San Francisco Bay Area Residents Weigh Possibility of BART Reductions

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/bart-bay-area-san-francisco-transit.html

Opinion | Women Need Workplace Boundaries — Not Remote Work or Flexibility

Discussion of women in the workplace often focuses on flexible hours, but what’s actually needed is shift work — pioneered by the medical profession.

The New York Times

Remote Work Is Shaped By Geopolitics, Not Technology 

Adobe Stock; kashurin/Adobe Stock Once upon a time, the big idea was simple work from anywhere! Thanks to technological advances, you didn’t need to be tethered to your office desk to collaborate with coworkers (or swap memes with them). As long as you had your laptop and good Wi-Fi you could be by the pool on a tropical island, drink in hand, and a magnificent sunset in the background. Forward-thinking companies would recognize that talent could be found in the most unexpected places. […]

https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2025/10/26/remote-work-and-geopolitics/

Remote Work Is Shaped By Geopolitics, Not Technology 

Adobe Stock; kashurin/Adobe Stock Once upon a time, the big idea was simple work from anywhere! Thanks to technological advances, you didn’t need to be tethered to your office desk to collaborate w…

Online Marketing Scoops

Just a mini-blep this Twenty-Sixth of Bleptember, from a certain attention-seeking doggo who insisted on a cuddle from me while I sat in a Zoom meeting.

#note #dog #dogs #bleptember #teleworking #telecommuting

Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/09/26/bleptember-2025-26/

Off to my first day at Firstup. Gotta have an induction: get my ID badge, learn where the toilets are, how to refill the coffee machine, and all that jazz.

Except, of course, none of those steps will be part of my induction. Because, yet again, I've taken a remote-first position. I'm 100% sold that, for me, remote/distributed work helps me bring my most-productive self. It might not be for everybody, but it's great for me.

And now: I'm going to find out where the water cooler is. No, wait... some other thing!

#note #firstup #work #job #employment #telecommuting #teleworking

Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2025/07/14/firstup-day-1/

Firstup Day 1

Off to my first day at <a href="https://firstup.io/">Firstup</a>. Gotta have an induction: get my ID badge, learn where the toilets are, how to refill the coffee machine, and all that jazz. Except, of course, none of those steps will be part of my induction. Because, yet again, I've taken a remote-first position. I'm 100% sold that, for me, remote/distributed work helps me bring my most-productive self. It might not be for everybody, but it's great for me. And now: I'm going to find out where the water cooler is. No, wait... some other thing!

Dan Q
Africa: Politics Aside, New Research Shows There Are Good Financial Reasons to Back Working From Home: [The Conversation Africa] In the pre-industrial era, people often lived and worked in the same building. This removed the need to travel to work. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TK330K #RemoteWork #WorkFromHome #Telecommuting #Flexibility #COVID19
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Flexible work options like personalized schedules and #telecommuting can offset the stress of working under a #toxicboss, according to researchers on workplace dynamics.
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#flexwork #wfh #slack
How to combat toxic bosses: Social media and flexible work can save careers, new research shows

If you have a toxic boss – and who hasn’t? – you can find solace online, or at home.

The Conversation
May 2018: "After only a few months on the job, it appears #Chipotle Mexican Grill’s new CEO Brian Niccol is homesick for Southern California." Chipotle moving headquarters from #Denver, #Colorado to Newport Beach https://www.nrn.com/fast-casual/chipotle-move-headquarters-denver-southern-california
August 2024: Starbucks hires CEO Brian Niccol, gets to telecommute to Seattle, Washington, "may make $113M working remotely in posh Calif. town — while workers must be at office"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/starbucks-ceo-brian-niccol-may-make-113m-working-remotely-in-posh-cali-town-while-workers-must-be-at-office/ar-AA1oR6R1
#Starbucks #BrianNiccol #telecommuting
Chipotle to move headquarters from Denver to Southern California

CEO Brian Niccol bringing Chipotle to luxe beach city, Newport Beach

Nation's Restaurant News
Remote Workers Are Losing Out on Promotions, New Data Shows

New data shows that people who log on from home five days a week get fewer promotions and less mentoring than people in the office

WSJ