In the United States and other areas around the world, working from home has become a necessity for many women and a desire for many more. Since 2020 in the U.S. alone, more than one million women chose to leave the workforce for a wide range of reasons.
The COVID-19 pandemic proved that most societies continue to promote the idea that women can and should set aside their careers to take on caring and nurturing roles at home. Women have also realized that they want less stress and more flexibility in their lives, which means they refuse to return to long commutes and on-site shifts and work days.
Fairygodboss, one of the largest global communities for female professionals online, recently gathered anonymous reviews to determine the best remote companies for women based on a variety of factors, including general equality, referrals to specific employers and job satisfaction. It’s one of the most comprehensive lists available to date of top employers that offer high-quality, remote jobs for women.
The top five companies in the list are Power Home Remodeling Group, LLC (Chester, Pennsylvania – Score 97.9), Delta Dental Insurance (San Francisco, California – Score 97.2), Luxoft Holding, Inc. (Zug, Switzerland – Score 97.1), Elastic (Mountain View, California – Score 96.7) and Navy Federal Credit Union (Vienna, Virginia – Score 96.5). Except for Luxoft, all companies have headquarters within the U.S. with the top and bottom of the five splits between the Mid-Atlantic and West Coast.
What made these companies stand out more than the rest? Fairygodboss found that these companies offered exemplary benefits, including longer-than-average maternity leave, women-friendly work-life policies and cultures and fantastic opportunities for advancement.
Several companies are tied on the list. The remainder of the top 10 included Invitation Homes Inc. and DTCC (#6), UKG Inc. (#7), Pariveda Solutions (#8), The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (#9) and Klaviyo (#10).
The list rounded out with West Monroe (#11), PVH Corp. (#12), Squarespace, Inc. and Guild Education (#13), Global Foundaries, Equinix, Inc. and Marsh McLennan (#14), The Sage Group (#15), Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (#16), Boston Scientific Corporation (#17), ServiceNow, Inc. (#18), ZS (#19), CDW Corporation and US Foods, Inc. (#20), ADP, LLC (#21), Sandia National Laboratories and Siemens Digital Industries Software (#22), LexisNexis Legal & Professional (#23), Protiviti (#24) and Enova International, Inc. (#25).