🛩️ Boeing under siege

Could WFH be damaging your career?

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GLOBAL MOBILITY

A nomad visa with a twist: Thailand’s new five-year option is open to both remote workers and those pursuing cultural activities like cooking courses or learning Muay Thai. Previous iterations of the visa required a minimum income of $80,000, this new visa replaces that with a (relatively) more accessible requirement of $13,600 in savings instead. Could it be time to base in Thailand for a while?

Holly Munks for Timeout

REMOTE WORK

Is remote work a double-edged sword for women in engineering? On one hand, it reduces the "invisible work" women do (things like birthday cards for colleagues, coffee runs, and other interpersonal contributions to team culture), but on the other, career development slows down because they have less access to in-person mentorship. Can the trade-offs be balanced?

Natalia Emanuel et al. for Harvard Business Review

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SUMMER TRAVEL

Accessible exclusively by ferry and teeming with puffins and rugged cliffs, this Scottish island feels straight out of an Enid Blyton novel. Volunteers live there communally, embracing simple island life from March to September each year.

Emma Gibbs for BBC

Two lifelong friends recreate the classic Orient Express journey from London to Istanbul, uncovering Europe’s hidden gems. While the original Orient Express experience costs a staggering $23,000, this DIY Interrail journey can be completed for a fraction of the cost…

Tom Chesshyre for The Independent

AVIATION

Safety failures, dead whistleblowers, and evidence of hasty cover-ups—as Senate hearings unfold, Boeing's troubled reputation faces unprecedented scrutiny. It seems like a Netflix show about the company’s downfall is inevitable at this point…

Whizy Kim for Vox

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS

Would you move somewhere if the government paid you to?

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yes, I’d be open to it (77.5%)

🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ No, I like my current homebase (12%)

⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Maybe, I’ll say more in the comments (10.5%)

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