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Friday

Carrie Kissell spent nearly three months on a sailboat after Airbnb told her she could live and work anywhere. "When the workday was over, I'd close my laptop and you know, go snorkeling," she says. Carrie Kissell hide caption

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Airbnb let its workers live and work anywhere. Spoiler: They're loving it

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Wednesday

A new Gallup report finds employee engagement in need of a rebound, finding only 32% of U.S. workers to be engaged with their work. Malte Mueller/Getty Images/fStop hide caption

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America, we have a problem. People aren't feeling engaged with their work

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Monday

David Solomon, the chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Goldman Sachs CEO sees recession risk as more likely than his own economists do

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Wednesday

When Portugal forbade bosses from contacting employees after hours, international media jumped at the chance to cover the new law. Portuguese workers were oddly quiet. Why? Sarah Gonzales for NPR hide caption

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Stuck@Work: Your Country's Brand Is Escape, But You Can't

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Sunday

Jonathan Pruiett, a geospatial analyst with Cognizant, is part of a team that updates Google maps. They pushed back against a policy that would have required them to be in the office full-time and won a 90-day reprieve. Jonathan Pruiett hide caption

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The idea of working in the office, all day, every day? No thanks, say workers

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Tuesday

Writer Anne Helen Petersen says that on the other side of the pandemic, there's a chance work will rotate more around people's lives instead of the other way around. Maskot/Getty Images hide caption

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As companies look to bring remote workers back to the office, a writer asks: Why?

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Saturday

40% of robocalls reportedly are scams. PhotoAlto/Antoine Arraou/Getty Images/PhotoAlto hide caption

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Opinion: "Hello? Hello?" The Pain Of Pandemic Robocalls

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Thursday

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2020 made moving a reality for millions of Americans. Some moved to be near family, others chose to pursue their pre-pandemic pipe dreams and move to distant locations in pursuit of a better lifestyle and a cheaper cost of living. Nicole Xu for NPR hide caption

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Friday

Wednesday

When the pandemic first hit, corporate executives thought video meetings were awesome and productive. Now, CEOs are questioning how much those meetings really achieve. Alistair Berg/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

People stand in the lobby of Amazon offices in New York in January 2019. At a time of mass work from home and many moving to spacious suburbs, Amazon is funding a large expansion of corporate real estate and jobs in New York and five other U.S. cities. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption

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Friday

Google announced some employees could return to company offices over the summer but said most of the tech giant's employees would likely be allowed to work from home for the rest of the year. Michael Liedtke/AP hide caption

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