Gloria Steinem’s birthday is this Saturday, so now is the perfect time to celebrate this remarkable woman. As a journalist, feminist leader and activist, Steinem has made a huge impact on the cultural and political landscape of the United States – and the world.
Her recent book – My Life On the Road – is a candid account of how her early years led her to live a nomadic lifestyle – traveling, listening to people, learning, and creating change. It’s an inside look into the forces that shaped her – forces that she never would have encountered had she sat still or stayed in one place.
With the current trend for companies to embrace remote and even nomadic workers, Gloria Steinem’s life experience and overwhelming personal success is so relevant.
Done right, working remote can be lead to positive transformation for your workforce, ensuring personal growth, which tends to relate to happiness and general life satisfaction. There are, of course, many things to consider before taking on a remote or nomadic work lifestyle
Steinem has spoken highly of the value of life on the road “Spend six weeks on the road; it will be the best education you’ll ever get.”
Whether employees define themselves as a digital nomads or remote workers, they tend to be a unique breed. Workers who have the freedom to be untethered from a brick-and-mortar HQ – whether they travel extensively for work, work from home, or lead a fully nomadic lifestyle – are out there in the world. And that freedom tends to inform individual tolerance, lend perspective, heighten personal accountability, hone communication skills, and develop character.
These 12 companies that have capitalized on a workforce that embodies these valuable attributes:
- Zapier
This Bay Area startup even pays to “delocate” their workforce. And they’re committed to building culture in their remote teams. - Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin offers full-time and part-time opportunities, with telecommuting options, at its U.S. locations in 14 states. - Collage
A 100% remote workforce! All employees work from home and collaborate virtually to build a company that’s been studied by Harvard Business School. - American Heart Association
One of America’s largest and most successful non-profit organizations, was identified as one of the Top Companies with Remote Jobs in 2017. - Wendy's
Wendy’s offers a number of remote jobs across the globe. - InVision App
InVision App knows there's great talent all over the place and they let their workforce “Do great work from an environment that you're comfortable in.” - Buffer
Included in their company values is this statement: You choose to be at the single place on Earth where you are the happiest, and most productive, and you are not afraid to find out where that is. - Elastic
On Elastic’s careers page, they state: We care more about what you can do than where you rest your head. - Sears
Sears is known to be forward-thinking when it comes to remote hiring. - Github
“Hubbers” are encouraged to build amazing things with a high level of autonomy – and that if a job allows for it, people should work wherever they’re happiest. - New York Life
New York Life is known for embracing remote workers. - Help Scout
Being a remote first company allows Help Scout to invest in the best people without being limited by geography.
