Hacker News with Generative AI: Remote Work

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
37 points by mecHacker 2 days ago | 26 comments
The Last Stand of the Corporate Peacock (wrk3.substack.com)
After ‘Peak Office’ why Return-to-Office mandates are more about strutting than strategy
Corporate Culture, Workplace Trends, Remote Work
26 points by jenny6060 5 days ago | 56 comments
2 in 5 techies quit over inflexible workplace policies (theregister.com)
Two in five techies quit in the past year because their employer didn't offer requisite flexibility with respect to hours, location and the "intensity of work."
Workforce, Technology, Flexibility, Remote Work
20 points by Willingham 7 days ago | 3 comments
5 years after Covid, the return-to-office push is stronger than ever (cnbc.com)
Work, Business, COVID-19, Remote Work, Trends
7 points by alinajan 8 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Would You Unionize for WFH? (ycombinator.com)
WFH has proven to be both popular and workable but no union effort has made it their one issue.
Remote Work, Labor Unions, Technology
8 points by CaffeineLD50 9 days ago | 18 comments
Forcing people back to the office was a choice. I'm making mine (werd.io)
Remote Work, Work Culture, Opinion
8 points by benwerd 14 days ago | 2 comments
How I Stay Motivated Working on My Solo SaaS (When It Feels Like Nobody Cares) (ycombinator.com)
I’ve been grinding on my solo project—a little app to help remote workers find coworking spots nearby—for months, and some days it feels like I’m yelling into the void.
Motivation, Solopreneurship, SaaS, Remote Work, Coworking
119 points by Sayyidalijufri 15 days ago | 55 comments
Laughter not laptops: cafe culture fights back against keyboard invaders (theguardian.com)
Cafe owners seeking convivial atmosphere as well as better turnover are starting to deter remote workers
Cafe Culture, Remote Work, Workspaces
12 points by pseudolus 16 days ago | 5 comments
Synchronous Work, Asynchronous Work (newardassociates.com)
Over the last two years, we've seen a dramatic policy debate playing out on the feeds of LinkedIn: "WFH (Work From Home) vs RTO (Return to Office)".
Work Culture, Remote Work, Office Culture
4 points by zdw 17 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Where do seasoned devs look for short-term work? (ycombinator.com)
Hello HN<p>In a short form question: If you do, where do you look for a short time projects?
Software Development, Freelance, Job Searching, Remote Work
224 points by shinypenguin 20 days ago | 174 comments
Show HN: Tiny Teams in Tech Directory (tinyteams.xyz)
Technology, Startups, Remote Work, Community
7 points by benjlang 29 days ago | 0 comments
Kash Patel Wants to Work from Home for FBI (newrepublic.com)
Kash Patel’s appointment as FBI director seems to be coming with conditions: He wants to live part-time in Las Vegas and work remotely, far away from FBI headquarters in Washington.
FBI, Remote Work, Politics
62 points by xnx 29 days ago | 16 comments
Boss Wants You Back in the Office. This Surveillance Tech Could Be Waiting (wired.com)
A new wave of return-to-office mandates has arrived since the New Year, including at JP Morgan Chase, leading advertising agency WPP, and Amazon—not to mention President Trump’s late January directive to the heads of federal agencies to “terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person … on a full-time basis.”
Work-Life Balance, Technology, Surveillance, Remote Work
16 points by viewtransform 33 days ago | 2 comments
Essential Work-from-Home Advice: Cheap and Easy Ergonomic Setups (fast.ai)
You weren’t expecting to spend 2020 working from home. You can’t afford a fancy standing desk. You don’t have a home office, or even much spare space, in your apartment. Your neck is getting a permanent crick from hunching over your laptop on the couch. While those of us who are able to work from home are privileged to have this option, we still don’t want to permanently damage our backs, necks, or arms from a bad ergonomic setup.
Ergonomics, Remote Work, Health, Technology
13 points by jimsojim 33 days ago | 7 comments
Return to office: CEOs are ignoring the math (salon.com)
Last October, Dan quit his job at Amazon. He’d been looking to leave for a while; he was bored and unsatisfied. But then one morning in mid-September, a memo from the very top tipped him over the metaphorical edge.
Work Culture, Business, Remote Work
11 points by zuhayeer 34 days ago | 4 comments
Show HN: Emdash – Slack/Zoom alternative for distributed team collaboration (emdash.io)
emdash is a unique approach to distributed teamwork. Our video and chat platform streamlines alignment, execution, and knowledge management.
Collaboration Tools, Slack Alternatives, Remote Work, Productivity, Communication
80 points by pz 35 days ago | 67 comments
Codenearby – Find Coding Partners and Build Together (ycombinator.com)
Have you ever struggled to find the right developer to collaborate with on a project?
Software Development, Collaboration, Community, Remote Work
5 points by subhh 40 days ago | 0 comments
Software engineers would rather quit than return to the office [video] (youtube.com)
Software Engineering, Remote Work, Work Culture
45 points by saltysalt 42 days ago | 38 comments
A New Oral Culture (oblomovka.com)
I work in an entirely (mostly) remote organization. Inside that organization, I interact with an extremely decentralized ecosystem. Some of the people I co-operate with the most are in other orgs, some are individual contractors volunteers, others are conglomerations of mononymed Internet-monickered mystery-types. A remarkable amount of my and my colleagues work is intended at making this whole system less opaque and confusing.
Remote Work, Communication, Organization Culture
26 points by zdw 44 days ago | 35 comments
JPMorgan employee questioned Dimon's RTO mandate, fired, then told he could stay (fortune.com)
JPMorgan Chase, Remote Work, Employment, Work-Life Balance, Business
64 points by libpcap 45 days ago | 66 comments
JPMorgan CEO: "I don't care how many people sign that f—ing [WFH] Petition" (fortune.com)
Jamie Dimon has no patience for employees who want to work on a hybrid schedule.
JPMorgan, CEO, Business, Remote Work
54 points by Zaheer 48 days ago | 101 comments
Bosses are fed up with remote work (yahoo.com)
The golden age of remote work seems to be ending. The Trump administration is seeking to end remote work for federal employees, with Trump saying, “Nobody’s going to work from home, they’re going to be going out, they’re gonna play tennis, they’re gonna play golf.  They’re gonna do a lot of things—they’re not working.”
Remote Work, Politics, Work Culture
12 points by iugtmkbdfil834 48 days ago | 20 comments
Working from home is here to stay (wolfstreet.com)
The good folks in commercial real estate, including institutional investors, have been saying for over a year that the Return-to-Office mandates will scuttle Working-from-Home and fill up office space and boost the office sector out of its epic depression.
Office Space, Remote Work
109 points by miohtama 50 days ago | 78 comments
Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2025) (ycombinator.com)
SEEKING WORK - CTO Co-Pilot | Onsite EU / UK | REMOTE WORLDWIDE<p>==> Are you trying to hire a new CTO?<p>==> Is your IT management getting overloaded?<p>==> Do you have knowledge gaps that you can't find the right expertise for?<p>Consider a contract CTO co-pilot!<p>I provide dedicated, part-time CTO services by the hour or day, up to 2 full days a week.
Freelancing, Hiring, Technology, Remote Work
38 points by whoishiring 58 days ago | 155 comments
Dell ends hybrid work policy, demands RTO despite remote work pledge (theregister.com)
Dell Technologies intends to end its hybrid work arrangement in March, requiring those previously allowed to toil from home part-time to spend their entire five-day work week within corporate walls.
Dell, Remote Work, Hybrid Work, Corporate Policy, Technology
162 points by scarface_74 60 days ago | 244 comments
Dell is making everyone return to office, too (theverge.com)
Dell is the latest tech company to announce it’s ending its hybrid and remote work policy.
Work Culture, Tech Industry, Remote Work, Hybrid Work
11 points by stalfosknight 61 days ago | 2 comments
New Zealand welcomes digital nomads by loosening visitor visa rules (abc.net.au)
New Zealand's economic growth minister, Nicola Willis, has announced changes to visitor visas, permitting remote work for foreign companies while in the country.
New Zealand, Digital Nomads, Visas, Immigration, Remote Work
60 points by curiousObject 65 days ago | 23 comments
All federal agencies ordered to terminate remote work–ideally within 30 days (arstechnica.com)
All federal agencies received a memo Wednesday requiring the termination of remote work options, with return-to-office plans due by end of day Friday.
Government, Work, Remote Work, Policy
80 points by ralphsebastian 68 days ago | 134 comments
All federal agencies ordered to terminate remote work–ideally within 30 days (arstechnica.com)
All federal agencies received a memo Wednesday requiring the termination of remote work options, with return-to-office plans due by end of day Friday.
Government, Remote Work, Policy
9 points by rbanffy 68 days ago | 0 comments
RTO Mandates: Hard Truths for Leaders (sloanreview.mit.edu)
CEOs at organizations like Amazon and Dell are implementing return-to-office mandates with an eye toward boosting productivity and pursuing stock market gains. However, current research foretells a different, more likely outcome: RTO mandates can actually cause a short-term productivity lag and fail CEOs hoping for a financial win.
Business, Leadership, Remote Work, Productivity, Finance
8 points by e2e4 70 days ago | 1 comments