That Remote Life | Interviews with Digital Nomads and Location Independent Entrepreneurs | TRL 139: Ukraine & Upwork, Crushing In-Person Retreats, The Great Return, & The Fallacy of Hybrid Work with Chase Warrington

Today's episode is a "random show" discussion with my friend Chase Warrington, Head of Remote at Doist. We discuss everything from how Upwork could be doing more to support remote workers from Ukraine to Neuralink, and the new Wheels vs Doors social media trend.

Show Notes

💬  Topics Discussed:

• The Wheels vs Doors argument
• Why Chase is running away from Valencia this month
• Upwork is not removing fees from Ukrainians on the platform
• Why freelancing & Upwork are such important resources for Ukrainians right now
• Running effective remote-team retreats
• The right balance of work and fun at remote-team retreats
• What is The Great Return
• Why are companies bringing people back to the office
• Why "hybrid-first" is not a good work model 
• The domino effect of asking people to work even 1 day a week from the office

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🎒 Resources:

• The Internet's Newest Debate: Are There More Wheels or Doors?
• Las Fallas de València
• Remote Insider Newsletter
• Upwork response on Ukrainian talent fees
• Doist
• The Great Return: Companies Are Calling Their Workers Back to the Office
• Tim Urban: Elon Musk, Neuralink, AI, Aliens, and the Future of Humanity | Lex Friedman Pod
• Wait But Why
• About Abroad

What is That Remote Life | Interviews with Digital Nomads and Location Independent Entrepreneurs ?

That Remote Life is a podcast focused on helping you become location independent in order to live life on your terms. Serial entrepreneur and traveler Mitko Karshovski interviews some of the most successful entrepreneurs and digital nomads to help uncover the strategies and skills to help you reach the same success. Follow Mitko's journey in real-time as he builds his own location independent business and shares all the lessons and experiences. If you are someone who wants to get out of a desk job, start your own business, and become a location independent entrepreneur, then this show is for you. Visit the show online at ThatRemoteLife.com/podcast