Original article posted January 2014 | Updated August 2017
Work is changing. No longer content to sit out the 9-5, more people than ever before are turning to flexible work opportunities. For some that means freelancing, while others grab the opportunity to combine work with travel. Entrepreneurs working remotely no longer have to choose between work and life — they can wander freely and keep their business virtual with the help of virtual phone solutions, live receptionist call answering support and a recognized business address.
For those who don’t follow the path of self-employment, there is an amazing and ever-growing pool of flexible companies offering remote work.
Every year FlexJobs, an employment service that helps connect job-seekers with legitimate flexible and work-from-home job opportunities, puts together a list of companies offering remote opportunities for virtual office workers.
The 2017 list features the top 100 companies that posted the most work-from-home jobs throughout the previous 12 months according to the FlexJobs database, which currently lists over 47,000 companies. FlexJobs’ research found that remote job listings increased by 11 percent from 2015 to 2016, and 52 percent in the last two years, suggesting sustained and solid growth in flexible job opportunities.
As of the beginning of 2017, the top 100 list of remote jobs features an impressive range of companies including Amazon, LiveOps, Hilton Worldwide, Dell, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Salesforce, Adobe, and many more.
Check out FlexJobs’ full 2017 list here
“The results of this year’s list are in line with the overall growth trends we’re observing in the flexible job marketplace, with increasingly diverse companies turning to the ‘TRaD’ (or telecommuting, remote, and distributed) model of work as an integrated business practice,” said Sara Sutton Fell, founder and CEO of FlexJobs, in a statement.
Top 10 Virtual Office Friendly Companies
“Every month, we take a good look at our job listing data to find out the top industries hiring for flexible jobs,” says Sara Sutton Fell, CEO of FlexJobs. “This month we decided to study the top companies who have the most positions available that offer some type of flexibility, and we are very excited to see some big name companies offering flexible work options. It really shows that, despite high-profile controversies over flexible work options like with Yahoo, those large companies are still embracing this way of working.”
Without further ado, the top 10 companies offering flexible jobs include:
1. ADP
2. Xerox
3. AT&T
4. Enterprise Contact Center
5. Sodexo
6. U-Haul
7. Ecolab
8. HealthFitness
9. HD Supply
10. Internet Brands, Inc.
How is FlexJobs so sure? Because it has screenings in place. For example, all of the companies and jobs listed at FlexJobs are first approved by the job search service’s research team, which works to weed out scams and bogus business opportunities.
Once the virtual office job opportunity is deemed legitimate with professional employment opportunities, it is free for companies to post jobs on the site. Currently there are more than 50 career categories, and job opportunities range from entry-level to executive level, part-time to full-time, and freelance to employee status.
“We’re happy to feature this past month’s most active companies, but it’s more exciting overall that we have found over 25,000 employers who offer work from home and other flexible jobs,” says Fell.
Sutton Fell is much more than the founder of FlexJobs — she’s an advocate for flexible work and its ability to help more people achieve greater work/life balance. Her company adopts a flexible approach, too. Find out more about how FlexJobs operates a remote work strategy in our recent interview with Sara Sutton Fell.
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