8r2017 [At These 125 Companies, All Or Mos! Employees Work Remotely Forbes / Personal Finance / #IflOnlyKnew MAR 32, 2036 @ 08:00AM 75,277 At These 125 Companies, All Or Most Employees Work Remotely WOMEN@ FORBES| Laura Shin, @ roRsES STAFF FULLBIOV pinion expressed by Forbes Contributors we theiroun With advances in cloud services and videoconferencing technologies, it's becoming more and more common for companies to be virtual, meaning the majority or entirety of their team telecommutes 100% of the time. FlexJobs, a site for those seeking telecommuting, flexible schedule, part-time, and freelance jobs, rel third-annual list of companies that operate mostly or completely remotely. According to FlexJobs, half of American employees hold a job that is compatible with telework. The company, which itself is virtual, researched hundreds of companies over the last year to identify the 125 that fit the bill, with top industries for virtual companies including computer/IT, HR/recruiting, and education. Other industries that are also friendly to telecommuting include accounting, health, law, marketing, nonprofit, news/media, sports, travel, and others. © Gallery 16 Billionaires Who Started Working From Home Launch Gallery 14 images hitps:ihwrw forbes, comvsites/aurashin/2016/03/31/atthese-125-companias-al-or-mast-omployees-work-emotelyf#Sce6315c6530 18‘102017 |AvThese 125 Companies, All Or Mos! Employees Work Remotely The list has grown from 26 virtual companies in 2014 to 76 virtual companies in 2015 to 125 in 2016, reflecting a growing trend. In 2015, the site saw a 36% increase in remote jobs posted. In 2014, telecommuting grew 6.5%, the largest year-over-year increase since before the recession. ‘The company estimates that telecommuting in the United States has grown 103% over the last decade and projects that 50% of people will work remotely by 2020. “Being able to choose where and when we work empowers us to be more productive, more engaged, and more balanced in every aspect of our lives,” said Adam Schwartz, founder and CEO of Articulate, one of the companies on the list. “After 14 years as a fully remote company, we're convinced a distributed environment isn’t just good for our employees. It’s also one of the key reasons we've been so successful as a company.” More than two-thirds of employers report increased productivity among their telecommuters. “The bottom line is that a virtual company can be just as viable, professional, and successful as a traditional on-site company, and even more so,” said Sara Sutton Fell, founder and CEO of FlexJobs. “In FlexJobs’ own virtual environment, we have built new and useful processes, learned how to collaborate creatively with each other, and grown a healthy, vibrant company culture, not in spite of our lack of headquarters, but largely because of it.” Richer In 7 Hours: An eBook From Forbes Cut your expenses, boost your net worth and secure your financial future in a day. Examples of positions these virtual companies are currently hiring include email marketing channel & campaign manager, VP of finance, iOS developer, public relations professional, campaign director, director of business development, community support specialist and more. Here is the list of 125 companies whose teams either mostly work from home or all work from home. hitps:ihwrw forbes, comvsites/aurashin/2016/03/31/atthese-125-companias-al-or-mast-omployees-work-emotelyf#Sce6315c6530 218er2017 [At These 125 Companies, All Or Mos! Employees Work Remotely (Mart Creford/ Fick) + 10up + Acceleration Partners + AgileBits + Aha! + Aids Free World + appendTo + Art & Logic + Articulate + Attentiv + Authentic Form & Function + Automattic « Axelerant + Balsamiq + Baremetrics hitps:ihwrw forbes, comvsites/aurashin/2016/03/31/atthese-125-companias-al-or-mast-omployees-work-emotelyf#5ce6315c6530 318‘1612017 [At These 125 Companies, All Or Mos! Employees Work Remotely + Basecamp + Beutler Ink + Big Universe, Inc. + Blossom + Bluespark + Buffer + Canonical + Catalyze + Chargify LLC + Chef + Ciao Bambino + Citrix + Clevertech + CloudPeeps + Codebusters * Collage.com + DataStax * Devrix + Doist + duckduckgo + DVMelite + ElevenYellow + Evolving Wisdom + Fire Engine RED + FiveQ + FlexJobs + FlexProfessionals hitips:shwew forbes, comisitesaurashin/2016/03/31/atthese-126-companies-al-or-most-employees-work-emotelyi#Scc6315c6530‘16r2017 [At These 125 Companies, All Or Mos! Employees Work Remotely + Four Kitchens + Genuitec + GitHub + GitLab + Go Fish Digital + Greenback Expat Tax Services + Groove + Haynes and Company + Help Scout + Hippo Education + Hubstaff + ICUC Moderation Services Inc. + iDoneThis + Inspired HR + inVision + Jackson River + Kin HR + LoveToKnow + Lullabot + MariaDB + MCF Tech Solutions + MeetEdgar + Melewi * Mobomo + Modern Tribe Ine. + Mokriya + MomsRising hiips:shwew forbes, comisitesaurashin/2016/03/31/at-these-126-companios-al-or-most-employees-work-emotelyitScc6315c6530‘1612017 [At These 125 Companies, All Or Mos! Employees Work Remotely + Move On + Mozilla +» MySQL + NodeSouree + Olark + OnTheGoSystems + Origin Eight + PeopleG2 + Percona + Plex + ProofiQ + Receiptful + Remote Year + Revolution EHR * ScrapingHub + Seeq, * Severalnines + Simple [A] + SitePen + SkillCrush + Sococo + SoftwareMill + SpiderOak * Sticker Mule + Study Soup + Summit CPA Group + Sutherland Global Services hitips:shwew forbes, comisitesaurashin/2016/03/31/atthese-126-companies-al-or-most-employees-work-emotelyi#Scc6315c6530‘1612017 hitips:shwew forbes, comisitesaurashin/2016/03/31/atthese-126-companies-al-or-most-employees-work-emotelyi#Scc6315c6530 [At These 125 Companies, All Or Mos! 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