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11 Companies Where You Can Travel for Work – Hiring Now!
Joe Wiggins
Joe Wiggins, Author & Career Expert at Glassdoor | 21 Mar 2017
Imagine all the places in the world that you’d like to visit, and now imagine that it wouldn’t cost you a penny to go there. Travelling the world and getting paid for it (or at least getting a heavy discount) would be a dream come true for many of us, but actually this dream is a reality for many people in the UK lucky enough to be working for companies with broad horizons. Here, we take a look at some top employers that offer major travel perks AND have jobs available right now:
Royal Air Force
Overall Rating: 3.7
Roles Hiring For: Aircraft Technician, Biomedical Scientist, Intelligence Analyst and RAF Regiment Gunner
What Employees Say: “Healthcare benefits, travel the world, job security, great camaraderie amongst colleagues, qualifications (e.g. Engineering), experience exciting jobs you otherwise wouldn't have done.” - Current Employee
See Open Jobs at Royal Air Force
British Army Overall Rating: 3.5 Roles Hiring For: Armoured Cavalry Crewman, Intelligence Operative, Tank Crewman and Trainee Nurse. What Employees Say: “Unique 'money can't buy' experiences, fantastic team ethos, lots of travel opportunities and when applicable very flexible working hours/conditions.” - Current EmployeeSee Open Jobs at The British Army
Foreign & Commonwealth Office Overall Rating: 3.1 Roles Hiring For: Driver, Events and Visits Officer, Press and Public Affairs Officer and Senior Economic Advisor What Employees Say: “Traveling the world has been fantastic and you get the chance to meet so many interesting people and see so many great places. You join the FCO to see the world.” - Former EmployeeSee Open Jobs at Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Virgin Atlantic Overall Rating: 3.0 Roles Hiring For: Customer Service Advisor, Loyalty Programme Analyst, Engineer and Business Systems Specialist What Employees Say: “The best experience ever. If you want to be Cabin Crew - Virgin Atlantic is the airline to work for. Great benefits, and an amazing staff travel package. Opportunity to travel some amazing destinations across the world. Great people to work with, who also become your lifelong friends.” - Former EmployeeSee Open Jobs at Virgin Atlantic
Thomas Cook Overall Rating: 3.0 Roles Hiring For: Data Scientist, CRM Executive, Legal Counsel and Web Analyst What Employees Say: “Excellent opportunities to progress quickly across a number of different areas. TC has good values and genuinely cares about its people. You have many opportunities to travel the world.” - Current Employee Ryanair Overall Rating: 2.5 Roles Hiring For: Senior Data Architect, Recruiter, Software Engineer and Scheduling Analyst What Employees Say: “Gain experience, you can travel around Europe with good discounts.” - Current Employee British Airways Overall Rating: 2.7 Roles Hiring For: Cargo Handling Agent, Cabin Crew, Customer Service and Aircraft Maintenance What Employees Say: “Trips are great! Fantastic people who have a real passion for the industry. Great if you love customer service and holidays. Time off is fantastic. Staff travel can be good (if a seat is empty on an aircraft).” - Current EmployeeSee Open Jobs at British Airways
Not all employers that offer travel perks are in travel/ tourism or the armed forces though. Why not try: Cloudreach Overall Rating: 4.5 Roles Hiring For: What Employees Say: “Not just the benefits. Those are great. Not the twice yearly company holidays , which are also cool. Nor the friday free lunches , or the flexible working environment (where possible) , where you can work remotely if you want to and your project allows it. The chances to work abroad in one of the ever-expanding list of offices are cool too. Visiting New York, Buffalo, Niagra Falls, Long Island, Mallorca and Amsterdam all in the space of a year is pretty nice as well. These are all awesome things that make it an enjoyable place to work. The resourcing team works very hard to match projects to your personality, skills and interests (where possible), so you'll often be doing things you enjoy in the locations you want to do it in. If you want to travel a lot, they'll try and find projects involving travel for you.” - Current Employee Accenture Overall Rating: 3.7 Roles Hiring For: Digital Identity Security Consultant, Creative Technology Lead and Contract Manager. What Employees Say: “Great company, great travel opportunities to work on different projects across the world.” - Current Employee AECOM Overall Rating: 3.3 Roles Hiring For: Principal Electrical Engineer, Engineering Manager, Acoustics Consultant and Senior Ports & Marine Engineer. What Employees Say: “If you are interested in been the best, traveling the globe or staying local AECOM have the ability to fill that need, multi disciplined means that we cover just about anything you can think of from Marine Biology in the depths of our seas to the exploration of Space and anything in between.” - Current Employee And, if your travel dreams are a little more modest, then why not consider: Transport for London Overall Rating: 3.5 Roles Hiring For: Infrastructure Technician Apprenticeship, Urban Designer and Mechanical Engineer What Employees Say: “Good benefits such as pension, free travel on bus/underground/overground, 35hr weeks with early finish on friday, good holiday allowance.” - Current EmployeeSee Open Jobs at Transport for London
Note: Ratings correct as at 10/03/17, based on global reviews for full and part-time staff only.Joe Wiggins
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