The Remote Work Round-Up - May 25, 2017

The Remote Work Round-Up - May 25, 2017

The most common misconception, as related to remote work, is that employees who work from home tend to laze about, exhibit less productivity and slows business down. However, the reality is quite the opposite.


There are many reasons why a business may benefit by utilizing remote workers, including (but certainly not limited to):

  • Increased productivity
  • Increased employee job satisfaction
  • Increased employee retention
  • Increase in talent pool for open positions
  • Lower overhead cost

If you're vying for remote work and your current place of employment won't allow it, try arming yourself with the arguments above and some correlating data. But if that doesn't do the trick, try applying for one of the remote positions below with a company that cares about women today.

Apple - WW Accessories Channel Development Manager

Gitlab - Senior Backend Developer, CI/CD Pipelines

Gitlab - Security Specialist 

Gitlab - Production Engineer

Gitlab - Product Manager

Gitlab - Director of Security

Gitlab - Director of Infrastructure

Karat, Inc. - Expert Technical Interviewer

L3 Technologies - Supplier Quality Engineer (Bay Area Regional Field Supplier Engineer)

L3 Technologies - Supplier Quality Engineer (New York/New Jersey Regional Field Supplier Engineer)

Twilio - Solutions Architect

Wellthy, Inc. - Virtual Care Coordinator

Zapier, Inc. - Data Engineer

Zapier, Inc. - Customer Storyteller

Zapier, Inc. - Growth Product Manager

Zapier, Inc. - Infrastructure Engineer

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