Let’s be honest, 2024 was not a good year for remote work. Now that the pandemic is well in the rear view mirror, working from home hasn’t been nearly as necessary for businesses to operate, which means return-to-office mandates have been rampant.
While this might make you think that remote work is no longer a productive and sought-after perk for employees in 2024, the reality is that work-from-home statistics are decidedly in favor of the flexible arrangement, for employees and employers alike.
So, if you’re looking to find a remote job for the first time or you’re trying to avoid an RTO mandate yourself, we’ve outlined some of the best companies for remote work in 2025 to get you started on a new chapter next year.
Microsoft
If you’re a regular Tech.co reader, you know that Microsoft is big on remote work. Every month, we showcase some of the work-from-home eligible positions at the big tech firm, with the Microsoft career page frequently displaying more than 400 jobs that qualify.
Even better, these roles are based all around the world, so no matter where you want to work, you should be able to find a remote position that coincides with your flexible schedule.
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Perhaps more importantly, though, Microsoft is quite committed to keeping remote work as a part of the company culture. A Microsoft VP even noted in October 2024 that the company would never return to a five-day in-office workweek unless there were substantial dips in productivity across the business. Suffice to say, if you want to work from home for a long time, Microsoft is a safe place to put down your roots.
Shopify
Ecommerce giant Shopify is no stranger to the necessity for online functionality. After all, the company offers one of the best ecommerce platforms on the market, providing businesses with the tools they need to sell services and products online, rather than in-person.
In that vein, Shopify has fully embraced working from home as a business, since going remote during the pandemic in March 2020. Now, all these years later, Shopify remains a remote-first business with hundreds of remote positions available at the company as of writing. Shopify describes its remote work policy as Digital by Design (DxD), putting the digital nature of the business at the forefront of its strategy across the company.
It’s safe to say that remote work is safe at Shopify too, with the CEO Tobias Lütke noting in a tweet in 2021 that “office centricity is over.”
Adobe
If you’re looking for another company that doesn’t just offer remote jobs, but makes flexible work arrangements a priority for the entire company, Adobe is definitely on the list. The default for employees is to work from home, with in-office attendance only required for certain meetings and events.
Working at Adobe sounds like a good gig, too. The company makes benefits and perks a huge priority, including generous PTO, helpful professional development, a bounty of charitable opportunities. Plus, employees seem to enjoy the culture, even without the in-office culture.
“Working remotely is a new experience, but I’ve not once felt like I was on the outside.” – Jeremy Joachim, experience developer at Adobe
Spotify
Not to be confused with the ecommerce website builder, popular music streamer Spotify is another company that has shown it is willing to provide its employees with remote work options for the foreseeable future.
The Work From Anywhere program that is available for Spotify employees says that the company will “embrace and support your choice to work either mostly at home or from one of our offices, with the understanding that each will bring a different experience.”
Working from home is likely going to be a staple at Spotify for a long time, at least as long as Katarina Berg, the CHRO of the company, works there, after she noted that, “You can’t spend a lot of time hiring grown-ups and then treat them like children.”
Another company that offers a specific and clearly named program to allow many of its employees to work from home, Pinterest and the PinFlex program prioritize a flexible working arrangement for employees that want to take advantage.
Not only does this program allow you to work from home, but it also encourages employees to go into the Pinterest office wherever they live if that’s how they would rather work. So even if your team is based in Chicago, you can head on over to the Los Angeles office for some perks and social time with coworkers.
“I’ve visited multiple Pinterest offices; this has allowed me to collaborate with colleagues, learn about various areas of the business and travel to new cities!” -Katie Iserson, senior manager of employee relations at Pinterest
Finding a Remote Job in 2025
Over the last year, we’ve done our best to provide our readers with the best resources for finding a remote job. Whether it be our monthly roundup of work-from-home positions at tech companies around the world or our handy guide to setting up your resume to get remote jobs, we’d like to think 2024 was the year we finally helped you find some flexible working arrangements.
If not, have no fear! We will continue to give our readers all the important information they need to find, apply to, and eventually land the remote job of their dreams in 2025. So stay tuned, we’re just getting started!
