Office, Schmoffice: How 3 Big-Name Companies Succeed With Remote Working

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         Just 20 years ago, only 9 percent of U.S. workers worked from home on occasion. Today, that number has risen to 37 percent, and the number of people telecommuting full-time has grown 103 percent over the last 10 years. Remote work is gaining more mainstream acceptance as a viable way of conducting business by many companies, large and small. But what does it take to run a successful remote work program?
        My company, FlexJobs, just released our annual list of the 100 companies to watch for remote jobs. Industries like medical and health, sales, education and training, and computer and IT are all represented, with companies hiring for hundreds, if not thousands, of remote jobs every year. The top 20 companies for remote jobs include names you’ll likely recognize, but might not associate with remote and distributed workforces, such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Humana, Salesforce, IBM, and Kaplan, just to name a few.
         Dell, Deloitte, and UnitedHealth Group are also three of the companies on the list, and they’ve successfully integrated remote work within their organizations for years. We interviewed leaders at these companies to find out what this looks like in practice.

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