r/remotework

We all know the obvious ones.

For me, it's food. I grilled hot dogs outside today for lunch. Close second is bathroom.

From the article:

• Our research illuminates why some leaders oppose virtual work arrangements.
• We find that narcissistic leaders (executives, middle managers, supervisors) tend to resist remote work.
• Narcissistic leaders resist remote work because it interferes with their motivations for power and status.

So if there is a company that refuses remote work options, that's a sign that leadership is narcissistic (self-centered and entitled).

Malwarebytes just notified me via email about the latest Amazon remote job scams.

Thought I let you all know.

Hello friends, I’m looking for a well-paying job. I have a PhD in Linguistics, but I can’t go into teaching because I have a few commitments at home and a small baby.

So I’m looking for something remote with decent pay, so I don’t feel exploited after earning a PhD

I appreciate if you could get me some advice. I been having a hard time sleeping lately, I am working at night, it is hard for me to stay awake during my working hours and in the morning I have trouble sleeping. Did you experience the same thing? How do you overcome this situation?

So I’m talking to my friend about remote work, and we both realized that while we are very familiar with stats about how many US workers work remote at least part of the time (22% as of 2025), we don’t really have a grasp of how much of the workforce are in jobs that cannot be performed remotely. Do people think it’s about half? I’m guessing it’s half.

And I don’t mean jobs where “they won’t let you work remote.” I mean literally jobs where it’s like physical labor or a car mechanic.
I’m counting pretty much all healthcare jobs (doctors, nurses, techs), anyone in retail or food service, anything like a cop or sanitation worker, agriculture, construction.

In our in office workplace, there's a cleaning service that comes through and does the vacuuming, even some light dusting, keeps the trash emptied, etc.

As long as you declutter once in a while, your office stays pretty clean.

With the home office, I'm it.

I'm reasonably neat, and I'm not a hoarder, especially regarding the home office. Even still, I feel like the space gets out of control more often in my home-based setting.

Aside from the trash getting emptied on trash day, I have no system. Does anyone here have a regular routine to keep their home office tidy?

I'm thinking I should just clean it weekly. Seems simple enough.

I’m lucky enough to have a 100% remote job. But I’m also the person who everyone wants a remote job to avoid. I like the social aspect of work, and sometimes have a routine and going into a physical space motivates me to focus. (Please don’t come for me, I work just fine from home. I’m just talking about well rounded mental health for me and what I’ve learned about myself).

I’ve tried a cowork space, and I’ve looked into many of them. They’re always in an old church, or they have a dress code and food rules, and that’s just not it for me.

Do other people have experiences with co-work spaces? Did you find one you liked? Are you also underwhelmed by the options?

Asking for research and curiosity purposes.

So i was curious about remote work. I met this guy at a bar the other day and we started talking about jobs and etc.. he mentioned that he works remotely and gets instant payouts daily for his job and its really fast money. I never got the chance to end the convo with him and ask what exactly it was. And it wasn’t trading for anyone attempting to say that. Does anyone have similar jobs? Or similar remote work like this?

I have worked remote since i started during COVID. We are a smaller / midsize tech company. Our CEO sent an email stating a mandatory RTO for our two main offices for employees within an hour commute. Luckily I don’t think this applies to me but I’m trying to read the writing on the wall.

We have been hiring quite a lot of employees in India to offshore with mixed success (some suck at their jobs others are good). We have remote employees all over the country, wondering how this is really fair to those employees now getting the shaft just because they live closer to HQ. What does this mean long term? We just had 4% layoffs in November.

I currently work as a low level salesperson at a remote company. I got the job by using one of those AI automatic apply websites to mass apply to a ton of roles at once with customized apps. Issue is this company likes to churn through reps like crazy and I know that no matter what I do, a day will come where I'm on the chopping block...

I say all that to ask... where do you go to find legit roles? The kind of company where they have inbound leads, don't constantly fire people, and promote hard.

I've been remote for a while and I keep realizing my biggest productivity killer is small friction and clutter that builds up during the week, not a lack of tools.

Two things I want to solve:

1. Accidental audio. I usually watch a comfort show while doing light admin after work, and more than once my computer picked the wrong output device the next morning. I want a foolproof way to make sure meetings always start muted and on the right mic and speakers.

2. Desk creep. By Thursday my desk turns into a pile of chargers, earbuds, sticky notes, and random adapters. I like a curated, organized setup where everything has a place, but I do not want a huge complicated system.

What are your best recommendations for a low-maintenance remote work setup that stays tidy and cuts down on audio mishaps? I live in a small apartment in California, so compact solutions are a plus. What has genuinely worked for you long-term?

I'm especially interested in practical advice on:

- Hardware habits: headset versus dedicated mic, physical mute buttons, USB/audio switches, etc.

- Simple cable management that does not require drilling or buying a new desk.

- A small daily reset routine that actually sticks when you are busy.

If you can, include specific products, quick routines, or short before-and-after notes on what changed for you. Thanks!

I am really interested in working remotely but i have applied for multiple remote jobs but I didn’t get anything. Any suggestions for finding a remote job?

I'm looking for advice from people who've successfully negotiated a fully remote arrangement with their employer.

I work for one of the largest multinational consulting firms in the workd, based in Europe and have been with the company for almost 10 years.

Before COVID, I was in the office every day. Since then, I've been working from home about 90% of the time. The interesting part is that this isn't because my role is officially remote—it's simply how my team operates.

I'm a business development strategist focused on helping the company win contracts, so I work in the bid/contract management space. I don't have any external clients; all of my stakeholders are internal. My manager is based in another European country, I work independently on my own projects, and the people I collaborate with are often spread across different countries or working at client sites. Pretty much every meeting I have is on Teams.

Because of that, from a practical point of view, it makes no difference whether I'm working from my current country or somewhere else. In the past five years, I've barely been to the office because everything has naturally moved to video calls anyway. I don't have face-to-face client meetings or any real need to be physically present most of the time.

This year, for example, I've only had to be in the office for one week. The problem is that I can never predict when that might happen, as it depends on the project.

I've grown used to working remotely and honestly have no desire to go back to office life. If I were required to be in the office regularly again, I'd probably leave and find a fully remote role instead.

The bigger issue is that I no longer enjoy living in the country I'm in. I've been here for 12 years, and I'd like the freedom to spend extended periods in other countries, especially since my girlfriend lives abroad.

Technically, I could continue doing what I've been doing and just fly back if I ever needed to be in the office. But I'd much rather have an official agreement—whether that's a fully remote contract, a different employment arrangement, or at least a clear understanding with my manager.

My concern is my boss. He's quite old-school and was very resistant to remote work when COVID started. Years ago, even getting approval to work remotely for a week was difficult. Over time, things naturally became more relaxed, and nowadays he rarely mentions it. A couple of years ago he suggested I should start coming into the office a few times a week, and I simply told him I'm less productive there and prefer working from home. That was the end of the conversation.

The reality is that I think the biggest obstacle isn't the nature of my job—it's the mindset of some of the more traditional managers.

I'm now 36, have built a strong reputation over almost 10 years with the company, and feel it's time to have this conversation properly instead of just hoping things stay as they are.

How would you approach this discussion? Would you frame it as a request, a proposal backed by results, or more of a negotiation? Has anyone here managed to turn an unofficially remote role into an officially remote one?

I'd really appreciate hearing your experiences.

EDIT: my company does offer remote roles in specific teams, including mine but at the global level (I'm hired locally now) so maybe an option is that to switch to such a team internally but I would need to let my manager know first that's my intention to switch teams internally.

Me and my boss have a great relationship he knows I dont wanna go to the office (he doesnt go to the office himself as he lives in another country even while working for the country I'm in) but he still has an old mindset about this stuff somehow so probably if he goes against me being fully remote I cna jusy apply internally to one of those remote jobs in my company but then id switch teams