Every January, FlexJobs compiles a list of the employers who offered the most remote jobs on the site during the previous year. The goal is to give job seekers who want telecommuting options in their next opportunity the chance to target their search.
The good news is that more types of companies are getting on board with the remote model. This allows workers in a wider range of fields the opportunity to work from home, at least some of the time. The top job categories that grew last year were:
- Medical and health
- Computer and IT
- Customer service
- Education and training
- Sales
- Finance
- Government*
In other words, working from home isn’t just for customer service reps.
“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. “From an even broader perspective, more people are now professionally engaged in the knowledge economy, which naturally supports jobs that can be done from home. And as more companies embrace remote work in meaningful ways, more people will have greater access to broader career and employment opportunities, creating a positive ripple effect on our economy.”
This is the full list of employers with the most work-from-home jobs during the previous year:
- Appen
- LiveOps
- Amazon
- TeleTech
- VIPKID
- LanguageLine Solutions
- Working Solutions
- Kelly Services
- Sutherland Global Services
- UnitedHealth Group
- Hilton Worldwide
- Cactus Communications
- Convergys
- Xerox
- Kaplan
- Dell
- Intuit
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- K12
- Humana
- ADP
- IBM
- BroadPath Healthcare Solutions
- CyberCoders
- Allergan
- Salesforce
- Anthem, Inc.
- SAP
- IT Pros
- Robert Half
- Wells Fargo
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- PAREXEL
- CACI International
- CSI Companies
- CSRA
- Connections Education
- Worldpay
- Nielsen
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Vivint Smart Home
- VMware
- A Place for Mom
- Appirio
- U.S. General Services Administration – GSA
- Direct Interactions
- World Travel Holdings
- nThrive
- Aon
- Westat
- Adobe
- U.S. Department of State
- Sodexo
- Covance
- McKesson Corporation
- Edmentum
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- Haynes & Company
- Teradata
- SecureWorks
- Eaton
- Real Staffing
- US-Reports
- PPD – Pharmaceutical Product Development
- American Express
- GreatAuPair
- The Hartford
- Grand Canyon University
- Motorola Solutions
- Western Governors University
- Walden University
- Crawford & Company
- Overland Solutions, an EXL company
- Cigna
- SYKES
- About.com
- AmerisourceBergen
- Citizens Bank
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- Infor
- Achieve Test Prep
- Hibu
- CyraCom
- Kronos
- CVS Health
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- AbbVie
- HD Supply
- TEKsystems
- Perficient
- HCA – Hospital Corporation of America
- Lenovo
- BCD Travel
- Cornerstone OnDemand
- DataStax
- FlexProfessionals
- JPMorgan Chase
- Kforce
- Teleflex
- American Heart Association
For job listings and more information, see FlexJobs’ list, 100 Top Companies with Remote Jobs in 2017.
* Note: Due to the recently announced hiring freeze, government agencies on this list may not be hiring — or hiring at the same rates — in the coming year.
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