- Cloud-based software company Veeva had the highest volume of work-from-anywhere job postings in 2024, according to a FlexJobs report. The employer’s postings can pay up to $300,000 annually, standing out in a job market hungry for well-paid remote possibilities.
Job-seekers are starved for remote opportunities, and some companies are heeding the call.
Cloud-based software business Veeva was ranked the top remote work employer, according to a recent report from online platform FlexJobs. The $2 billion revenue company had the highest volume of work-from-home job postings in 2024, allowing staffers to log in remotely from around the world. Available opportunities can pay from $55,000 to much as $300,000 annually, with postings ranging from business consultants to data analysts.
Veeva’s job postings have a “Work Where It’s Best for You” note tacked onto the bottom, detailing its commitment to flexibility. “Work Anywhere means you can work in an office or at home on any given day. It’s about getting the work done in the way and place that works best for each person," the statement reads.
Veeva clarified that there are physical spaces for its more than 7,000 workers to convene for those who want to use it. The company’s headquarters are based outside San Francisco, and it has 28 other offices in countries around the world for employees who want to work in the office.
“We invest in our offices to make them places where our employees like to go. If you work in the office three or more days a week, you will have a dedicated office workspace,” their postings state. “Our offices function as hubs to draw people in, create social bonds, and where random connections and mixing of ideas happen. We’re investing more in offices, culture, and offsite meetings, not less.”
By being the largest work-from-anywhere employer in 2024, Veeva struck gold in a labor market hungry for remote jobs. It has proven to be a smart business decision.
Why Veeva stuck with remote in an RTO corporate world
As remote opportunities are drying up, Veeva may be in the best position to grow.
“We definitely have seen a great inbound in our applicant pool,” Vivian Welsh, chief people officer at Veeva, tells Fortune. “The end results helped broaden our talent pool. We've grown pretty organically that way.”
And Veeva might be onto something. U.S. remote job postings on LinkedIn dropped 9% between the start of 2022 and end of 2023, according to the company’s 2024 report. And even though remote jobs only accounted for 10% of roles in December 2023, they received 46% of all applications sent in. The demand shows how much work-from-home is desired; more than half of employees also say that having remote as an option is more important than their salary, work-life-balance, and having a good manager.
Welsh says the company has always been remote-forward. The business was founded in 2007 by Peter Gassner and Matt Wallach, who were working from separate cities at the time. Naturally, digital connection became embedded in the business model from the start. They’ve only continued to bring more Veeva roles into the WFH fold, especially after the COVID-19 lockdown. Now, Welsh says over 95% of the company can work from anywhere, with exceptions to essential staffers needed at the offices and employees in the engineering development program.
Beyond attracting talent, Welsh says the work-from-anywhere ethos has been critical to employee happiness and productivity.
“We definitely sense a lot of appreciation from our workers, and we realize that [our policy] is not very common. We have employees that have been here more than 10 years, and they still greatly appreciate the ability to have that choice,” Welsh says. “We found that even when working remotely from home, they were just as productive, or in some cases, more productive. Some prefer the quiet, head-down time.”
This visage is starkly different from RTO employers. Workers have actively resisted RTO mandates for years—signing petitions, threatening to quit, and “rage applying” to other jobs—yet companies continue to roll them out. Most recently, President Donald Trump signed an executive order forcing federal staffers back into the office five days per week. As the government is the nation’s largest employer, it impacts millions of workers. Other businesses—including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Google, EY, and Microsoft—have led the charge in modifying work-from-home to an in-office corporate culture.
Contrarily, research has found that jobs with WFH options have better stock returns; leaders flex being able to “tap into talent” from all over the world. About 83% of recruiters say offering remote work has improved the quality of applicants they attract, according to a 2024 report from MyPerfectResume. Veeva has no intention of turning back.
“We’re committed to work anywhere. We said that before the pandemic, during the pandemic, after the pandemic. We believe it’s important to our employees’ clarity and creativity,” Welsh says.
The top 10 companies with WFH opportunities
Veeva might be a job-seekers’ best shot at logging in from the comfort of their couch, but there are many companies to scout for openings.
FlexJobs ran an analysis of 60,000 companies during 2024, to see who had the highest volume of work-from-anywhere job postings. The employers allow workers to be fully remote from any location. Many are in the technology, sales, and media industries, with opportunities paying up salaries well into the six-figures.
- Veeva
- Invisible Technologies
- Canonical
- Social Discovery Group
- Wikimedia Foundation
- Remote
- Chainlink Labs
- Nethermind
- Gamurs Group
- CloudLinux
