Remote Work Terminology – what you should know

I think Zach Holman's post on 'Remote first' vs. 'Remote friendly' does a good job of explaining the distinction:

https://zachholman.com/posts/remote-first/

Reminds me of the term Euphemism Treadmill: http://www.odlt.org/ballast/euphemism_treadmill.html

This was helpful if for nothing else than to illustrate how nuanced the remote work conversation can be. I've also seen companies with a publicly strict on-site policies that are "remote friendly" (remote tolerant?). I agree completely with the author that these are jobs to be careful of.

I was working remote for almost two years and can say it cam get really hard. The best advise I can give to anyone is: get yourself a shared office space or hot-desk somewhere. There are absolutely fab shared offices around and its really worth the money. After three months working from my living room i almost became a sociopath and a complete workaholic. But even if you not tend to such behavior its nice to have people around to talk to and have coffee with. We spent a lot of time working, we should have some peps around us.

I find the "Digital Nomad" new trend confusing, most of the times they are just offering relocation help in exchange for cheap work

This feels incomplete without the entry for "Remote, Oregon".

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