Sep 17, 2023·edited Sep 17, 2023Liked by Rudi Medved
This research reflects my experience on the ground in Europe. I was a reluctant digital nomad for 1.5 years at the beginning of the pendemic and stayed for 90 days in countries like Croatia, Italy, Romania, Spain, and Albania. The vibe was exactly what you said, "come spend money but don't be here too long" and especially "dont take our housing". Very confusing for sure. But also understandable since we were experiencing the first big pandemic in our lifetimes. Pricing were surging and people were scared. I hope things calm down soon and everyone understands the benefit of remote workers in their community.
Hi Rudi, I recent completed a huge research study on remote work, and analyzed things like how the # of remote jobs has been trending the past year, whether remote jobs are more common among senior leaders vs lower level workers, and how remote work culture correlates with work satisfaction.
On this line: "On one side, we had protests from local communities saying that digital nomads are the neo-colonialists and they’re gentrifying their cities."
Outside Lisbon, what other protests against digital nomads are you aware of in the past few years? I realized while reading that Lisbon was the only that came to mind, though I suspect there's been more.
This research reflects my experience on the ground in Europe. I was a reluctant digital nomad for 1.5 years at the beginning of the pendemic and stayed for 90 days in countries like Croatia, Italy, Romania, Spain, and Albania. The vibe was exactly what you said, "come spend money but don't be here too long" and especially "dont take our housing". Very confusing for sure. But also understandable since we were experiencing the first big pandemic in our lifetimes. Pricing were surging and people were scared. I hope things calm down soon and everyone understands the benefit of remote workers in their community.
Hi Rudi, I recent completed a huge research study on remote work, and analyzed things like how the # of remote jobs has been trending the past year, whether remote jobs are more common among senior leaders vs lower level workers, and how remote work culture correlates with work satisfaction.
I thought you might find some of the findings interesting: https://bloomberry.com/the-state-of-remote-work/ . Feel free to share/cite it if you feel it'd be useful to your readers
Great post Rudi!
On this line: "On one side, we had protests from local communities saying that digital nomads are the neo-colonialists and they’re gentrifying their cities."
Outside Lisbon, what other protests against digital nomads are you aware of in the past few years? I realized while reading that Lisbon was the only that came to mind, though I suspect there's been more.