Remote Work (brendangregg.com)
In the last 3 years I've attended 77 meetings that began between 1am and 6am, roughly once every two weeks, followed by my usual 7am start, Monday to Saturday. I'm working remotely from Australia for a US firm (Intel) who does not have a local office here. I'm not complaining. I work weird hours, but I don't think I work too many.

Remote Work, Work-Life Balance, Personal Experiences

66 points by SerCe 37 days ago | 29 comments

Show HN: Job board aggregator for best paying remote SWE jobs in the U.S. (remoteswe.fyi)
Save hours searching and scrolling, Get all daily updates in one place.

Software Engineering, Remote Work, Jobs, Job Search

195 points by xitang 40 days ago | 143 comments

Remote work study clear conclusion: "Working from home makes us happier." (farmingdale-observer.com)
An Australian study, conducted over four years and starting before the pandemic, has come up with some enlightening conclusions about the impact of working from home. The researchers are unequivocal: this flexibility significantly improves the well-being and happiness of employees, transforming our relationship with work.

Remote Work, Work-Life Balance, Happiness, Research, Australia

9 points by MaysonL 40 days ago | 0 comments

The Remote Work Paradox: Higher Engagement, Lower Wellbeing (gallup.com)
A new global workplace finding unpacks the complexity of leading remote teams.

Remote Work, Employee Engagement, Wellbeing, Leadership

5 points by hn_acker 41 days ago | 1 comments

EA Pushes Full Return to Office, Effectively Ends Remote Hiring (ign.com)
Electronic Arts has announced to employees that it will be ending its remote working policies permanently, and implementing a full return to office.

Work-Life Balance, Remote Work, Gaming Industry

37 points by napolux 44 days ago | 49 comments

A Stealth Alternative to Layoffs (businessinsider.com)
Are return-to-office mandates actually a stealth tactic to get employees to quit? It's a suspicion I've heard from a lot of people since RTO efforts started in earnest in 2022.

Work Culture, Layoffs, Remote Work

7 points by rntn 44 days ago | 0 comments

Entrepreneurial Spawning from Remote Work (nber.org)
Using a novel firm-level remote work measure created from big data on Internet activity, we show that firms with higher remote work during the pandemic are more likely to see their employees becoming entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship, Remote Work, Pandemic, Economics, Big Data

4 points by ingve 44 days ago | 1 comments

Remote workers more likely to start their own business (theregister.com)
Companies with higher levels of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic saw more of their employees launch startups, economists have found.

Remote Work, Entrepreneurship, COVID-19, Startups, Economics

55 points by rntn 45 days ago | 87 comments

Uber's Shower Gate Scandal (teamblind.com)
As a globally distributed company, remote working and RTO has been a very contentious topic at Uber.

Uber, Remote Work, Workplace Culture

71 points by impish9208 50 days ago | 18 comments

Uber's Shower Gate Scandal (teamblind.com)
As a globally distributed company, remote working and RTO has been a very contentious topic at Uber.

Uber, Remote Work, Controversies, Work Culture

6 points by yhosun 51 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2025) (ycombinator.com)
Please lead with either SEEKING WORK or SEEKING FREELANCER, your location, and whether remote work is a possibility.

SEEKING WORK, Freelancing, Remote Work

22 points by whoishiring 57 days ago | 140 comments

Show HN: 1.2 users a day to keep the 9–5 away (postonreddit.com)

Startups, Remote Work, Productivity

13 points by dmasiii 58 days ago | 24 comments

Uber raises in-office requirement to 3 days, claws back remote workers (cnbc.com)

Remote Work, Work Culture, Technology, Business

55 points by pseudolus 59 days ago | 93 comments

Ask HN: Do you know niche job board for jobs that are NOT remote? (ycombinator.com)
Most niche job boards are for remote jobs, trying to find ones that are in any other niche. Do you know any?

Jobs, Remote Work, Job Boards

9 points by rrmdp 59 days ago | 7 comments

Canadians average more work-from-home days than any country, global survey finds (bnnbloomberg.ca)
Canadians average more remote workdays than workers anywhere else in the world, a global survey says.

Remote Work, Canada, Global Survey, Work-Life Balance

6 points by amichail 61 days ago | 3 comments

All the job candidates are fake (sofuckingagile.com)
Hiring engineers has always been hard. For a while, as a remote first company, it was actually amazing. The world was available to you. Talented individuals were everywhere. Today everyone is fake, like live-face-swapping fake. Over half the candidates are fake in some way. I’ve pretty much given up and have fallen back to referrals only.

Hiring, Remote Work, Software Engineering, Job Market

8 points by asyncscrum 61 days ago | 2 comments

Tech Work Overseas: Country Guides (relocateme.substack.com)
Resources to help you get started.

Remote Work, International, Technology, Career

8 points by andrewstetsenko 62 days ago | 3 comments

Intel says employees must return to the office 4 days a week (oregonlive.com)
New Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan told workers Thursday that they must be on site four days a week beginning Sept. 1, a step toward improving collaboration as he looks to remake the chipmaker.

Remote Work, Corporate Culture, Technology, Leadership

9 points by speckx 63 days ago | 0 comments

Google forcing some remote workers to come back 3 days a week or lose their jobs (cnbc.com)

Remote Work, Google, Employment, Work Culture

9 points by rntn 65 days ago | 0 comments

Fake job seekers are flooding US companies that are hiring for remote positions (cnbc.com)

Remote Work, Job Market, Cybersecurity, Fraud

182 points by arizen 79 days ago | 247 comments

Ask HN: Where do you reliably find worldwide remote jobs? (ycombinator.com)
I did some research, but lots of offers seem to be ghost jobs and job boards look scammy<p>Where do you find fully remote (global) jobs in software/ML engineering nowadays?

Remote Work, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Job Hunting, Online Resources

98 points by yu3zhou4 80 days ago | 52 comments

Two Years Building Workbrew, a Remote-First Enterprise Homebrew Startup (mikemcquaid.com)
TL;DR: I left GitHub after 10 years to cofound Raise.dev. After an early failed experiment building IoT developer tools, we pivoted and built Workbrew: an enterprise-friendly layer over Homebrew, a project I’ve maintained since 2009 and led since 2019. Two years in, we’ve raised VC funding, built a remote team, and have happy, paying customers. Here’s what I learned so far.

Startups, Remote Work, Software Development, Homebrew

12 points by johndbritton 81 days ago | 0 comments

Remote Work's Long-Term Effects: Why Dell and Amazon Are Bringing Employees Back (timestripe.com)
Major companies are aggressively rolling back remote work policies in early 2025, with Dell Technologies eliminating hybrid arrangements in March, requiring five-day office attendance and limiting advancement for remote workers.

Remote Work, Workforce Trends, Corporate Culture, Technology

21 points by duckleg 82 days ago | 29 comments

Ask HN: How will Trump tarrifs affect remote workers outside US? (ycombinator.com)
I am currently working remotely from EU against US and I wonder how the ongoing and escalating trade wars will affect us.

Politics, International Relations, Remote Work, Trade Wars

13 points by reimertz 85 days ago | 20 comments

Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2025) (ycombinator.com)
Please lead with either SEEKING WORK or SEEKING FREELANCER, your location, and whether remote work is a possibility.

SEEKING WORK, Freelancing, Remote Work, Job Search

17 points by whoishiring 87 days ago | 126 comments

Ask HN: Finding Remote Enterprise SW Consulting Leads: Non-US Resident Edition (ycombinator.com)
How do you effectively find remote PLM consulting/contracting gigs in the US when you're physically outside those regions?

Remote Work, Consulting, Software, US, International

40 points by mecHacker 88 days ago | 26 comments