The last few years have completely changed how people and companies view the way we work. As a result, remote and work-from-home positions are more in demand and more available than ever. New technologies such as advanced workplace sensors are enabling companies to accurately track office usage, save on real estate, and support the transition to hybrid work or back to the office.
We’ve hand-selected the best companies offering these hybrid positions based on certain criteria, including remote work flexibility and requirements to work in-office. The presented options offer impressive hybrid work models and focus on creating the best workplace environments.
Meta (Facebook)
What started as a company-wide office closure from 2020-22 became a step toward employee flexibility. After returning to the office, they announced all employees could request to remain remote full-time. While waiting for approval on the work-from-home request, they’re only required to be in the office half the time.
Microsoft
Microsoft employees can decide to work remotely part-time without formal approval from a manager. Plus, the company will cover any expenses required to set up your home office. But those who opt for this part-time hybrid role will lose their permanent spot at the office.
Target
This retail giant took their employees’ feedback and ran with it by announcing they’ll allow staff to work flexibly. This is a permanent decision so teams and individuals can decide where they want to be at work. They even went as far as to renovate their downtown Minneapolis offices to be hybrid-friendly spaces for individuals and teams.
Amazon
Although they initially opted out of a hybrid opportunity for employees, they quickly changed their minds. Now they’ve fully taken on the flexible workplace where individual employees and team leaders can decide where to collaborate based on current needs and situations.
Citigroup
Their policy has changed a few times, but they still have a hybrid policy. Since 2021 they’ve only required workers to be in the office three days a week to help prevent the spread of COVID variants. Most recently, if the employee is vaccinated, they’re asked to appear in the workspace at least twice a week in the US and three times a week in London-based offices.
HubSpot
This company has created a unique hybrid work model that allows employees to choose what’s best for themselves. They can choose from three options for a home and office balance.
The home option lets employees come in only once a quarter, office employees can work in the office three or more times a week, or flex for those who only want to come in once or twice a week.
Adobe
Since 2021, they’ve embraced a hybrid work environment where employees can work up to half the time from home. They still embrace a culture of collaboration and still plan in-office and purposeful gatherings. Leading factors for adopting this work model focused on making employees and their families live better.
Canva
While still focusing on communication, they’ve adopted a flexible work model for employees. They only expect employees to stop into the office 8 times per year. They chose to do this after polling employees, where 81% decided they’d prefer the option of flexibility.
Recently implementing a “Work From Anywhere” program; this tech giant is getting people back into the office without cutting them off from work flexibility. They only require individuals to be in the office three days a week, and in addition to their regular vacation time, they’re now offered four weeks to work from anywhere they please.
Airbnb
The CEO of this company announced in early 2022 that employees could choose to move anywhere they please in the United States without receiving a pay cut. This means individuals can work remotely full-time without any requirements to meet up in the office.
Another internet giant that allows its employees to choose. In 2020 they adopted a permanent hybrid work model. The entire workforce can work in the office, at home, or wherever they please without any requirements.
Gravity Payments
Already famous for a minimum wage of $70K, this company puts its employees first with a hybrid work model. Individuals can decide whether to be in an office, at home, or wherever they want. Here, the CEO directly asked for and then enacted staff feedback.
Unilever
Employees here can work under a flexible work model and are required to spend only 40% of their time in the office. They anticipate never returning to a 5-day work week but still enjoy the collaborative office environment to some degree. They’re even testing a 4-day work week in New Zealand to evolve further.
Zoom
One of the most widely used video services around, it makes sense that they have no desire to return to a full-time office work environment. Instead, they’ve fully accepted a hybrid work model in which employees can choose where they want to work without real requirements.
Grammarly
This unique hybrid model focuses on remote-first employees, meaning the company automatically assumes every employee is remote, so all modes of communication are perfect for collaboration from anywhere. Employees who do wish to return to the office must be fully vaccinated to do so.
Slack
This company runs one of the best communication and collaboration platforms, so it is no surprise that they embrace a remote-first work model. This means employees are assumed to work remotely, but in-person meetings aren’t completely out of the question for team events and project kickoffs.
Salesforce
While they usher employees to come back into the office, they don’t require employees to be there 5 days a week. Their hybrid model requires most employees to be back in the office 1-3 days a week. Some positions can even work full-time remotely when the employee doesn’t live near an office and the role doesn’t require it.
American Express
This credit card company has fully embraced a hybrid work model for their employees. Those working in the US and UK can work remotely twice a week. Plus, they’ve added a bonus of four weeks of the year that employees can use for remote work from anywhere they choose.
Cisco
This company has adopted a hybrid work environment with a no-return-to-work policy. Their employees can decide where they wish to work with no requirements to be in the office, which offers employees the most flexibility. Cisco suspects that less than 25% of staff will be in the office more than 3 days a week in the future.
Spotify
Truly looking out for their employees, they asked what they’d prefer and listened. Employees at this music giant have flexibility in the hybrid model offered. Those working for Spotify can now decide where they’d like to work, whether that be headquarters, home, or even another country.
Key Takeaways
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to hybrid work. Even the top companies have a wide variety of models and policies. To find the best approach for your company, make a data driven decision by utilizing the latest space utilization and workplace analytics technologies.
