18 Big Companies Letting People Work From Home Long-Term

Working from home has its perks — no grueling commute, less spending on food, and, perhaps most important, relative safety at a time when coronavirus cases continue to tick upward nationwide. Recent data from Global Workplace Analytics shows that 82% of American office workers want to continue working from home, at least weekly, even after the pandemic is over. And some of the country's best-known companies plan to let employees do just that, according to the job-hunting site FlexJobs, whether for the next few months, through the end of the year, or indefinitely.

"It's not surprising that so many companies are considering staying remote even after it's safe to go back to the office," says Brie Weiler Reynolds, career development manager at FlexJobs. "The cost savings alone will be a huge help during uncertain economic times, and maintaining some remote work continuity will help companies be prepared for a future crisis." Here are 18 companies that not only are committed to remote work for the long haul, according to FlexJobs, but are currently hiring.

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For those who'd like to work in the financial services industry, Capital One has announced plans to allow employees to keep working from home until at least September. Remote opportunities currently available include repo collections representative, vehicle remarketing associate, and senior reinstatement coordinator.

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The planet's largest online retailer has announced that employees whose positions allow them to work from home will be able to continue doing so until October, according to FlexJobs. Current remote openings range from marketing program manager to senior PR manager.

Microsoft is giving its employees the option to work from home through October, according to FlexJobs. Current openings that provide the option of working remotely include principal program manager, principal software engineer, and contracts executive.

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A global company that provides solutions for web-based applications and content development, Adobe is well-known for its Photoshop, Illustrator, and Reader software programs. According to FlexJobs, the company is planning to allow its employees to work remotely until October. Current remote job openings include account executive and customer-growth manager positions.

Online real estate leader Zillow has announced that its employees will be able to work from home until at least the end of 2020. Among the many current openings are positions that allow for working 100% remotely, partially remotely, or with the option of remote work. The available positions include senior software engineers, software development engineers, and a connections specialist.

The growing craze for family history searches made Ancestry a household name, and it now has more than 12 billion records and a community of nearly 2 million subscribers, according to FlexJobs. It has announced that employees will be allowed to continue working from home through Dec. 31. Current remote openings include genealogical researcher, genetic communications scientist, and digital designer.

Salesforce, which provides a customer relationship management platform, employs more than 34,000 people. The company has announced that employees have the option of working from home through the end of 2020, according to FlexJobs. Current remote job openings with Salesforce include lead technical writer and senior manager of product and pricing operations.

This IT research and advisory company provides insight, strategic advice, and practical solutions designed to help companies make efficient, high-quality business decisions. Gartner has announced that all employees will work remotely through January 2021, according to FlexJobs. Current openings include federal account executive and business development director.

Twitter employees will be able to work from home indefinitely, going into the office if and when they choose, according to FlexJobs. Perhaps the employees will just tweet at each other when they need to communicate? Current openings at the social media behemoth include senior associate of strategy, senior stock administration specialist, and senior product designer, among many other options.

The worldwide transaction, payment-processing, and consulting company has said its employees can work from home until COVID-19 fears subside and people feel comfortable coming into offices, according to FlexJobs. Among the current openings at Mastercard are opportunities for database engineering consultants and consumer support specialists.

One of the oldest and biggest names in financial and insurance services, Nationwide has taken the bold move of permanently transitioning to a blended work model, with a majority of employees working from home indefinitely, according to FlexJobs. Current openings that list an option for working remotely include worker's compensation claims specialist, general claims adjuster, and senior actuary.

While you may not have heard of Square, make no mistake: This is another financial services industry leader. The company began as a small credit-card-reading application and now provides merchants with the ability to manage point-of-sale systems, accept credit card payments, and sell online. Even when offices begin to open, Square employees will be able to work from home permanently, according to FlexJobs. Current openings that offer the option of working remotely include senior product designer for ecommerce and senior global payroll partner.

Shopify provides a multichannel, cloud-based commerce platform for small and midsize companies. All of Shopify's 5,000 employees can work from home indefinitely. Among the many current remote job openings are opportunities for senior project managers, senior developers, and financial planning and analysis experts.

What would remote work be without Slack? Well-known for its platform that allows real-time messaging among remote employees, Slack made its fortune facilitating team communication. Most Slack employees have the option of working from home permanently, and Slack is committing to hiring more remote employees, according to FlexJobs. For the time being, however, most of its current openings list partial remote work options, such as a posting for a director of large enterprise sales in Atlanta, and a senior account executive opening in Washington, D.C.

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An international performance management, information, and measurement company, Nielsen offers clients data about what consumers are buying and watching on TV. According to FlexJobs, Nielsen will be converting offices to team meeting spaces post-pandemic, and employees will be able to work from home most of the week moving forward. Current open roles that allow for remote work include associate client manager for retail analytics, senior manager of customer success, and insights executive, to name a few.

Coinbase provides cryptocurrency services that facilitate transactions in peer-to-peer digital currencies. According to FlexJobs, this company has become a "remote-first" company, meaning a majority of employees who want to work remotely can do so indefinitely. After pandemic restrictions have been eased, those who are itching to return to an office will be able to do so for either some or all of their work hours, according to FlexJobs. Application security engineer and senior blockchain engineer are among the current remote openings.

One of the leading global platforms for connecting freelancers with project opportunities, Upwork has about 10 million registered freelancers. The company is permanently adopting a remote-first model, with remote work being the default for all employees, according to FlexJobs. Current opportunities with Upwork include digital transformation manager and vice president of contingent workforce solutions.

Founded about three years ago as an alternative to traditional colleges, Lambda School provides educational preparation for high-tech careers. The school has rolled out a permanent work-from-anywhere policy, meaning its employees can work from anywhere in the United States, according to FlexJobs. Among its long list of current openings are opportunities for program managers in enrollment, student leadership training and development managers, and data science instructors.