How to find startup jobs that are actually remote

Most job sites rank results instead of excluding them. A remote filter moves remote jobs up, but a hybrid job that matches your keywords well can still show. Some sites also count "remote within the US" and "remote, two days a month in office" as the same thing.

Startups post jobs on applicant tracking systems such as Ashby, Greenhouse and Lever. Some of these publish a structured workplace field: remote, hybrid or onsite. Others only have a free-text location line. Either way, the company wrote it, so it is closer to the truth than a job site's copy of it.

• "Remote" alone usually means remote, but check the body for a country or time zone.
• "Remote (US)" or "Remote, EST" means remote with a limit.
• "Hybrid", "flexible" or a city name with "remote" in brackets usually means some days in an office.
• A city on its own means onsite unless the body says otherwise.
• If the body and the location line disagree, trust the body, and ask in the first call.

• Search the boards yourself. Free, accurate, slow. You read each posting.
• Use a job site's filter. Fast and broad, but expect hybrid jobs in a remote search.
• Use winq. You set remote as a deal-breaker. winq reads the posting's workplace field and location line, and a job that isn't remote never reaches your list. Each job it shows comes with the reason it passed.

Does "Remote (US)" count as remote?

Yes, with a limit: you have to live in the US. Set your own location rule to match.

Can a job say remote and still need office days?

Yes. Read the body, not just the title and location.

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