Remote-first employers
I’m passionately in favor of remote-first employment for workers who prefer it.
I am definitely not a fan of the 2023 statistic that 90% of employers plan to call employees back to work.
To help you find remote-first employers, I created this list. I'll add to it over time and delete any employer who stops supporting remote employment. To be included here, the employer must be fully remote or remote-first, meaning most employees can work from home. This list does not include hybrid employers who expect most employees to come into the office every week, so if you discover one of these employers has switched to a mostly hybrid model, please contact me so I can remove them.
3M – Manufacturer of 60,000 products.
Airbnb – Rental properties.
Allstate – Insurance company.
Ancestry – Family history research services.
Andela - Global job placement network for software developers.
Appcues - Product adoption and user onboarding platform for web and mobile apps.
Aquent – Global work solutions.
Atlassian - Software developer of brands including Jira, Confluence, and Trello.
Automattic – A web development company with brands including WordPress, Tumblr, and Gravatar.
Blackbaud – Cloud software powering the social good.
Buffer – A social sharing platform.
Canonical - Open source software.
Chainlink Labs - Blockchain project.
Cimpress – Mass customization of products.
Cinder - Cybersecurity.
Clickhouse - Open source database management system.
Coinbase – Platform to buy, sell, and manage crypto.
Connectly - AI-powered marketing solutions.
Constructor - AI-powered product search and discovery solutions.
Deel – Payroll and compliance provider.
Doist - Productivity tools.
Dollar Flight Club - Discount flight finder.
Dropbox – File storage platform.
DuckDuckGo – A search platform that protects privacy.
Egenera – Global cloud service provider.
Emsisoft – A cybersecurity firm.
Eventbrite - Event management platform.
Expensify - Expense management software.
G-P (Globalization Partners) - Global employer of record.
Ghost – Creator economy platform.
GitLab - Web-based, open-source DevOps platform.
Help Scout – Customer service platform.
HG Insights - Technology intelligence.
HubSpot - Marketing software.
Hubstaff – Time tracking, workforce management, and productivity metrics.
Invisible Technologies - Operations innovation.
Kona - AI-powered leadership coaching for remote managers.
Ladders – Career development for executives who earn $100K+.
Lokalise – A localization platform.
Mapillary – Street level images for keeping maps up to date.
Native - Climate action.
OnTheGoSystems - Translation technologies.
Percona - Open source software.
Plex - Streaming entertainment.
Product Hunt – Information about cutting-edge products.
PushPress - Gym management software.
Quadcode - White label brokerage solutions provider.
Reddit – Online community.
Remote - Global HR solutions.
SAP – Processing solutions.
Shopify – Global commerce platform.
Skillshare – Education platform.
Social Discovery Group - Investment in social discovery technology startups.
Soleo - Ghostwriting for LinkedIn.
Spotify – Streaming music.
Square – Commerce solutions.
Superside – Creative-as-a-service platform.
TaskRabbit – Service platform for odd jobs and errands.
The Remote Company - SaaS solutions.
Toggl – Time tracking software.
Toptal – Freelance software developers, designers, finance experts, product managers, and project managers.
Upwork – Freelance platform.
Veeva - Cloud-based software for life sciences.
Vista – Design and marketing firm with brands including 99Designs and VistaPrint.
Woo X - Financial technology company specializing in cryptocurrency trading.
Yelp - Crowd-sourced reviews.
Yodo1 - Mobile games.
Zapier – Integration software.
Check out my Hall of Fame for remote-first employers with great leadership.
