Working from Home (sometimes referred to as WFH in job listings) has been a major trend in UK employment practices since the start of the 21st century, as faster internet connections allowed more clerical roles to be carried out using home computers.
This led to the rise of flexible working, but in 2020 the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus pandemic and the COVID-19 lockdowns that followed in the UK saw an overnight shift to 100% remote working wherever possible.
As the pandemic continues to ease, many employees have found WFH is their preferred option, eliminating the commute into a busy city centre and the need to dress in business attire.
In this article, we've rounded up ten of the best companies for Working from Home in the UK based on flexible working policies implemented in 2022 and beyond.
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Project Manager (Work from Home), Robotics Process Developer (Work from Home with Travel to Site), Information Security Coordinator (Work from Home with Travel to Site), BI/MI Analyst (Work from Home with Site Visits)
What They Do
Arvato Bertelsmann provide outsourced and on-site customer relationship management (CRM) services from seven locations across the UK and many more worldwide. The company has more than 50 years of experience and says it is defined by its people, "because it's people that apply technology, draw on experience and add value".
What They Say
"During the first UK lockdown our contact volumes quickly spiked. Despite this, we worked with our partners, Foehn and Genesys, to seamlessly migrate our employees to home working, move our enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and desktop infrastructure management to the cloud, while introducing remote recruitment and training programmes." Source: Arvato.co.uk
What Employees Say
"A wide variety of benefits available to all staff." - Former Employee (May 2019)
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L&D Officer - Revenues and Benefits, Continuous Improvement Manager, Resource Planning Analyst, Customer Service Advisor, Learning Specialist (and many more)
What They Do
Capita is a consultancy, transformation and digital services business, working across six divisions including software, people solutions, customer management, government services, technology solutions and specialist services. The company employs over 60,000 people and says it is undergoing its own transformation to grow, develop and improve, with a goal of "putting our people first".
What They Say
"We have redesigned our ways of working to empower everyone to focus on the outcomes and contribution that we each make in our roles. Across Capita, our roles allow for different levels of flexibility - many of us will work from an office or in the field, some will work remotely all the time and others will adopt a hybrid approach." Source: Capita
What Employees Say
"Very supportive of working from home here." - Current Employee (January 2021)
"So supportive of flexible working, even before the pandemic, as long as you don't work on a service desk or contractually need to be on a client's site." - Current Employee (January 2021)
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Paralegal, Customer Experience Design Manager, Group Communications and Planning Manager (all offered with 'Flexible by Choice' policy)
What They Do
Irwin Mitchell provide legal and financial advice from 15 locations in the UK. The full-service law firm can advise on any legal issue across all areas of personal and commercial law. During the pandemic, the company surveyed its workforce and found most supported a hybrid working model with some time spent at home and some in the office. As lockdown conditions eased, Irwin Mitchell announced a new Flexible by Choice policy, allowing employees, where appropriate, to make the decision about where to work.
What They Say
"It's crucial that we trust our colleagues to make the best choice for themselves, the other colleagues in their teams and their clients in how they decide to work in future. We know wellbeing is also an important consideration; we're building this into our policies and we also have extensive resources available to help our colleagues to build their resilience and overcome any challenges they face." - Susana Berlevy, group chief people officer, Irwin Mitchell
What Employees Say
"Irwin Mitchell have a great working culture and working environment where wellbeing is a big part of your life here."
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ERP Data Analytics Manager (Hybrid), Data Analytics Assistant Manager (Audit) (Hybrid)
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KPMG is a worldwide professional services provider covering areas including tax, legal, audit and advisory. It has a presence in 147 territories worldwide, with a total member workforce of around 220,000 people. In the UK, KPMG has 21 regional offices and 16,000 staff and partners. In the year ending September 2020, KPMG UK posted annual revenues of £2.3 billion.
What They Say
"As part of the firm's new hybrid way of working, from June 2021 onwards, the expectation will be that KPMG's people spend up to four days in the office spread over a fortnight, with the rest spent at home or at client sites. This plan comes in response to feedback from staff who have said that they would feel comfortable spending most of their time at home." Source: KPMG
What Employees Say
"Some roles allow flexibility to work from home." - Former Risk Manager
"Leadership works with you and works out flexible schedules." - Current Employee (January 2021)
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Senior Analyst, Director - Business Development, Finance Leader - Regional Finance, External Engagement Senior Specialist/Manager - Government Engagement
What They Do
Mastercard is a payment processor and financial services provider headquartered in the aptly named Purchase, New York. The brand is best known for its credit, debit and prepaid cards, with more than a billion cards issued worldwide for cashless and contactless payments in-store and online.
What They Say
"We understand that fostering a flexible work-life balance is critical. The vast majority of our workforce are able to work from home on a flexible basis, which assists with our attraction of diverse candidate slates. Results, not hours, count at Mastercard. We seek to embed flexibility to enable all employees to balance work demands with personal responsibilities." Source: Mastercard
What Employees Say
"Good hardware provided for work from home."
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Credit Risk Analyst (Blended working pattern), Assistant Manager - Internal Audit (Blended working pattern with field work), Assistant Audit Manager - Prudential Risk (Remote/flexible with field work), Control Reconciliation & Purchase Ledger Leader (Remote with field work)
What They Do
Skipton Building Society was established in 1853 and now supports more than a million customers in their saving aspirations. The Society offers products including mortgages, cash ISAs and fixed-rate bonds, as well as advice on pensions, investments and inheritance tax. During COVID-19, the Society switched quickly to a primarily home-based working model, and continues to offer flexibility in many of its roles where face-to-face customer contact is not essential. Source: Skipton
What They Say
"Flexible working was a key aspect of working at Skipton even before the pandemic, with many colleagues able to adopt flexible working patterns or work from home where possible. We see the Society as being more flexible than ever as a future workplace, enabling many colleagues to work from home for much of their time whilst also encouraging them to connect face-to-face periodically to create, collaborate and socialise together."
What Employees Say
"Having an employer which understands that you occasionally need to work from home, and having the technology to support this means that the modern workplace can be anywhere as long as you are working in a confidential environment." - Pensions Manager
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Home Broadband 2nd Line Support Engineer (Remote), Senior Counsel (Hybrid working pattern), Digital Marketing Project Manager (Blended working pattern), Senior Internal Auditor (Remote)
What They Do
Vodafone was the first UK company to place a mobile telephone call, the first to offer SMS, and the first to introduce international call roaming. The company now serves over 18 million fixed-line and mobile telephony customers in the UK, as well as more than 1.1 million broadband customers. During the pandemic, Vodafone moved many roles to fully home-based and continues to offer flexible working models as part of its "future-ready way of working". This now includes hybrid roles with only some face-to-face contact time, as well as Blended roles where time in the office is kept to an absolute minimum.
What They Say
"Many of my colleagues will start to head back to the office for some of their working time, going in only as and when needed for their role, perhaps 2-3 days a week - myself included. Others, notably many of our customer care colleagues, will continue working from home, while our network engineers will continue travelling around the country serving our customers and keeping them connected." - Ahmed Essam, chief executive, Vodafone UK
What Employees Say
"Fully flexible packages available for most levels of sales jobs within both the UK and Group organisation."
