7 Top Companies Always Hiring Remote Workers to Work from Home

7 Top Companies Always Hiring Remote Workers to Work from Home

Hundreds of companies are now hiring individuals from anywhere in the world to work from home for their businesses since the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, a few of those companies have applications that are open year-round and are always searching for new workers from different countries such as South Africa.

In this post, we will bring you the best US companies hiring remote workers from South Africa at the moment. 

Let’s begin.

1. Amazon

Amazon is popular for its marketplace and print-on-demand services. Aside from that, Amazon is always hiring workers under their customer care services to be the first point of contact for customers.

The best part of it all is that most countries can work at Amazon jobs online from home or onsite at their offices if it’s present in your country. Luckily for you, South Africa is an eligible country so you stand a chance of getting hired by Amazon.

Amazon offers great benefits for their online and offline remote workers. Their pay rate starts at R67.35 per hour for customer service jobs. The shifts and hours may range from 10 hours a day for 4 days a week, to 8 hours per day, 5 days a week. 

Sometimes you may be required to work on holidays, however, you will be compensated for it. 

If you’re all about flexibility then working at Amazon jobs could be the right fit for you as they promote flexibility and work-from-home balance. 

You can browse for available work here: Amazon Jobs and sign up for updates to be alerted when new online jobs in South Africa are posted.

2. 10up

Although some roles are location-specific at 10 Up. Many more are remote and open to workers from South Africa. Given that you have some tech skills and are a great thinker.

10up specializes in offering engineering services and creating innovative tools and dependable products, to make their customer's content creation and management process easier.

The company has over 200 experts in various departments and mainly helps customers with strategy, design, and engineering.

If this sounds like something you can do. You can view some of their active roles here: 10Up Careers and apply to work-from-home jobs that match your skillset the most.

3. Lionbridge

Named as America’s best employer in the Forbes 2022 list. This American company is always hunting for new talent to join its growing team. 

Lionbridge has 42 offices and has full-time and part-time roles. It specializes in offering digital services such as technical writing, content optimization, and software localization.

If you have a knack for writing and all things digital, then Lionbridge might be the perfect company for you. 

See available roles here: Lionbridge's current job openings. 

4. Rev

Another big name with hundreds of jobs available and pays weekly is, Rev.

Rev offers transcription, captioning, and subtitling/ translating work to freelancers around the world; South Africa included, for their famous clients.

Some of the clients working with Rev include Google, Amazon, Buzzfeed, and NBC. Since Rev has applications open year-round, their application process includes a few tests to vet out the best freelancers for the job. 

After signing up as a transcriptionist, captioner, or translator/subtitler. You’ll receive an email to write an English and grammar proficiency test and a sample test for your chosen work field. 

These two tests will make or break your application. If you get through them you’ll be an official Revver and can begin taking on assignments to work on.

Rev pays their freelancers as follows:

• Subtitler/ translator: $1.50 - $3.00 (R28,06 - R56,13) per audio/ video minute
• Transcriptor: $0.30 - $1.10 (R5,61 - R20,58) per audio/ video minute
• Captioner: $0.54 - $1.10 (R10,10 - R20,58) per audio/ video minute

Sign up here: Become a Revver to join Rev as a freelancer and start earning weekly via Paypal from South Africa.

5. Concentrix

This tech-powered customer experience (CX) company offers customer engagement services to its clients around the world. As such, their doors are always open to hiring individuals to work from home and assist them in their mission to make their client's lives a breeze.

Concentrix has over 440,000 staff globally. And is currently hiring for multiple roles such as managers, digital innovators, and executive leaders.

This tech company offers paid training and a global network to its remote workers.

You may view their open roles here: Concentrix Remote Jobs. Refine your search to get the greatest results for online jobs in South Africa.

6. Automattic

Automattic, the face behind names like WordPress, Woo, Jetpack, Tumblr, and more has work-from-home jobs available to workers worldwide.

Automattic is committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion. Also, it's open to hiring technical and non-technical talent. 

Automattic works with engineers, system engineers, marketers, and the like. If you're interested in joining their mists for either position. You can fill in this request form: Work with us and they'll reach out to you if you're the right candidate for their growing team. 

7. Upwork

If you're into freelancing and have many talents such as graphic designing, marketing, copy, or content writing. Upwork may be the place for you.

Upwork works as the middleman between freelancers and potential clients. Millions of jobs are posted on the Upwork job board the entire year. You'll never run out of gigs to do. Some people have even traveled the world with the money they have earned on the platform.

While some are earning 6 figures and living off their earnings. As amazing as this may sound.

Finding the right job might not come easy as many people are sending in proposals for the same job. So you have to stand out to be awarded the job you want. 

You may be paid $30 - $40 (R562,09 - R749,45) per hour as a writer, or $40 - 45 (R749,45 - R843,13) per hour as a graphic designer. The pay varies and depends on your experience and the company's budget.

To see some open gigs, you may go here: Upwork Jobs.

Conclusion:

Working from home is a great way to earn money and have some flexibility. Although most companies hire within their countries sometimes. Thus limiting the hiring pool. 

Nevertheless, many more businesses are always actively hiring people to work from home in South Africa. You just have to find them and apply for their open posts.

Good luck in finding the best work home from jobs suitable for you.