Hacker News with Generative AI: Remote Work

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.
Show HN: Job board aggregator for best paying remote SWE jobs in the U.S. (remoteswe.fyi)
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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.
The Remote Work Paradox: Higher Engagement, Lower Wellbeing (gallup.com)
A new global workplace finding unpacks the complexity of leading remote teams.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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's Shower Gate Scandal (teamblind.com)
As a globally distributed company, remote working and RTO has been a very contentious topic at Uber.
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.
Show HN: 1.2 users a day to keep the 9–5 away (postonreddit.com)
Uber raises in-office requirement to 3 days, claws back remote workers (cnbc.com)
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?
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.
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.
Tech Work Overseas: Country Guides (relocateme.substack.com)
Resources to help you get started.
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.
Google forcing some remote workers to come back 3 days a week or lose their jobs (cnbc.com)
Fake job seekers are flooding US companies that are hiring for remote positions (cnbc.com)
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
The Last Stand of the Corporate Peacock (wrk3.substack.com)
After ‘Peak Office’ why Return-to-Office mandates are more about strutting than strategy
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."
5 years after Covid, the return-to-office push is stronger than ever (cnbc.com)
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.