News from notable companies who are joining the remote work revolution
The phrase “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (or DEI) grew from virtually nothing in 2019 to a fast peak in 2021. But since then, DEI has given away nearly all of its gains in the workplace. In this report, we cover 44 organizations (including companies, universities, and government entities) that have reduced or eliminated their DEI programs. These organizations… Have 1,000+ employees The stories that have been…
This is an exhaustively researched list of the biggest companies that only hire remote workers. Every company on this list has 1,000+ employees and is classified as either fully remote or remote-first in our remote company database. I created this research report for people who are experiencing the following: You are looking for companies hiring remote workers but you’re sick of the fake remote jobs,…
17 of the Fortune 500 companies are currently requiring five days per week in the office. Below, you’ll see the all 17 of those companies plus other notable five-day RTO companies. All of this information comes from Buildremote’s database of the Fortune 500 RTO policies. 1) Amazon According to CNBC, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sent a new memo instructing corporate employees to come into…
CEOs are stepping down at record-high rates. According to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc…. “In 2023, 1,914 CEOs left their posts, a 55% increase from the 1,235 CEO changes in 2022. Last year’s total is the highest on record, surpassing the previous record of 1,640 CEO exits in 2019.” In this report, you’ll find every notable CEO stepping down since 2020. We…
This is an exhaustively researched list of remote-first companies (ones that offer work-from-home or work-from-anywhere as the default location for their employees, but may have company offices). At Buildremote, we maintain the biggest list of remote-first companies in the world (it’s right here). Right now, we have 836 remote-first companies spread across 46 countries, 90 industries, and eight employee headcount brackets. Here’s a quick breakdown…
This is an exhaustively researched list of fully remote companies (ones with no physical office locations). Read – and download – the 2024 report. At Buildremote, we maintain the biggest list of fully remote companies in the world (it’s just below). Right now, we have 609 fully remote companies spread across 42 countries, 85 industries, and eight employee headcount brackets. Here’s a quick breakdown of…
In this database, we keep an updated list of every publicly stated “return to office” policy for the Fortune 500 (and compile the data at the top). Use the links below to jump to a section that interests you. You can download one of two datasets here. Or, navigate the free report using the table of contents here. RTO policy statistics RTO for the Fortune…
Once the hub for tech companies in the world, San Francisco is now facing a wave of businesses leaving the Bay Area. An astonishing 35% of San Francisco’s workforce works primarily from home, according to a 2021 NBC Bay Area report. That’s the highest among all US cities where data was collected. And with workers staying home or moving out of San Francisco altogether, the…
At Buildremote, we’ve reported a staggering amount of well-known companies that have implemented some form of permanent remote work. Next, we analyzed in-depth the true plans for the Fortune 100’s return to office. As of October 2024, only 10 of the Fortune 100 had declared a full return to the office for all employees. The others planned to never come back in full, come back…
Arguably since the first agricultural revolution 10,000+ years ago, work has been tied to a fixed location. That location-based work – first a farm, then a manufacturing plant, then an office – created opportunity. Opportunity attracted workers (or new citizens). Therefore, we always formed cities, countries, and societies primarily through location-based opportunity. Go where the work is, as they say. For the first time in…