Not every employer offers a great workplace with the flexibility of remote working. Those that do are worthy of recognition. Following the Top Remote Workplaces 2024 results, Career Builder + Monster are honoring outstanding workplace culture in the region for the second year. It’s time to submit your nominations for 2025’s Top Workplace for Remote Work.
How to Nominate a Top Remote Workplace FAQs
When’s the nomination deadline? May 9, 2025.
Who can submit a nomination? Anyone can nominate any organization.
What’s the eligibility criteria? To qualify, an organization must have:
- a majority remote workforce and be committed to future remote hires
- 150+ employees
- be based in the United States, Puerto Rico or Guam
What type of organizations can be nominated? Nominees can be public, private, non-profit organizations, a school, or even a government agency.
How long does it take to submit a nomination? It only takes a few minutes to nominate an employer. Then, you’ll be required to simply fill out a short and simple 25-question survey. Surveys run through July.
Is it free to nominate? Yes!
Go ahead and nominate an outstanding remote-first employer now.
Why It’s Important to Recognize Remote-First Employers
Remote working has been proven by multiple sources to deliver benefits for both workers and employers. While the availability of these arrangements have fluctuated over the years, the current market still has a healthy supply and demand.
Do Candidates Still Want Remote Working in 2025?
Today’s candidates still value remote opportunities. According to our Work Watch Report, 28% of workers see flexible work hours as the most important benefit outside salary, with 22% citing remote work specifically.
When considering Gen Z candidates alone, 36% prefer a fully remote model. And, most importantly, our research shows that employees (82%) will pursue new hybrid or fully remote roles if they are required to return to the office full-time.
Are Companies Still Offering Remote Working in 2025?
Therefore, employers stand to attract candidates from a wider talent pool by offering these opportunities. Not just because they attract these groups who are looking only for flexible working arrangements but because suddenly, they’re no longer limited to regional talent. The world is large after all – maybe your next top hire is international.
Many employers understand that salary is no longer the be all and end all for both job seekers and existing employees. Numerous companies are focusing on key benefits such as increased paid time off, including paid volunteering (63%), healthcare benefits (66%), family and childcare support (46%), as well as remote flexibility (40%). When workers preferences are met, they are more likely to be both happy and more productive – it’s a win-win.
Benefits of Remote Policies
It’s not just the talent pool that’s expanded or retention of happier workers when employers offer remote working. There are many other commercial benefits as well. These include:
- Increased productivity: The BLS reports that total factor productivity growth is positively associated with the rise in remote work across 61 private business sector industries.
- Positive environmental impact: Travel to work and office energy use are the highest contributing factors to a business’ carbon footprint, so having a remote workforce naturally reduces that impact.
- Overhead cost savings: The company purse strings also benefit from no office use, with costs slashed for 60% of employers.
To ensure a remote workforce stays happy, there’s a little more to it than just closing the office doors though. Check out our remote work best practices to keep that retention high. Plus, it’s important to continue to foster cross-team collaboration even though employees are physically distant.
The Career Builder + Monster and Energage Partnership
Career Builder + Monster and Energage (the Pennsylvania-based research partner for the project that conducts Top Workplaces surveys for media in 65 markets nationwide and surveyed more than 2 million employees at more than 8,000 organizations in the past year), are proud to offer this Top Workplaces 2025 award for remote for remote work.
Energage’s CEO, Eric Rubino says, “Earning a Top Workplaces award is a distinctive mark of excellence, setting companies apart in a recognizable way. Top Workplaces embody the highest standards, and this award, rooted in authentic employee feedback, should be a point of immense pride.”
Remember, nominations close 9 May 2025, so choose your top company today.