Work Styles
Exploring diverse work styles—remote work, flextime, freelancing, side hustles, and more. Covers work-life balance strategies, employment-type comparisons, and tips for choosing a company whose work culture fits your lifestyle.
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Refused Confirmation After Your Probationary Period? What to Do and How to Avoid It
A refusal to confirm employment after a probationary period is legally a dismissal in Japan, requiring objectively reaso...
Told Your Probationary Period Is Being Extended? How to Judge If It Is Lawful and What to Confirm
Extending a probationary period in Japan requires both a supporting provision in the work rules and a reasonable ground....
Is a Six-Month Probationary Period Too Long? A Checklist for Spotting a Problem Employer
A six-month probationary period is lawful in Japan and not unusual. The real risk is not the length but the substance: n...
Can Employers Cut Your Pay During a Probationary Period? Legal Limits and What to Check Before You Join
Setting lower pay during a probationary period is not illegal in Japan by itself, but it is only lawful if disclosed in ...
Side Jobs You Can Do While Working Fully Remote
What it takes to run a side job while working fully remote. Covers the aggregation of working hours under employment con...
A Guide to Changing Jobs for Telework and Work From Home
A guide for anyone considering a career change to telework or work-from-home. Covers the difference between telework and...
How to Land a Full-Remote Job in Japan: Process and Pre-Offer Checks
How the hiring process works for full-remote roles in Japan: the three things employers worry about, showing remote suit...
Remote Engineering Jobs in Japan: Roles, Salaries, and Full-Remote Reality
A breakdown of remote engineering jobs by role (backend, frontend, SRE, data/ML, QA, internal IT), which roles get true ...
Remote Work Full-Time Job Listings: Filter by Role, Salary, and Remote Scope
How to find remote work full-time jobs by narrowing on four axes: role, remote scope (full/partial remote), industry, an...
Remote Work Job Listings: Full-Time & No-Experience-OK Openings
Remote work jobs explained by employment type (full-time, contract, temp, freelance): how to find no-experience-OK openi...
Full-Remote Jobs with Short Hours or a 3–4 Day Week: How to Find Full-Time Roles
A guide to full-remote jobs with short hours or a 3–4 day week: the differences between short-hour, 3-day, and 4-day wor...
How to Find Full Remote Jobs You Can Do While Living Abroad
How to find full remote jobs you can do while living abroad. Learn to search for “overseas residents OK” roles, use remo...
List of Full Remote Roles: Hiring Trends by Role
A list of full remote roles with the hiring trend by role (number of openings, required skills, and rough expected salar...
What Is Full Flex? Differences From Full Remote and Work Styles
Full flex is a flextime system with no core time that lets you decide your own start and finish times. Learn how it diff...
How to Find Fully Remote Jobs: Key Vetting Points and Precautions
A channel-by-channel guide to finding fully remote jobs. Learn how to combine specialized services, general sites, and a...
What Is Full Remote? A Thorough Guide to Jobs, Roles, and Benefits
A thorough explanation of what full remote is, from the basics. Covers the differences from completely remote, working f...
Companies That Allow Remote Work: Key Traits and How to Find Them
Learn the traits of companies that allow remote work and how to find them. We cover the industries, evaluation systems, ...
How to Find Fully Remote Companies and Jobs
A practical guide to fully remote (full remote work): the jobs and roles you can do fully remotely, how to find and iden...