How do people find WFH jobs?

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blaikalva@reddit

I’m currently working for a telemarketing company/Call Center. I’ve been to the office 1 time in my 1.5 years working there. Applied through indeed

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It depends on the field you're in. Many companies post remote job opportunities on their website and/or social media platforms (esp. Linkedin). You'll face higher competition for remote jobs though, so you need a resume that stands out.

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Goblin_Nuts69@reddit

I work in something that could be fully remote but 99% of employers want people in 3 days a week. Trick is to find a company that says occasional office days (in my experience they have a busy office and just want to know you will come in if required e.g. f2f meeting but otherwise can wfh

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Azuras-Becky@reddit

It's bizarre to me that companies don't want to encourage WFH where possible. They could downsize to cheaper offices and save money!

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Rdavey228@reddit

Most large company’s that have big buildings or office space have multi year leases on those buildings to get cheaper rates.

My last company had 3, 3 floor buildings before Covid. The lease ran out during Covid and they decided not to renew two of those buildings and consolidate down to one and allow flexible working.

One building wasn’t big enough for everyone to be in at once so you came in when you could book a free desk.

Some company’s are in the middle of a 10 or 20 year lease. They aren’t just going to sit on it and leave it empty so staff can work from home. These leases often cost millions so they want them utilised. Breaking out of those leases early can cost a lot of money.

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Widebody_lover@reddit

The lease is a sunk cost. Getting employees in doesn’t save money

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Rdavey228@reddit

No but at least their getting use out of their investment rather than spending millions on a building to leave it sitting empty.

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Widebody_lover@reddit

“Getting use out” isn’t going to drive the P&L or appease share holders, that’s what matters

If anything, putting people in the office is going to add heating / electricity costs

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Azuras-Becky@reddit

That's a good point, I've tended to only work for medium local companies over the years. But can't they sub-let or something though?

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Rdavey228@reddit

Depends if the company wants to go through the hassle of managing that.

It’s often easier just to tell their employees to come in 3 days a week or even full time.

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mumwifealcoholic@reddit

Mine does. My whole department is WFH.

Company is wildly successful too.

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BilboDankins@reddit

Yeah my experience is at my current company and last one is that they maintain an office for when it's needed and people who want to can come in. But realistically they have capacity for a fraction of the actual employees and so you have to book early to guarantee a spot. The last two times my manager has tried to plan an office day for the team, it got cancelled due to logistics/space

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Over-Treat5374@reddit

Get education, be pro in your field and then MAYBE you get chance for wfh. Otherwise almost no chance

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SmartPipe3882@reddit

Almost everyone else is looking for those same jobs, so those same jobs are getting absolutely swamped with applicants to the point where most applicants don't even get vetted, they just get screened out arbitrarily. So you need to get lucky for your skills and experience to come into play.

You need to avoid the worst of it by not searching for jobs described as remote jobs, but rather searching for jobs that fit your skills and experience and from those making a determination about where you could complete the job as well from home as the office.

But, as with all things, the WFH pendulum is currently on a swing back towards office, so I'd seriously consider broadening your search to at least hybrid roles to get your foot in the door. Smaller companies will generally be quicker to build trust and less restricted by defined HR policy, and so more likely to agree to remote work once they get to know you and you show them that you can deliver as good or better from home.

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bubbles0509@reddit

Oo

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rebelallianxe@reddit

Try charity jobs website. Lots of charities keep costs down by being fully remote.

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EntrepreneurNice4994@reddit

Most WFH jobs are the sorts of jobs that AI will be most likely to munch up in the coming years

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damadmetz@reddit

What kind of job are you looking for?

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ross-dirext-words137@reddit

Remote jobs are going away for new hires. You get a remote job now by joing a company doing the 2 or 3 days in the office a week. Then after 1 to 4 year tell them you moving or leaving. If your doing a good job and they don't want to lose you they will offer you a remote position.

Basicly to many people are taking the piss with WFH. So it's very risky to hire new unknown people into these jobs. You can also forget early career WFH that also been abused to death. Basicly WFH is now mangers and senior people that have trust and respect in the company

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lukusmaca@reddit

What do you do? Starting out by saying that you want a remote job is not going to help you - what field? What experience do you have? Qualifications ?

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Fraggle_ninja@reddit

This post comes up every week and it always lacks any context. Are you skilled in a field? What type of work are you looking for? Software development and adjacent roles like project management or accounting, credit control, head office operations kinda thing are fairly hybrid, home working now.

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FunkyYoghurt@reddit

If you have to ask...

Jesus what is it with the next generation? I want to earn loads and WFH. What's the easiest way to do it?

You earn it. Pull your socks up. I hate this current generation of unemployment. You're all so entitled and don't put work in.

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xVENUSx@reddit

What is wrong with you?

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LongjumpingLab3092@reddit

(Pre covid) i freelanced for a normal company for a few months, they liked me and wanted to hire me on a full time contract, i said only if it's remote/hybrid, they said yes.

Rest of the team are in London, I go in one day per week.

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Hamsternoir@reddit

I've been freelancing for over 25 years and for the last 16 have exclusively worked from home, the odd meeting probably doesn't count.

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TheInsiderSociety@reddit

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Ok_Conclusion7666@reddit

You can try Mercor. Not easy to land a job/project, but they pay you well. https://t.mercor.com/Lr28R

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Zealousideal-Low3388@reddit

The thing about WFH is that it inherently widens the applicant pool, especially for 100% remote.

My old job was struggling to recruit a bilingual person for import stuff in a rural area. When they opened it to fully remote they were overwhelmed with candidates 🤷‍♂️

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AlphaAndOmega@reddit

Fully WFH on a very good salary, and honestly, I hate it. The sweet spot is 2-3 days in the office.

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OutrageousAnything72@reddit

Look for hybrid jobs and after you get senior enough, negotiate for remote.

That’s how I did

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dbxp@reddit

Company went remote during covid and people who were already employed had as choice of staying that way. Our office based roles are only in the office 2 days a week and no one is really checking.

I wouldn't hire a junior into a remote position as they need mentoring to be effective. The ideal person for a remote job is someone who can just do what is required independently and if they don't know something they'll reach out, this requires significant experience. The ideal would be someone who has already done the role at a senior level at a competitor and now wants to switch firms to go remote.

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Resu_soahc@reddit

Go on Linkedin, put "UK (remote)" as the location.

Granted I work in IT, so it is possible to work from home, unlike say if I were a paramedic or a shop assistant,

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blackcurrantcat@reddit

I train new starters who will end up in a hybrid position. You need to be in the office for a minimum of 8-10 weeks when you start, you cannot train from home and it will not work for us because you’ll be joining as a cohort. Don’t just randomly apply for anywhere that says wfh/hybrid and assume you’ll be able to work something out because people who do that waste so. much. time. for themselves and for us.

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Skruffbagg@reddit

The job market as a whole right now is incredibly competitive and remote jobs are at an absolute premium, with hundreds of applicants within hours of a vacancy being posted, so the competition you have for landing one of these roles is intense.

You might need to settle for something hybrid.

I took a London based role (I live in Glasgow) because I was being made a partner and the salary was excellent, but I do need to travel to London for 1 day every week - although I use the company card for expenses - which isn’t the most convenient thing, but I don’t mind it most of the time.

If you are adamant you want a remote role you better have a USP that businesses will buy into, and include it front & centre on your CV.

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Surreywinter@reddit

I have a number of roles in my team that are suitable for fully remote WFH

Awkward reality though is that any roles like that are also roles that offshore really easily

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MagicCoat@reddit

Nepotism

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Personal-Listen-4941@reddit

Very few companies hire for WFH roles because when you train & “bed in” there’s a distinct advantage to the office environment. Once you have the knowledge of company system’s & procedures so you need a lot less supervision that necessity lessens.

I WFH, I technically attend the office twice a week but I’ve only attended once in the last year. However the company does not offer any WFH contracts and (almost) everyone who is hired is based in a physical office. It’s only via progression & experience that WFH is offered and a realistic option

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Lottiepop420@reddit

Work in a central function for a company with many wide spread sites. Absolutely pointless to just be at one of them may as well be at home. Even before Covid I was home based working in HR for a facilities management company

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SteamedChalmburgers@reddit

You need to have a skill that can be done from home, software development/programming is a big one, if you set out just looking for a WFH job with no career or expertise in mind you probably won't have much luck

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ab_unoriginal@reddit

In my experience any job that is fully remote has hundreds if not thousands of applications. A lot of these are chancers, unqualified, no right to work in uk, but you really have to make an effort to stand out amongst the noise. Make sure your cv is good, make sure it is tailored for the roles. If its appropriate to your field making a personal approach on linked in might help. Looking for any possible connections to the company that could offer a referral is really useful.

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Terrible-Amount-6550@reddit

So you’re finding it hard to find a job and are limiting yourself to exclusively WFH jobs? Think I found the problem

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bbenjjaminn@reddit

they might have a disability that means they can only work from home?

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Terrible-Amount-6550@reddit

They said they find it hard to commute, finding something hard and being physically unable to do something are two very different things

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recchai@reddit

Ability/disability isn't a binary. Hard to do can mean "in theory possible, but other parts of life are sacrificed to compensate" or "more doable some days than others".

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Terrible-Amount-6550@reddit

Why are you all assuming that this person has a disability, Christ?

I find it hard talking to idiots online but here we are

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Many-Cartographer635@reddit

The question is in the title “how do I find wfh jobs?”

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LadyInAllPower@reddit

I do some freelance consulting in the fashion industry which is mostly from home. The flexibility is nice but I do find it a bit isolating sometimes (or just frustrating finding it difficult to get hold of people!)

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Competitive_Rub_9590@reddit

A lot of office jobs are wfh if you can find something in that area of work

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Real-Apricot-7889@reddit

Depends on your skills and experience really. Tbh any job that was entry level and not requiring any particular expertise etc that is fully remote would be incredibly competitive.

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nickymoo@reddit

Just get a normal job in an office and say you’re going to work from home one day a week then just stop turning up at the office.

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boringfantasy@reddit

Lots of people do this and get away with it lol.

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notanadultyadult@reddit

Depends on your job role. But also, they’re becoming less and less. I managed to snag one 2 years ago but that was pure chance tbh. Most people who work in my industry are at the very least hybrid.

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MedicalCook6653@reddit

There's the work from home hub if you aren't already checking it

https://www.theworkfromhomehub.co.uk/

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dbee8q@reddit

I found mine on indeed, its in the charity sector. I just used the remote filter on indeed and looked every single day and applied for what I saw.

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Frugal500@reddit

Got a hybrid temp job in something I was highly experienced in - was able to use my experience and temp status to get an exemption to the in office policy. Provided absolutely mad value and got made permanent with the same exception although advancement is looking extremely difficult with the exemption sadly

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angrino@reddit

A few years ago while i was inbetween jobs i did a few things on outlier, definitely not a full time job but to get a few ££ when i was inbetween jobs and broke.

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Terrible-Amount-6550@reddit

Good to know

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Available-Spray2576@reddit

Look up huntswood

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tsdesigns@reddit

Depends a lot on your field of work. I'm in software, work fully from home isn't abnormal

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GullibleRecording410@reddit

search for the 'work from home hub'- they advertise a number of roles weekly. they also have a bookface group.

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stateoffutility@reddit

Realistically it’s no longer feasible unless you’re experienced at something, have a particular skill or work for yourself. The days of low skilled labour like remote customer support are fewer and have huge competition. So you gotta know how to do something well for an employer to let you sit your ass at home.

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