Work is a Verb A newsletter by If you've been reading this newsletter for a while, you know I think most job boards are broken. While I've been writing about it, I've been building something in the background. For the past year, actually. Today, Work is a Verb subscribers get to see it first. Remotivated is live. A job platform where every listing is real, every company is screened, and you can see how they actually do remote work — before you apply. Check it out Why this exists Every major...
23 days ago • 3 min read
Work is a Verb A newsletter by I just got home from a trip to Houston for a friend's baby shower. There was a keg, 40 pounds of brisket, and about seven dogs running around. It was awesome... which is not something I ever expected to say about a baby shower. It checked the usual boxes — celebrated the parents, brought people together, had way too much food. But it did it in a way that felt like them, not like a Pinterest template. That's actually a pretty good framework for thinking about...
29 days ago • 5 min read
Work is a Verb A newsletter by I've been hand-screening companies for our job board over the past few months. As of this week, 106 have made the cut. That sounds like a lot until you consider how many didn't. For every company that earned a spot, several more got filtered out. Even among those that made the cut, there are some I could absolutely see myself at and others that, while clearly awesome, just wouldn't be right for me. That screening process is the same exercise you need to do for...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Work is a Verb A newsletter by Most job search advice assumes a massive, undifferentiated talent market. Cast a wide net. Play the numbers game. Apply to everything that looks vaguely interesting and let the chips fall. That advice will sabotage your remote job search. It’s not great advice for any scenario; it’s an appeal to our jaded side. Usually to sell AI application tools or resume services.But it is absolutely fatal when you’re looking for a great remote job. Remote work flips the...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Work is a Verb A newsletter by I've had weeks where my calendar looked like a Tetris championship. Color blocks, back-to-backs, "quick syncs," recurring standups, status updates. All very organized. And yet the work was stuck. The real blocker wasn't effort. It was availability. The one decision that would unlock five other tasks couldn't happen because the people who could make it didn't share 30 free minutes for another nine days. Their calendars were packed with meetings that didn't decide...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Work is a Verb A newsletter by You know what ruins a board game? House rules that only one person knows. “Oh, we don’t do it that way.” “No, you can’t buy that yet.” “Actually, you owe me rent twice.” Most workplaces run the same way: pay bands no one can explain, promotions that feel mystical, flexibility that’s technically allowed but quietly punished. When the rules aren’t explicit, proximity to authority becomes a cheat code. Equity is simply this: everyone gets the same rulebook and the...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Work is a Verb A newsletter by The Friction Tax Here's a number that should make every leader uncomfortable: 91% of employees report being frustrated with their workplace technology. Not "mildly annoyed." Frustrated. Most companies measure technology like a utility: Uptime System status Ticket volume But employees don’t experience “uptime.” They experience friction. This week: Technology — the "T" in REMOTE Score, and why the tools you're forced to use might be killing employee satisfaction....
2 months ago • 4 min read
Work is a Verb A newsletter by Your first week at a remote job is a test. Not of your skills but of your company's infrastructure. You sit at your home desk, laptop open, waiting. Someone sends you a Slack message at 9:03am: "Welcome! Let me know if you need anything." And then... silence. In an office, you'd wander over to someone's desk. You'd absorb context from hallway conversations. You'd learn who actually knows what by watching people interact. Remote? All of that is invisible. And if...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Work is a Verb A newsletter by A leader posts in Slack at 4:57pm on a Thursday: “Quick update: we’re making some changes. More details tomorrow.” That single sentence is a morale test. Not because people are fragile. Because morale is the story your team tells itself when information is missing — and in distributed teams, the “story gap” fills fast. This week: Morale — the capacity to maintain belief in the organization and its goals, even in the face of opposition or hardship. Great morale...
3 months ago • 3 min read