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Homeworkers Worldwide supports homeworkers in their struggle for rights and recognition. Homeworkers are mainly women who do paid work at home. Some are producing goods for sale at local markets, whilst others are working as part of global supply chains, making products we buy on the high-street. Their work is low paid, they have no employment rights or social protection and are rarely recognised as workers.

We support grassroots organising projects, campaign for retailers to improve conditions for homeworkers in their supply chains and lobby for international regulation to strengthen the rights of homeworkers and other informal workers

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Homeworkers Worldwide Launch ToolKit for Brands to Find Homeworkers in Supply Chains

Homeworkers Worldwide and Cividep India, in collaboration with Traidcraft Exchange, under the EU co-funded Hidden Homeworkers Project has launched a toolkit to help businesses (and organisations working with them) improve transparency about homeworking within their supply chains.

Homeworkers, mainly women, are often engaged in informal tiers of apparel and footwear supply chains beyond the factory. Their precarious employment, out of sight of auditors and inspectors, combined with weak or absent legal protections, put them at risk of exploitation, and they have some of the worst pay and conditions of any workers in the value chain. The lack of visibility of homeworkers hampers the ability of international Brands and retailers to address the issues of homeworkers within their own supply chains.

The Centre also contributed insights to the toolkit development and participated in a panel discussion during the toolkit launch on October 5, 2021. 

Visit Homeworkers Worldwide’s website  here  to download the toolkit.

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Working from home: From invisibility to decent work

Home work: an invisible form of production, the covid-19 pandemic and the rise of working from home, gender and home work.

• Women’s participation in home work

What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a homeworker?

Why do enterprises use homeworkers what are their responsibilities.

• Increasing productivity through telework

Ensuring fair pay and working conditions

Towards decent work for homeworkers, from invisibility to decent work.

Published in November 2021

With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many workers around the world shifted to working from home, joining the hundreds of millions of other workers who had already been working from home for decades.

Yet the laws and policies that govern the labour market have not been designed with the home as a workplace in mind.

Explore this InfoStory to find out what working from home means for workers, employers and societies across the globe.

A homeworker is someone who works for pay and who produces a product or service according to the specifications of the employer. 

Home work has always existed, but because it takes place in someone’s private home, it has long been invisible. It encompasses a range of activities – from sewing, embroidery and assembly in goods production, to a wide range of clerical and professional services that can be performed remotely using technology, including telework.

In the developing world, particularly in Asia, homeworking is often part of global or local supply chains in the apparel, electronics and houseware industries. In rich countries, most homeworkers are teleworkers, though some of them are industrial homeworkers. Home-based digital platform workers can be found throughout the world.

• Industrial homeworkers
• Teleworkers
• Home-based digital platform work

Types of home work: Industrial homeworkers

Homeworkers that are engaged in the production of manufactured goods, often in the final stage of production. This can also include artisanal production, such as the making of handicrafts.

What does it look like? Anchara's story

Anchara has been weaving fishing nets from her home in Thailand for 12 years. This allows her to keep a paid job while taking care of her children. However, due to the low piece rate, she earns less than the prevailing minimum wage despite her agility at weaving large nets.

As she is operating in the informal economy, she does not enjoy most labour rights established in the labour legislation, and hopes to have soon the opportunity to get a formal job.

Types of home work: Teleworkers

Teleworkers are employees who use computers and other technology to perform their work remotely from their homes.

What does it look like? Samuel and Jessica's stories

Samuel never liked his long commute to work or office politics. He was happy when he found a job that allowed him to work remotely from home. However, even though he has the same salary and benefits as his office colleagues, he feels isolated and worries that he has been overlooked for promotions.

Jessica shifted to working from home during the COVID-19 lockdowns. While she appreciates not having to commute and seeing her children more, she has also noticed that her working hours have seeped into her family time.

Types of home work: Home-based digital platform work

Many service-sector tasks are performed on online digital platforms, ranging from labelling photographs, writing text for a website to overseeing a Twitter account. The platform or client specifies how the tasks should be carried out and rates the worker’s performance. These workers are often considered to be independent contractors, even when they are not really autonomous or economically independent.

What does it look like? Sameer's story

Sameer has been working on micro-task platforms for five years. When he logs onto the platforms, he selects an available task to complete. The client sets the pay rate, which is usually modest. If the work that he submits is accepted, he will receive a payment in his bank account. However, he spends many unpaid hours looking for available tasks.

There were approximately 260 million home-based workers in the world in 2019 – prior to the COVID-19 pandemic – amounting to 7.9% of total employment.

Most home-based workers were own-account workers and lived in developing countries, while some of them were teleworkers, especially in richer countries.

The COVID-19 pandemic reverted this pattern. Indeed, the ILO estimates that almost  560 million people were working from home in 2020, during the height of the pandemic.

Most were teleworkers who were previously working in an office. Teleworkers were present in all regions of the world, though more in richer countries.

• Working from home prior to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic

For many workers, but particularly women – who overwhelmingly shoulder the burden of domestic and care responsibilities – home work is a means to participate in paid work, without having to leave home.

In certain countries, women also face social norms that prevent them from working outside the home, and home work is their only access to the labour market.

This can come at a cost for women. While it allows women to combine paid work with domestic responsibilities, it also reinforces the outdated notion that such responsibilities are solely the purview of women. It thus risks creating a pool of workers that are not able to compete on an equal footing with persons who work outside the home.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, women’s participation in home work was double that of men’s, despite their overall lower participation in the labour market. 

In 2019, 147 million women and 113 million men worked from home. This amounted to 11.5% of all female workers and 5.6% of all male workers.

During the pandemic, as office workers across the world switched to working from home, the number of men working from home increased substantially.

Access to paid work

Working hours, safety at work, social security, representation.

Working from home can provide access to opportunities for some workers who otherwise would not be able to undertake paid work. Some workers, mainly women, have difficulty leaving the home because of care responsibilities or social norms. Others may have a disability that makes it difficult for them to have a job outside their home. 

However, there is an important risk of informality, particularly in the case of industrial home work. In low- and middle-income countries for instance, 90% of all home-based workers work informally.

There are wage penalties associated with working from home. Statistical analysis reveals that when attributes such as age, sex or education are taken into account, all types of homeworkers earn less than their counterparts who work in an office or factory.

Teleworkers appreciate having the flexibility to organize their paid work around their domestic and family responsibilities. But working from home can also lead to a blurring between work and private life.

In industrial homework and online digital labour platforms, there are often periods of intense work, with tight deadlines, followed by periods of little or no work. In consequence, only 34% home-based workers work “normal hours” between 35 and 48 hours per week, against 42% of those who work outside the home.

Even with home work, the responsibility of creating a safe work environment rests on the employer. Yet the homeworker’s lack of knowledge about safe practices and improper equipment can lead to safety and health risks. In work involving chemicals, explosives or other hazardous materials, important risks exist for other family members and sometimes even for the local community.

Teleworkers may also face physical risks, due to the lack of ergonomy of their work environment, possible intensifications in the workload and excessive working hours. There are also psychosocial risks due to the blurring of work-personal boundaries and social isolation.

All these risks lead to higher occupational safety and health risks among homeworkers. In the United Kingdom, for example, homeworkers miss 50% more days of work due to illness than those who work outside the home.

Many homeworkers lack adequate social security, and only have access to benefits if a non-contributory system, such as a universal health protection scheme, exists in their country.

Industrial homeworkers and home-based digital platform workers are often classified as independent contractors and thus do not benefit from employer contributions into social security. Some industrial homeworkers are not even formally recognized as workers.

Homeworkers often face barriers – in law or in practice – to establishing or joining a union and are not always covered by collective bargaining agreements. Lack of representation makes it more difficult for them to access other rights at work. 

For example, union density in the United Kingdom was 24% for employees who did not work from home, whereas for homeworkers it was far less, 13.2%. In Indonesia, the numbers were even more dramatic: less than 1% for homeworkers as compared with almost 13% for other employees.

The right to join a trade union and to negotiate collectively is a fundamental right at work – all workers regardless of where they work should be able to exercise this right.

People call my factory big not because I have 20-some workers. It is because I can manage to produce 20,000 pieces of jewellery boxes every month by using others’ labour Factory owner, Taiwan, China

Firms use home work for various reasons. For industrial home work and online digital platform work, homeworking can be a way for enterprises to have greater flexibility in responding to fluctuations in demand for their products, including seasonal variations. Using homeworkers can also be a source of cost savings.

• Engaging industrial workers: The experience from Indonesia

Telework can be a means for enterprises to retain talented employees by offering them greater flexibility in their working time to better balance work and family life, while eliminating commuting time. Telework can also enable firms to save on the cost of office space.

Productivity benefits

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, most teleworking was occasional and often in addition to the hours already worked on site, serving to extend working hours. Enterprises that allowed employees to telework on a permanent basis often used it as a perk to attract and retain workers, while remaining unsure about the productivity benefits.

Yet there have been convincing studies published about the productivity benefits of home work and teleworking.

• Productivity increases: A case-study from China

Many companies strive to treat their homeworkers fairly. The ILO has been supporting governments and employers in designing good practice guidelines for the employment of homeworkers.

As many industrial homeworkers and digital platform workers are paid by the piece (or task), it is also important to ensure that they earn at least the minimum wage and are not paid less than similar workers paid per hour. Time and motion studies are an integral tool for setting fair piece rates or production quotas.

• How are time and motion studies conducted?
• Employment of homeworkers: Good practice guidelines
• Keys for effective teleworking

Decent work for homeworkers is an achievable goal. But it requires the collective effort of governments, employers’ organizations and trade unions, as well as homeworkers and their organizations.

• The ILO’s Home Work Convention
• Giving homeworkers a voice
• Government’s role is critical

All homeworkers – whether they are weaving rattan in Indonesia, tagging photos in Egypt, sewing masks in Uruguay or teleworking in France – should have access to decent work.

Given that working from home is likely to become a prominent feature in the world of work in the years to come, it is essential that governments, in collaboration with workers’ and employers’ organizations, work together to design and implement laws and policies that support decent work for homeworkers.

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• Learn more in the ILO portal on Working from Home

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131 Legit Companies that Hire Home Workers in 2023

If you dream of working from home, this detailed round-up of 131 companies that hire home workers is a great place to start looking for opportunities.

An accurate and up-to-date list of work from home companies is surprisingly hard to find online; While there are plenty of lists out there, most of the ones we looked at included incorrect information, dead links and scammy opportunities.

We set out to create something better. We did the same compiling the latest home working statistics, which you can check out here .

If you’re in a hurry and want some of the searching work done for you, take a look at FlexJobs .  We have a full review of that here. Another alternative is Virtual Vocations ( see review ).

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On this list you’ll find lots of legitimate work from home jobs hiring now. It’s a long list so we’ve divided them into categories to make it easier to search. divided into categories.

Plenty of the companies listed here have work from home positions so are ideal for people who want the flexibility of working from home with the security of a conventional job . There are also some opportunities that could work for freelancers, or as part of a portfolio career. 

While some jobs are US-only (reflecting While some remote jobs hiring are US-only (reflecting HomeWorkingClub’s largest audience), we’ve done our best to include lots of global opportunities for work from home jobs hiring now.

For every company, we’ve provided a link to where they usually mention their home-based job opportunities. Please note that things do change and remote work from home jobs come and go, so it’s often worth checking back at a later date if you don’t find anything from a specific company when you look.

It’s also worth searching remote job boards for phrases like “remote,” “home based” and “home working,” as this can often uncover jobs that are hiring that could be hidden in plain sight.

It’s essential to do your own due diligence on any company you apply to as scams are out there. We’ve done our best to only include legit companies on this list but you should still do your own research. You can find some information on avoiding scams here .

Many companies have mixed reports from ex staff-members if you look at reviews on Glassdoor and similar websites. As with any online reviews, it’s best to look at the balance of opinions and then form your own! If you strongly feel a company shouldn’t be on this list, please feel free to contact us. 

Let’s get straight to the list!

Many of the companies that hire home workers are looking for techies. A tech firm is obviously going to be looking for the cream of the crop when it comes to tech hires but it is important to remember that these firms also need copywriters, managers, acoountants, and customer service reps. It’s also worth noting that tech firms are some of the best work from home companies because of their innovative, forward-thinking cultures.

A website and content creation platform based in Seattle, but with jobs hiring work from home people all over the world.

Remote employees get the same benefits as any other employees, with a 401k and insurance. 10up offers a wide range of job roles including those for developers, project managers and strategists.

Where: Global, US.

Aimed at company HR leaders, 15Five is a human-centred performance management platform. Its products include tools for management training, employee feedback surveys, performance reviews and more.  

The company has a diverse, hybrid culture that supports remote-first workplaces and office hubs. They encourage annual get-togethers for their team and offer health, retirement and vacation benefits. 

15Five often has jobs that are hiring in their Design, Engineering, People and Culture and Sales departments. 

Where: Global.

This American company’s products are known across the globe. Part of the reason for this is reflected in the fact that they have three times as many remote sales positions as they do tech job openings. Still, if you are looking to work with a tech company you will find some good opportunities for work from home positions here.

AdviseTech Inc

This IT support firm is based in Pasadena, California. They advertise both for tech roles and for part time telemarketers to work just two to six hours per week. They specifically suggest that the latter job is suitable for retired people or college students. (If you are a college student, you’ll find more job options here ).

Where: US only.

Aha! is a SaaS (Software as a Service) that describes itself as the world’s #1 roadmap software, which aims to help people build lovable products and be happy doing it. 

They’re self-funded and entirely remote. Aha! employs people in the Customer Success, Engineering, Marketing, People and Product Success categories. 

The company includes some exciting benefits for its employees, including well-being, education, generous salaries, and profit-sharing.

Where: North and South America, the UK, Ireland, South Africa and Australia.

The well-known online retailer hires home based virtual employees in a huge variety of roles including web services, HR and sales. There are jobs at all levels including senior management roles. When we looked, most roles were in the US and UK, with several in Italy.

Positions available depend on your experience and skills. Some positions are seasonal roles and come up during the company’s busier periods only. So, if you’re looking for jobs that are hiring now, then Amazon is a good place to start.

You can find more on Amazon’s remote working practices on FlexJobs , or in our article on Amazon work from home jobs .

Apple employ students ( more online jobs for students here ) but there are positions available for others too as part of the “At Home Advisor” program. You need at least 2 years’ experience of technical troubleshooting – this can be either by phone or face to face.

You need an excellent knowledge of all Apple products, and must agree to work at least 20 hours per week.

You’ll find more information on Apple’s work from home jobs here. 

Arkency is a consulting agency that hires quality coders who know the importance of testing until it’s perfect and can also communicate effectively with customers and the company team. 

The agency works on the three pillars of Anarchy, Async and Remote, which means:

• Flexible working hours
• Working from anywhere
• Communication is not instant – but it is effective 

If you’re a coder, the first step to working with Arkency is to contact their recruitment team and pitch your case.

Atlassian uses technology to empower team work and is perhaps better known for its products such as Trello. Although this company has fewer remote jobs hiring than you might expect given that its products help support remote teams, it is still worth a look.

This Identity-as-a-Service company secures and authenticates millions of logins on a daily basis. 

This safety-focused company has plenty of jobs hiring from home although, ironically, at the time of writing there were none for IT. 

You may not be familiar with Automattic, but there is a good chance you’ve heard of WordPress.com and Tumblr, the two most famous brands in its portfolio.

Although the company is  looking for people to fill a wide range of vacancies, everybody spends their first couple of weeks working on support for WordPress. This is designed to give the whole company a feel for the main product. All employees continue to spend a further two weeks per year doing this.

Where: Global, Fully Remote.

Project management tool Basecamp may well be familiar to anyone who has worked on tech projects over the last few years.

Based in Chicago but committed to a “remote first” hiring strategy, jobs for homeworkers at Basecamp come with attractive benefits packages. While this company has plenty of different jobs, openings do seem to fill rather quickly. But don’t worry. If there are no at home jobs hiring now you can sign up to be notified about future job openings.

BestSelf is a small, 100% remote lifestyle brand that sells products designed to help people dream big and achieve more while still enjoying the process. Products include Journals and Planners, Discovery Decks and Action Pads (e.g. habit roadmap.) 

Being a small company, they don’t always have work from home positions available. But if you want to work in an innovative, diverse and global team, then it’s worth keeping an eye on their careers page.

BuddyBoss is a platform that integrates with WordPress websites to allow businesses to create and host courses, memberships, intranets, eLearning and online communities.

With 70+ multicultural workers in 10 different countries and time zones, BuddyBoss is advertising jobs on their tech, marketing, and customer service teams at the time of writing.

If you are looking for cutting edge tech work from home then this might just be the company for you. CleverTech avoids normal, off-the-shelf solutions in their products and also in the way they work. Since they don’t enforce a work location, hours or even timesheets they are one of the ideal companies hiring work from home techies.

If this sound like the right fit for you they have plenty of opportunities for engineers and developers.

CrowdStrike

Cybersecurity is increasingly important as more and more people work from their homes. It is hardly surprising therefore that this leading cybersecurity firm has hundreds of remote job openings. Intelligence, IT, and engineering options aren’t the only ones though. Even tech firms need sales, HR, and professional development staff.

DataStax offers data management products and cloud services. While it does not have as many remote work from home jobs as some other tech companies, DataStax does have some nice perks for its employees, especially those in the US.

At the time of writing most job openings were for technical support interns and account executives.

Where: US, Canada, UK, France, Germany.

Doist aims to be a company and culture that transcends boundaries and provides solutions for long term success and happiness. Their products include Todoist and Twist, which are both productivity apps. 

Employment categories include Business Development, Design, Engineering, Translations, Customer Support, Marketing, Finance, People Operations and Product. The company isn’t always hiring, but they provide a chance for prospective employees to sign up for future job opening updates.

Help Scout offers companies a complete customer support package including live chat, email and help centre. It’s been remote-first for ten years and has team members in 80+ cities worldwide. 

You’ll get plenty of benefits if you land a job at Help Scout. These include stock options, flexible time off, international travel to their semi-annual retreats, health and retirement and a competitive salary that’s optimised for fairness. 

The company currently has a seven-step hiring process that includes video and logistic chats, a take-home project and references.

At the time of writing, open roles included Mid-Market Account Executive, Brand Designer, Product Support Analyst, Senior Java Engineer, Product Designer, and more.

Dell hires remote workers globally in all kinds of job roles. There’s a vast range of opportunities available at all levels. So, if you’re looking for work from home jobs, hiring immediately, Dell could be a good place to start.

Roles include technical support and system architect positions, and non technical jobs for sales reps and account managers. Strong experience is required and the ability to speak more than one language is beneficial for some roles.

Elevate Labs

Elevate is an extremely popular brain training app, previously one of Apple’s “apps of the year.”

The company is based in San Francisco, but has remote roles for Engineers, Data Analysts and Spanish proof readers

Where: North and South America.

This tech company is fully remote so all its job openings are apt for home workers, but they are rather demanding in terms of hiring the best. They claim that their stronger applicants have 5 years of experience so this is definitely not for newbies.

If you do have the necessary experience to compete against other applicants then there are quite a range of opportunities available.

Another name familiar to software developers. Unsurprisingly the company seeks designers, engineers and UX specialists.

There are also roles in the wider company in sales, legal and finance. This is a remote-first company, and everyone works “asynchronously”, during the hours that suit them best.

KLIM Technologies

KLIM is a small, but rapidly growing, consumer electronics company. Despite its size, it is committed to fully remote work and is willing to hire the best workers no matter where they are located.

In addition to hiring home workers for regular full-time positions, KLIM offers paid internships allowing you to gain more experience in a particular field. So, you might be interested if you’re searching for “at home jobs near me,” and want to gain experience in the consumer electronics field.

This telecoms company employs home workers in the US for both technical customer support and sales team roles. Some of the jobs are hard to find, so use the words “works from home” in your job search, and consider signing up to email alerts so you know when they become available.

MailerLite is one of the fastest-growing email newsletter companies around. Right from the start, they embraced the remote culture. Currently, they have half their team working at their headquarters in Vilnius and the other half working from home around the world. Their benefits include a budget for home-office setup, vacation and company-paid retreats. 

While they don’t always have jobs available, MailerLite encourages prospective team members to apply for future opportunities. However, don’t send them a standard CV if you want to stand a chance. Instead, MailerLite asks you to sign up for a free account and send them a newsletter. (You’ll find full details on their jobs application page .)

Memberful is an e-commerce app that offers users everything they need to run a membership program. 

Everyone at Memberful is free to live and work wherever they choose. The company says its internal process is built around remote communication, deep work and treating others as you’d like to be treated.

What started out as company focused on PC gaming is now using computing expertise to impact areas as disparate as healthcare and blockbuster movies. It promises challenging opportunities to impact multiple industries.

If you think you have the talent and expertise to rise to the challenge then you will find a large number of work from home opportunities in engineering and other fields.

On the Go Systems

On the Go Systems is a software company that welcomes home workers from all over the world into its workforce. Its products include WPML – a translation plugin for multi-language sites, and Toolset, a suite of plugins, which allow website developers to build functionality in a modular way. 

Jobs at On the Go Systems include developers, software engineers, and WordPress Technical Supporters. They expect several years of experience, commitment, excellent English and outstanding problem-solving skills from their employees.

Pinterest is a visual search engine where users create boards where they Pin and share images and ideas on a vast range of topics. Used by individuals and businesses to share ideas and promote their work.

The company has remote jobs and contract roles in most of their departments including engineering, admin, IT, marketing, sales, design, recruiting, measurements and insights and more. 

Their careers page says they offer flexible vacation times, comprehensive health benefits, retirement plans, personal and professional development resources, discounts and perks.

Where: Global

This award-winning technology firm may have more than 100 offices but they are also serious about providing remote options. They have hundreds of remote opportunities scattered across the globe.

In order to keep Red Hatters happy and productive, the company offers  flexible scheduling, opportunities for career growth, health and well-being initiatives, and even associate recognition programs.

“The Front Page of The Internet” is based in San Francisco but does offer remote roles. While some departments seem to have limited remote roles, the company does seem to hire plenty of homeworkers for engineering, finance, marketing, legal, and HR.

SalesForce specializes in customer relationship management and has been on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies several times. Despite having over 130 offices scattered across the globe, the company was hiring for over 1,200 remote positions at the time of writing, making it a viable choice if you’re looking for online jobs hiring now.

While the bulk of the remote positions involved sales, there are plenty of openings in engineering, recruiting and project management. The company also has remote positions for interns.

As the market leader in enterprise application software SAP has a lot of great opportunities for those looking for tech jobs. You will have to do some searching to find the work from home roles but it is worth it to find a job at a top company which offers competitive salaries and plenty of perks.

Shutterstock

Perhaps a site you’ve become familiar with when searching for pictures, Shutterstock sometimes employs freelancers to review and edit images. You can manage your own working hours but may be expected to include weekend working time. These and a few full-time opportunities are available worldwide.

Shutterstock is also worth a look for selling photos if you’re a skilled photographer. Read this article for more information. 

Slack is another company that has benefitted from the increase in remote work. They offer a variety of work options to their employees including working from home a few days a week and fully remote positions.

A lot of the opportunities are in design and engineering but Slack seems to have remote work from home jobs available in all their departments.

Support.com

This company provides basic computer support and troubleshooting services. The majority of roles are explaining technical instructions to inexperienced computer users, so a high level of empathy is required, along with strong verbal communication skills.

Like many other companies, Support.com has decided to embrace remote work and so many new opportunities for home workers are now available.

Where: US, Mexico, India, and the Phillipines.

This 100% remote working company sells a solution that helps US businesses manage sales tax. The company advertises positions in various departments ranging from marketing to programming and development.

TaxJar is a progressive “remote first” firm, and allows workers to work from anywhere with a suitable WiFi connection.

Toggl is a time tracking and reporting service accessible over web, mobile and desktop applications. As well as openings for developers and designers, there are also editorial roles here, as well as social media marketing jobs. Based in Tallinn, Estonia, Toggl recruits remote workers all over the world.

Twitter is an online social networking site increasingly used by businesses and thought leaders around the world to communicate their ideas and promote their services. Tweets are short messages (max 280 characters) which makes them easy to scan and consume, but hard to write well.  

Twitter hires “Tweeps” in Remote, in-office and combined positions. They offer the usual benefits plus productivity allowances (to cover pens, printers etc) and provide laptops and ergonomic keyboards.

Examples of remote jobs at the time of writing include Machine Learning Engineers, Software engineers, Product managers, Designers, Backend Engineers, Business Development and more.

An API and service management platform with clients all over the world, Tyk has offices in London, Atlanta and Singapore.

With a remote first policy, Tyk offers flexible working hours, unlimited holiday and a dynamic, supportive culture.

Focused on helping organizations deliver better digital experiences to their customers, this subsidiary of Dell has received numerous awards for its employment practices. 

One of the interesting aspects of working here is that they have job rotation programs to help reignite and broaden your work experience.

If you tend to think holistically and are up for a challenge then this could be the place for you.

WP Buffs, as the name suggests, specializes in solving a variety of WordPress issues. Although it is a fairly small company it has a number of roles which are open to anyone with the right attitude and experience, regardless of location.

A company that creates workflow and automation software, Zapier is fully remote and global in its hiring outlook.

The company offers technical and business support roles. There’s a competitive benefits package and a genuine remote first culture.

Zoom meetings have become a ubiquitous part of working from home for most people. But what if you actually worked for Zoom? Zoom hires home workers for positions as varied as engineering, security, finance, customer service, and sales.

Where: US, UK, India, Singapore, Netherlands, Germany, and France.

NOTE : With many people looking for remote opportunities, jobs that are hiring at call centers with well-known companies are being snapped up quickly. It’s important to check back frequently as these are companies that normally recruit home workers regularly.

This UK breakdown company employs remote workers. With phone lines open 24/7 teleworking opportunities arise frequently. You are expected to attend a 12-week training programme before starting to work from home.

You need a designated work space and an excellent broadband connection.

While you work independently, you have a monthly one-to-one session with a manager and can ask for support if necessary 24 hours a day. The company provides all the equipment you need including a computer.

Where: UK only.

Asurion is a leading provider of device insurance and warranty services for cellphones, consumer electronics and home appliances. The company takes on remote workers in several customer services positions.

Many of these opportunities are for bilingual workers who speak English and French. You will need excellent communication skills and at least one year’s customer services experience.

Hours are negotiable but can include evening and weekend working.

Where: US and Canada.

As well providing sales and CRM solutions for clients, Close also recruits its own sales people, alongside  development and engineering staff. All of the workforce is able to work remotely.

If you are in the US there is an excellent medical policy and 401K, as well as sabbaticals after five years.

This business process services company, an offshoot of Xerox, offers a range of opportunities in data handling and customer care.

To find their remote roles, a good start is to search for “work from home.” These jobs mainly involve answering incoming calls. You must have a proven record for problem solving and the ability to multitask.

Direct Interactions

This company employs remote workers across most areas of the US. However, note that you can work here as an employee or an independent agent. Contractors don’t qualify for insurance and benefits.

Most jobs involve making and receiving customer calls from your home. Direct Interactions looks for workers with good communication skills and a strong work ethic who can work quickly to troubleshoot and resolve problems.

Most jobs are part time and the pay is around $10-12 per hour. You must be over 18 and have a High School Diploma.

Where: US – most states.

Enterprise Car Hire

Enterprise employs virtual call center reservation agents, taking incoming calls for customer enquiries and reservations. The jobs cover long hours so could likely fit around other commitments.

Some jobs are likely to require you to assist with requests for breakdown assistance. Applicants are required to provide their own equipment and there are restrictions on what is accepted in terms of tech and connectivity.

You can expect an hourly rate of around $13, and there are commissions and bonuses for sales agents.

Where: Many US states, Canada, UK, Germany, Ireland, France and Spain.

Most people are familiar with HSN, or the Home Shopping Network as it was formerly known. Well, all those customers buying from them need support. This means that HSN hires a lot of work at home customer order specialists.

If you are willing to work shifts then you should easily be able to find a position. Pay starts at $12.85 per hour and thereare automatic increases every 6 months.

Liveops offers numerous options for home-based virtual call center agents. There are openings in a number of areas including insurance, health care and tech support.

You will need a quiet work area, a wired phone and fast internet. You must be a legal US citizen and are required to undergo a background and credit check. You can schedule your hours around other commitments.

LiveWorld employs agents working in a range of customer services positions. These are not telephone positions – they are primarily online chat-based. The company provides services in a number of languages. You are required to take language tests and provide writing samples.

You must be a fluent English speaker with experience in online moderation, as well as call centre experience. A college degree is preferred. You need high-speed internet access and a strong knowledge of social media platforms.

There are also some remote engineering positions available to those in the US.

KellyConnect

KellyConnect hires home workers to provide customer service over the phone and via online tools. Although the work might not seem to be very different from other customer service jobs it is worth noting that KellyConnect frequently appears on lists of the top companies with work from home positions.

The company even pays you for your training at a not too shabby rate of $13.50.

Sitel Group

Sitel’s customer service jobs involve dealing with calls relating to a wide range of sectors including health care, communications and tech support. Tasks include managing billing inquiries, dealing with customer accounts and processing orders.

You will need previous customer services and sales experience, and excellent verbal and listening skills. This work can be fast-paced.

Full and part-time employment is available, and you receive full training at home. There are also some remote management positions available in the US.

Where: Primarily US.

Not all customer experience companies that are hiring right now are expressly looking for customer service roles.

There are plenty of tech and recruitments jobs on offer and the support roles often have interesting twists, such as ESPN Fantasy Sports Support Specialist.

TTEC is another global company that works to improve the interactions customers have with major brands. Among the current 347 work from home job listings there are a wide array of opportunities aside from Customer Service Representative.

This residential moving and self-storage company hires remote workers in various customer service and sales roles, in departments such as reservations and roadside assistance. You need to complete a training course on site before you start working at home.

You will need a quiet work space, fast internet connection and strong knowledge of the Windows operating systems.

Experience is preferred but not always essential. Many roles are part time and involve unsocial hours. We noticed some seasonal opportunities for jobs hiring from home too.

Working Solutions

Working Solutions was one of the first virtual workforce companies in history. They have thousands of independent agents from a vast array of backgrounds, and a diverse range of clients who outsource work to them.

You must take an assessment when you apply, which includes written and verbal questions and an aptitude test. You can schedule your own hours to work around other commitments. Full and part time roles are available.

The majority of healthcare companies that hire home workers are only looking for staff within the country in which they operate. So, if you do not find anything in the list below, we suggest you check the websites of the largest healthcare companies in your country.

Anthem employs over 35,000 professionals across the US. The company offers medical and health roles, as you would expect, but also has many openings in sales, business support, data analysis, and customer service.

You should search for “remote” jobs on the site in order to find those for which they hire home workers.

This leading health care benefits company employs remote workers in a number of roles. Medical advisors must hold the appropriate qualifications and have clinical experience. Jobs are available at all levels and include senior management positions.

Training takes place at company offices. Some roles, despite being home based, require applicants to live within a certain distance of a specific office.

There are additional benefits available alongside basic salary, dependent on the role applied for.

Dict8 is a leading provider of UK-based medical transcription and digital dictation services. Their systems are used by a large number of healthcare trusts, GP surgeries, private practices and other health-based organisations around the UK.

Dict8 employs transcribers with significant experience of working as full-time medical audio secretaries within the NHS. You will require a reference from either a consultant or previous line manager.

You are paid per line of transcription on a monthly basis.

This medical transcription company hires contractors with at least two years previous experience in a hospital or clinical environment (hence us listing this opportunity under healthcare, rather than transcription!)

Hours are flexible, and full and part-time roles are available. On application you must complete an online qualification form and provide your current resume . You will also have to take typing and medical terminology tests.

There is 24-hour support available and all the software you need is provided.

HealthCatalyst

HealthCatalyst aims to transform healthcare through data.

Some experience of working in the health sector is useful, but by no means necessary for all roles. A significant number of the remote openings are for analytics engineers.

The company has received a lot of attention recently for its emphasis on work-life balance, corporate culture, and the benefits it offers employees.

Around 47% of the workforce of this Kentucky based healthcare company work remotely. The career areas include clinical jobs, customer care, tech and analytics, and corporate positions. This means that there are plenty of opportunities even if you do not have much experience in the health sector.

The company even has a number of programs for undergraduate and graduate students.

iMedX work in the sector of health information and clinical documentation in the US. The company offers flexible part-time, full-time and weekend working patterns. Their remote working opportunities allow for virtual attendance at meetings too, so no trips to offices are required.

At the time of writing the work from home jobs hiring now are coding related but we’ve seen medical language specialists and registrar positions come up recently too.

Where: US Only.

Parexel offers biopharmaceutical services to clients in more than 100 countries. The majority of home based roles are therefore in research, science, medical and health fields.

If you have experience in these fields then Parexel is a good place to start your search for a work from home opportunity. The company looks for ingenuity and technical expertise and there are lots of roles available. While the majority are in the US there’s no shortage of opportunities in other countries, as this is one of the few health ‘work from home’ companies that are hiring around the world.

United Health Group

In this world-leading health and wellbeing company, over 25% of the workforce work from home. The company looks for driven employees with excellent time management skills who are able to prioritize tasks and work to strict deadlines.

Interested parties usually take part in a recruitment chat as the first stage of the process before applying. You will need excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Proven experience is required, along with at least a bachelor’s degree.

Where: Global but the majority of telecommuting opportunities are in the US.

Backpacker Travel

Backpacker Travel is a website and community that focuses on helping adventurous travellers find ways to journey to far-flung places worldwide. 

The remote-first site offers backpackers and travellers the chance to write and work while they travel. Most positions are flexible and freelance and so don’t share employee benefits. 

Their positions include a variety of roles, from sales and marketing to editorial and research. You’ll need to be fluent in English and have access to a computer and a high-speed internet connection. 

One of the largest cruise specialist companies in the world, this company offers home working opportunities for salespeople, support agents and customer service agents.

The company looks specifically for people with existing cruise industry experience. A second language is an advantage. Pays a basic salary plus commission. Applicants must complete a back-ground check.

Note that these jobs specifically mention selling insurance, so appear to lean more towards sales than customer service. They have jobs that are hiring now for Cruise Sales Agents

Where: US but some states are excluded.

Dollar Flight Club

This  “travel hacking” company has a remote team, based all over the world, that finds cheap flights for its members.

Ideal for those who are looking for good travel benefits along with remote working.

Hertz often recruits for home-based positions. We’ve seen roles for sales reps and reservation agents in the past, but at the time of writing a search yielded some supervisory and management roles as well.

Hertz is a huge company, so it’s well worth checking their listings regularly.

Where: US, Canada, UK.

Hilton Hotels

This worldwide hotel chain hires home-workers as reservation agents and customer care co-ordinators. You need previous sales experience and at least a high school diploma. Jobs are available in a number of US states.

The job and associated training is all done remotely. Salary and other incentives are the same as for onsite employees. Most of the equipment you need is provided, though you will need a landline and a quiet workspace.

Although there were no homeworking openings available at the time of writing, the Hilton Reservations and Customer Care Work From Home program is a clear indication of their dedication to hiring home workers during normal times.

Where: US – some states only.

This airline offers remote working opportunities for customer support. You need to attend training on-site at a base in Utah or Orlando before beginning to work from home.

You need to have at least two years’ experience of customer service. Pay is at entry level but there are additional bonuses and travel discounts on offer too.

Where: US (must be able to travel for training).

Thanks to COVID restrictions forcing education to go remote this is an area that is booming. The number of  legitimate work from home jobs hiring now seems to grow constantly. We have included some top picks in this list but you will quickly find that a little digging unveils plenty more opportunities.

The growth of online learning has seen Articulate go from strength to strength, allowing people to create their own courses and offering a huge array of subjects to people all over the world.

There are plenty of remote work from home jobs available including areas such as sales, product, design and software. 

Where: US, UK and the Philippines.

Connections Academy

This virtual education company hires education professionals in both teaching and non-teaching roles. They are particularly keen to hire those with specialist skills in specific subjects, as well as counsellors and administrators.

You should search for “home-based” jobs. Requirements for teaching can vary from state to state and you may require specific additional qualifications or licenses.

Where: US – certain states only.

This huge education training services provider offers opportunities for teachers and instructors, and also sometimes advertises remote jobs in marketing and customer services.

Strong written and oral communication skills are required for all positions. You will need at least a bachelor’s degree and to have a proven track record of working to deadlines.

For a more detailed profile of Kaplan, click here .

Mango Languages

Mango is a Language Learning app that mixes listening, speaking, reading and writing activities to help people learn more than 70 languages. 

They offer jobs for both company employees and contractors to keep the app working smoothly. These include language content writers, product development, and marketing roles.

Stride, until recently known as K12, offers teaching opportunities via a digital learning platform. It supports over one million home-educated students.

Stride often has vacancies both for teaching staff and support workers. Teaching staff must have the relevant teacher certification (often state-specific), at least three years’ experience, and strong written and verbal communication skills.

Study.com  

Study.com’s mission is to make education accessible and affordable to millions of global students, because information is the “ultimate equalizer and… the key to upward mobility.” 

In 2021, Study.com was ranked 10th on the Virtual Vocations’ Top 25 Best Partners for Remote Work list and offers flexible hours, reliable payments twice a month, and support from its in-house team. 

Study.com regularly hires teachers, tutors, writers, reviewers and editors and offers a mix of remote and freelance contract work for experts in many education areas including accounting, writing, business, science, math, literature and more.

Teaching roles require a related bachelor’s degree (or higher) and teaching experience. Writers, reviewers and editors – require a degree or equivalent work experience and you should be able to demonstrate your skills and experience in writing or working with online content.

This leading international learning company based in London offers opportunities throughout the world in a wide range of educational services. They offer flexible working in a wide range of educational fields and several jobs are entirely or mostly home-based. Many roles require a degree and classroom experience.

Aside from the educational positions you can also find remote work in fields such as sales, customer service, and engineering.

Where: Global but the bulk of the home working positions are in the US.

Rosetta Stone

This educational software and online education company hires native speakers to facilitate language classes for students of all levels. You must have internet access from your home PC, and be available to work at least 10 hours per week.

Hours are flexible and may include evenings and weekends. You can expect to earn around $15 per hour.

Created to provide expert assistance to students in colleges, universities and K-12 schools, Tutor.com offers the opportunity to work from home by tutoring in one of the more than 200 academic subjects and test preparation areas they provide.

This might seem like a simple job to apply for but the company is very serious about the quality of its tutors and so only 1.5% of all applicants make it through the rigorous testing process to become qualified as tutors.

This English language-learning services company offers ESL services to children in China, providing a high-quality English education for children up to eight years of age. The company hires online ESL teachers that can work remotely from anywhere.

Working hours are flexible and hourly rates are from $14-22. You need at least a Bachelors’ Degree, and application is through the VIKID website. We have a full review of VIPKid here .

Note that unlike some companies that hire home workers on this list, VIPKid doesn’t employ staff directly – teachers work for them on a freelance basis. There are more freelance teaching opportunities here. 

Secretarial staff are a necessity at almost every company but the companies that hire home workers primarily for secretarial work are usually selling their services to other companies. This can make the work both more interesting and more complicated. However, it’s worth noting that most of the work from home companies hiring secretaries only work in North America.

This US company offers working from home opportunities for virtual assistants, bookkeepers, and social media strategists. Note that many of these are contractor positions so you would be working for yourself and responsible for your own benefits and insurance.

Pay is on the lower end of the scale but the company does receive very high reviews for its corporate culture.

This remote staffing company offers flexible, long-term positions as executive assistants, marketing and social media specialists, or legal assistants. What makes Boldly different is that they hire home workers in the US as a W2 employee rather than as a freelance contractor. The pay is also pretty good at around $20 per hour.

Where: US (23 states) and UK.

Profit Factory

This company helps business owners grow their businesses by helping them to break free from some of the day to day responsibilities. It also provides educational and consulting services.

The main job opportunity here is as a virtual assistant.

Where: North America.

This digital marketing and customer service outsourcer offers opportunities in phone support, email, web chat, social media and other digital channels. SYKES offers opportunities for remote work in over 40 US states, as well as in Canada.

Positions are available in customer services, as team leaders and in support roles. Previous experience is always an advantage. There are also specific opportunities for bilingual applicants.

As is the case with secretarial work, companies that hire home workers primarily for writing, translation or transcription work are most likely offering said services to other businesses.

Allegis Transcription

Allegis offers a range of transcription services to small and medium sized businesses. You must be experienced and able to produce high quality accurate transcripts. These positions are for people working on a freelance basis, and you can choose jobs most suited to your knowledge and abilities.

You need your own computer and a reliable high-speed internet connection. Training is provided. You will need to show you have excellent spelling, grammar and punctuation skill, and the ability to type at 75 words per minute.

For more information on getting into online transcription, read our detailed guide here. 

BKA Content  

BKA Content offers content writing services to businesses that need blog, marketing and other content regularly or as one-off jobs. 

The company often has writing positions for US-based internet article writers who can provide high-quality, original content. They ask for honest, dependable writers with an excellent grasp of English at a college level, who can write at least 3000 words per week. Choose your assignments from the available options, set your schedule and get paid per article.

Where: US only

Cactus is a global medical communications company. Their philosophy is that their remote workers are as important as their office-based ones. Cactus has opportunities for skilled writers and editors in a variety of academic fields.

Full-time home-based working hours are available. Full training is provided. You will need a bachelor’s degree, excellent written English skills and a good understanding of MS Word and Excel.

As we discuss in our beginner’s guides to writing , full time writing work is hard to find, so this is an interesting opportunity.

If you’re not familiar with FlexJobs, we have a huge review of the company here . However, that focuses on how to find jobs using the platform rather than working directly for the company.

FlexJobs is fully remote, but jobs are primarily in the United States, with some requiring you to be in a particular state which is great if you’re in the US and  looking for “at home jobs near me.” 

There are roles to suit a variety of skills, including career coaches and job description writers. You will also find plenty of technical and marketing jobs.

Grow and Convert

Grow and Convert is a content marketing agency and consultancy, hiring content writers and analysts on a remote, contract basis.

Though most of their clients are US based the jobs are fully remote and contract based. The Business Writer role is paid on a fixed-price-per-article basis.

LanguageLine

This language services company provides a range of telephone services as well as document translation and remote video interpretation. Opportunities are available for remote staff in a range of interpreting and translation roles. The company provides services in over 200 languages and dialects.

Where: US, UK and Canada.

As one of the largest communications platforms, Lionsbridge is a company that hires homeworkers for lots of roles. The key thing here is to be clear on whether it is a contractor position or not.

Although it is perhaps best known for offering freelance translation work, the company also hires gamers, raters, annotators and testers. Or maybe you would prefer to be a corporate associate helping with the running of the company itself.

Responsive Translation Services

This company specialises in medical and legal translation. There are also opportunities to work in real-time interpretation. Headquarters are in the US, but they also have overseas offices in Europe and South America.

Many positions are home based. A variety of positions in sales and management were available also, when we looked. You will need previous experience and good technical ability too.

Where: US ,South America and Europe.

This company has multiple opportunities on offer. There’s work in transcription – both video and audio , video captioning and document translation. The company takes people on on a contract basis, with successful applicants working freelance from home.

Rev has been estabished for nine years and has a global reputation. There are many leading brands among its customers . You will need your own computer and fast internet connection, and can tailor your hours to suit your situation.

Rev is still accepting applications but there could be a waitlist due to the number of freelancers applying.

This online transcription company works with over 65,000 legal, government, law enforcement and private sector clients. They employ independent typists on a freelance basis. They are actively looking for transcriptionists with Legal, General or Spanish transcription experience.

You need a typing speed of at least 60wpm. You must have at least a year of transcription and word processing experience in an office environment, and must also have specific experience of the creation of formal letters, memos and reports.

Open to fluent English speakers only.

Where: US (except California) and Canada.

It might surprise you to learn that positions in financial companies that hire home workers are not always limited to just one country. Then again, not all financial companies are focused on accounting and taxes.

AccountingDepartment.com

This Company provides opportunities for remote workers to provide accounting and book keeping assistance. You will need previous experience. Applicants are required to undergo book keeping tests and the success rate for applicants is only one in four.

You need to provide your own computer and phone line. You will also need a quiet working space as much of the work is on the phone.

AccountingDepartment.com has a notably positive Glassdoor rating from previous workers.

American Express

This leading financial services company has a wide variety of remote jobs hiring at any one time. The roles can range from customer service roles up to senior IT department positions. American Express works 24/7 so there are sometimes opportunities for those needing to work unsocial hours.

FlexJobs has an information page on the American Express home working jobs here.

Citizens Bank

It may be one of the oldest financial institutions in the US but Citizens Bank has definitely kept up with the times. It has won multiple employer awards and has an impressive number of work from home opportunities. Most are positions related to finance and mortgages but there are several admin and IT roles available as well.

JP Morgan Chase

This global financial services company offers plenty of opportunities for remote workers. There are typically remote roles on offer in various departments including account management, sales, marketing and IT.

Applicants must have experience in their chosen field and a relevant bachelor’s degree. Due to a large number of jobs available, finding suitable home-based roles on the website can take some effort.

This company is looking to hire financial nerds to help people make financial decisions with confidence.

This somewhat unusual financial company has offices in San Francisco, New York and the UK but are now offering the majority of jobs as fully remote from anywhere in the US.

A $20bn electronic payment startup, headquartered in San Francisco, California, Stripe has been a big success story in recent years. Stripe’s product supports payments from small websites, right up to the likes of household names like Lyft.

Although Stripe is a global company it currently only hires home workers in the US. All jobs offer health insurance, parental leave and stock options.

Supporting Strategies

This company hires home workers on a part-time and full-time basis in order to provide outsourced bookkeeping and back-office support to a wide variety of industries.

You will need a bachelor’s degree and five or more years of bookkeeping/accounting experience to become a Financial Operations Associate but the company does provide equipment, training and support.

Xapo is a digital Bitcoin-friendly bank that exists to help its customers protect their wealth from economic and political instability and crises. The bank is a platform that bridges the gap between traditional financial institutions and the digital currencies of the future.

The bank is committed to working hard, thinking globally and inspiring its people to learn and grow. It offers positions in Data, Design, Engineering, Finance, Product and the Xapo Talent Community. 

YNAB (YouNeedABudget)

YNAB is a fully remote company offering budgeting software for individuals and companies. The workforce is global, but US-based staff gain W2 employee status. Elsewhere, you work as a contractor, but the YNAB site insists that all staff are treated the same regardless of location.

Where: Global, Remote

Many people have the misconception that a Not for Profit cannot pay well – that is not the case. These companies usually place values above money and one of the things that they value are their employees. That makes not-for-profits some of the best work from home companies around, so don’t hesitate to check them out.

350 is a global climate pressure group, primarily involved in lobbying and campaigning.

Great for those with a passion for conservation and climate issues, 350 specifically looks for remote workers with experience in campaigning and fundraising.

Civic Actions

Civic Actions works with a variety of governmental organisations, helping them move more of their services to digital alternatives.

The team is primarily remote, with some roles limited to physical locations, and offers good benefits.

Ghost is a company that is focused on creating free open-source software to support sustainable journalism. This fully remote company hires workers for content writing and design as well as the more obvious engineering, product, and marketing roles.

Not all the companies that hire home workers fit into neat little categories – which is a good thing. People and jobs come in all shapes and sizes and that is what makes the world an interesting place. If you have a particular passion it can be worthwhile having a hunt to see if you can find work in that field. In the meantime, here are the best of the rest when it comes to finding companies hiring work from home contractors and remote employees.

24 Seven Talent

Established in 2000, 24 Seven Talent is a global recruitment company. It recruits workers for firms around the world but also offers remote and freelance contract jobs within its own company. 

The female-founded company promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace, offering competitive benefits and perks to its employees.

A quick search at the time of writing turned up a diverse range of remote and freelance jobs advertised (mainly in the US), including: Project Invoice Coordinator, Digital Designer, Inventory Admin, Production artist, and even a Broadcast Producer (though I’m guessing that’s a job that would get you out and about.)

ABC Fitness Solutions

This company provides software solutions to the fitness industry in order to help fitness clubs and professionals put their clients first.

As you might expect, the company hires home workers for tech, sales, and customer service roles.

This popular music platform helps artists get their music to new audiences, for a small fee of course.

Bandcamp is a fully remote company but if you would rather get out of your home they will pay for co-working spaces. The only requirement is that you have a strong wi-fi connection and can overlap with the GMT-7 time zone for four hours a day. Job openings tend to get filled pretty quickly and some positions are only open for inside hires so, if this interests you, make sure to keep an eye on their jobs page.

BuzzFeed  

BuzzFeed Inc, is a digital media company that sends up-to-the-minute video, audio and written content about food, news, pop culture and more to millions around the world. Their brands include BuzzFeed, Complex Networks and HuffPost.

The company promotes diversity, inclusion and authenticity in their workplace and offer benefits for health, 401K plans, paid holidays and opportunities for career development. BuzzFeed offers a mix of location specific and remote jobs in Admin, Business, Writing and Technology. If you’re interested in working for BuzzFeed but the right job isn’t there when you look, keep in touch with them by joining their Talent Community .

Providing online legal services to startups, Clerky has a variety of fully remote and co-located roles.

Aside from offering flexible hours and health insurance, the company is committed to the ongoing education of its employees.

Billing (sorry) itself as “the search engine that doesn’t track you” DuckDuckGo is an international company that offers a variety of remote jobs.

The majority of remote jobs available are naturally in engineering, product, and development roles. Unlike most companies, it was nice to see that most openings were worldwide remote rather than specific to a particular region.

Most of our readers are probably more familiar with GoDaddy from checking them out as a possible hosting service when starting a blog but they also hire a lot of home workers.

In fact, they had 86 job openings for home workers in multiple fields and in locations all over the globe at the time of writing.

If you have a knowledge of moderating forums and managing online communities, and a love of social media, this is a freelance business opportunity that could be of interest. You can choose hours and projects that suit you and your lifestyle. Some jobs are evening/night work.

You will need fast internet and a quiet workspace.

Nielson provides companies with information on what people listen to and watch in order to help them understand their audience. So it is hardly surprising to find that the company hires a lot of remote research interviewers.

There are plenty of opportunities if you live in the US and Nielson has now added a lot more global opportunities although some of these are listed as being remote only on a temporary basis. So, make sure to read the job post carefully to ensure that it really is a long-term home working position.

This well-known global company is a leading player in healthcare, electronics, and various other sectors. Philips employs over 100,000 staff across the globe, and these include numerous remote staff in many countries.

You need a bachelor’s degree for some positions and medical experience is a particular advantage for some roles. Local language skills are usually a must.

There are many jobs available on the website, which can be overwhelming, but searches for “home based” and “remote” usually yield results.

Shopify is a platform that enables independent business owners to start and scale their markets online. They have over 7000 employees who build the tools that help businesses make over 200 billion in sales in 175 countries. 

The company has an intensive hiring process which aims to find the very best work-anywhere people. After submitting your application, you’ll get an initial call. You will also need to do some technical exercises (depending on the role.) You progress to Life Story, a one-hour conversational interview with a professional recruiter if those go well. Finally, you meet some of your future co-workers, who will then give feedback on how they feel you’ll fit into their team. 

Shopify offers a wide variety of potential jobs. Its teams include everything from Business and Development to Financial, Legal, Engineering, UX, Customer Support and more. 

Splice is another company which is likely to appeal to music lovers. It has positioned itself at the leading edge of the digital revolution in the music industry and offers full-time positions and internships.

Although a significant number of job openings are for its office in New York, Splice does offer many remote positions, especially in engineering.

Love fashion? Stitch Fix is looking to revolutionize the retail shopping experience by helping men and women find clothing that fits their tastes and lifestyle.

As you would expect, there are oportunities to work as stylists but this company actually has loads of job postings for remote work in other fields as well.

Where: US and UK.

Twilio is a PaaS company focused on communication. If you are passionate about helping people connect and are technically inclined then this could be a great fit.

The company is proud of its flexible work environment and is currently offering several fully remote positions.

Upwork is a freelancer work marketplace that helps match freelancers from all over the world with the people who need their skills. 

(You can find many articles about Upwork on our site as we feel it’s an excellent place for many new freelancers to begin their new careers.) 

But, as well as finding jobs on Upwork, the company also employs many remote workers to run its business. Teams include Design and UX, Analytics, Engineering, Finance and Accounting, HR, IT, Legal, Marketing and more. 

Upwork’s hiring process includes an easy-to-complete application form, review, and interviews. After that, the recruiter decides and, potentially, offers you either an Open Corp position or a Contract Role.

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Voxnest connects podcast producers and advertisers.

Though fully remote, and offering yearly meet-ups, roles seem to be European time zone only, and include support roles and other customer focussed jobs.

Where: European time zone.

This unique company takes on independent 1099 contractors close to retirement age, giving them the opportunity to continue their working lives remotely. WAHVE places such people with firms looking for knowledgable and experienced workers.

It’s great for people who wish to extend their working lives but without the daily commute. WAHVE specialises in roles within the accounting, human resources and insurance sectors.

Household-name Xerox has over 8000 employees working from home, providing a range of services including customer care, tech support, quality control and programming. Some specific opportunities are available for bilingual applicants.

Required experience and qualifications vary, but excellent computer skills are always essential. Xerox’s job search functionality is rather clunky, so uncovering the remote roles can take some work!

Find out what FlexJobs has to say about the telecommuting jobs at Xerox here .

• We’ve made a big effort to ensure that all the information in this guide is accurate. However, we obviously have no control over the companies listed here, or their websites and recruitment plans. As such, please feel free to contact us if any of the opportunities listed here are no longer current when you check them out. We intend to keep the guide regularly updated.
• If your company is looking to recruit home workers and you would like to be added to the list, please contact us about that too.  Similarly, if your company is already listed here and you feel the details are inaccurate, please put us straight!
• This list is intended as helpful information. A mention of a company doesn’t represent a recommendation to work for it. Always do your own research.
• We’re always delighted to hear of people’s experiences of working for any of these companies that hire home workers. Feel free to discuss them in the comments. 
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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”77″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]All over the world, thousands of mainly women workers are working at home or in small workshops to produce goods for the UK high street.  Although for some homeworking can be a positive choice, the hidden nature of their work, their precarious employment status, lack of legal protection and isolation from other workers means they are often the most exploited workers in the industry. Their invisibility means organising to defend their rights or speak with a collective voice is even more difficult for homeworkers than for factory workers, and few, if any, codes or audits have led to positive changes in their working conditions.

Homeworkers in global supply chains

Homeworkers work in their own homes (or small workshops) as opposed to factories.  Homeworkers in global supply chains are likely to work to order on a piece-rate basis.

Globally, homeworking is on the increase as part of growing shift towards ‘flexible’ labour as businesses like the flexibility homeworkers provide. The vast majority of homeworkers across the world are women, and they are often vulnerable to exploitation, with few employment rights and irregular and insecure work.  They are also unlikely to be organised in trade unions or other worker organisations, and therefore lack formal recognition.

Many people do not realise that the items they buy in high-street stores may have been produced in someone’s home.  In fact, many of the items in your wardrobe could have been worked on by homeworkers – examples include shoes stitched by women in Eastern Europe, tops embroidered at home in India, or tights packed by homeworkers in the UK.

The positive aspects of homeworking

Homeworking can be a positive choice for many women – giving them the independence of a wage they may not otherwise be able to earn.  However, most women work from home because it is the only way they can earn some cash income for basic family costs.  Globally, there are more and more women who are the main earners for their family.  They often combine homework with childcare or other family responsibilities or with seasonal agricultural work.  

The challenges of homeworking

Homeworkers face many similar problems to other workers in global supply chains, such as low wages, long hours and health and safety concerns.  Their situation is however, usually far worse than other workers – wages are often about one third or one quarter of the legal minimum, work is irregular and they usually have no social security or employment rights.

There are specific issues relating to homeworking that make homeworkers particularly vulnerable to exploitation:

* Complex supply chains : Homeworkers often appear at the bottom of immensely complex supply chains.  Work is often subcontracted by suppliers, and there can be several levels of subcontractors below them, before the work actually reaches homeworkers.   These levels of subcontracting or ‘middle-men’ not only reduce the amount of money that actually reaches homeworkers from the top of the chain, but can also make it difficult for homeworkers to find out who is responsible for their pay and conditions.  The arrangements are often informal, from casual workers in the factory, to small workshops and finally to home workers.

* Invisibility and isolation : Homeworkers are often isolated and less able to access support – by joining a union or other worker organisation for example.  Homeworkers are also often ‘invisible’ to society at large, because their work is done behind closed doors rather than in conventional factories.  They are often working ‘informally’ so are not recognised in official labour statistics or surveys.  This means governments, as well as suppliers and retailers, are often ignorant of the issues affecting homeworkers, and may fail to take the steps necessary to protect them.

* Irregularity and insecurity of work : One of the benefits of homework is the perceived flexibility it provides. Homeworkers can, they hope, fit work around other commitments and employers can benefit from a more flexible workforce who can accommodate shifts in demand.  However, too often this flexibility is one-way.  Employers don’t have to pay their homeworkers when there is no work available, but can rely on homeworkers to do long hours at short notice when there is sudden demand.  Irregularity of work, leading to periods of no – or very little – income, alternating with the frantic long hours of a rushed order are common concerns raised by homeworkers.

Organising homeworkers

Traditionally trade unions have not been good at addressing the issues that affect homeworkers, or reaching out and recruiting them. The vast majority of homeworkers across the world are not unionised, or represented by other worker organisations. However, there are many counter examples of homeworkers becoming organised and finding ways to support each other and improve their situation.

In some cases an existing union has consciously extended its reach to incorporate homeworkers and promote their demands. In other countries some homeworkers have created their own organisations such as cooperatives, associations, self-help groups or new trade unions. A co-operative in Turkey, for example, has been able to increase the piece-rates its members earn by cutting out the sub-contractors and getting the work direct from the supplier. In Tamil Nadu, South India, a homeworkers federation has established a savings and life insurance scheme, offering members greater security and access to loans.

What improvements do homeworkers want to see?

The solution to any problems homeworkers face is for retailers and suppliers to work together to find out more about the conditions homeworkers work under and how to improve them.  Trying to eliminate homeworkers from supply chains is NOT the answer.  This would only result in homeworkers either losing much needed jobs, or becoming even more vulnerable to exploitation as their existence in supply chains will continue ‘underground’.

In March 2006 homeworkers organisations from across the world met to form an International Federation and discuss common issues. Certain demands were common to homeworkers across the world, despite the different situations in their home countries:

* Being recognised as workers

* The right to organise (in unions, or other forms of organisation)

* Social protection (access to pension schemes, health insurance etc)

* Decent pay and recognition of the value of their work

There is also an ILO Convention on Homework (177) which explains how international labour standards should be applied to homeworkers. The Convention has only been ratified by 4 countries so far, but the campaign for ratification continues amongst homeworker organisations world wide.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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