Word Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

RemoteCanada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays$65k - $90k

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

2mo

SambaSafety

RemoteUSA

70 · Great4 day week during Summer

Brand Platform Assistant

11d

LTK

RemoteUSA

63 · Good4 day week during Summer

Key Account Manager

20d

Acquia

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Inside Sales Representative - Mandarin Speaking

1mo

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Team Lead

HybridNové Zámky, Slovakia

83 · Great4 day week100% pay€1,850/mo

Team Lead

HybridBanská Bystrica, Slovakia

83 · Great4 day week100% pay€2,000/mo

Evening Office Assistant

Saint Paul University

OnsiteOttawa, Canada

71 · Great4 day week100% pay$50k - $63k

Specialist, Integration / Test Engineering (Air Traffic Management)

13h

OnsiteGreenville, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Integrated Test Environment (ITE) Software Engineer 1

HybridCentennial, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Integrated Test Environment (ITE) Software Engineer 2

HybridCentennial, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Advanced Administrative Assistant

OnsiteBloomfield, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Specialist, Design

OnsiteYorba Linda, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Tax Accountant

1mo

HybridNew York, USA

83 · Great4 day week100% pay$100k - $130k

Associate Director, Strategy & Operations – US Market Access & Reimbursement

HybridCambridge, USA

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Pharmaceutical Sales Representative

15d

HybridCarrollton, USA

82 · Great4 day week100% pay

Pharmaceutical Sales Representative

15d

HybridSmyrna, USA

82 · Great4 day week100% pay

Pharmaceutical Sales Representative

15d

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

HybridBrooklyn, USA

82 · Great4 day week100% pay$60k

Associate Director, Contract Analytics

Sanofi

HybridMorristown, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Office Manager

Kinaxis

OnsiteTokyo, Japan

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Project Manager, Defense Manufacturing Program Office

HybridOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Client Success Manager

Clearspeed

HybridWashington or San Diego

64 · Good9 day fortnight

Software QA Automation Engineer III

OnsiteMoorpark, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Administrative Assistant

2mo

D'Youville University

OnsiteBuffalo, USA

77 · Great4 day week100% pay$40k - $50k

Program Control Leader 5

11d

HybridCape Canaveral, USA

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Executive Assistant

24d

HybridBurnaby, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays$65k - $80k

Senior Designer - Electrical

1mo

HybridOttawa, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays$80k - $95k

Research Scientist 2

University of Washington

HybridSeattle, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Training Assistant II

OnsiteSão Carlos, Brazil

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Executive Assistant

HybridSanta Clara, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$127k - $222k

Sales Operations Analyst

OnsiteTokyo, Japan

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Manager, Deal Operations

OnsiteTokyo, Japan

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Rotating Equipment Mechanic

OnsiteKenai, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Commercial Sourcing Advisor

OnsiteFindlay, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Mechanical Technician, Greeley Area Midstream

10d

Phillips 66

OnsiteGreeley, USA

60 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Interpreter/Translator

11d

Guidewire

HybridTokyo, Japan

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

ILS Obsolescence Engineer

27d

Empire State Realty Trust

OnsiteMontréal, Canada

63 · Good9 day fortnight$63k - $113k

Legal Administrative Assistant & Board Liaison

1mo

HybridNew York, USA

60 · Good4 day week during Summer

Internship Training & Social Relations

1mo

HybridParis, France

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Buyer

21d

OnsiteBogotá, Colombia

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Events Marketing Specialist, Tradeshows

27d

HybridRedlands, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Associate Product Communications Specialist

27d

HybridRedlands, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$70k - $97k

Commercial Hunter Strategic Segment

27d

OnsiteBogotá, Colombia

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Talent Acquisition Coordinator

28d

Five9

HybridManila, Philippines

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Digital Advertising Strategist

1mo

OnsitePune, India

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Sales Engineer, Accounting Solutions

1mo

Basis

OnsiteNew York, USA

56 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Cybersecurity Requirement Verifications & Controls Specialist

1mo

HybridMilano, Italy

83 · Great4 day week100% pay

Cybersecurity Requirement Verifications & Controls Specialist

2mo

HybridNapoli, Italy

83 · Great4 day week100% pay

Operational Risk Management Specialist

2mo

HybridNapoli, Italy

83 · Great4 day week100% pay

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Employers hiring for Word on this page include Galt Pharmaceuticals, Smith + Andersen, and Intesa Sanpaolo. Word roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Word is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Word roles span the full seniority range — we list 75 open roles requiring Word across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Word hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Word roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Word candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Word on current listings.

Digital Construction Implementation Engineer

2mo

Shape

RemoteUSA

93 · Excellent4 day week100% pay

Sustainability Specialist

2mo

RemoteCanada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays$65k - $90k

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

2mo

SambaSafety

RemoteUSA

70 · Great4 day week during Summer

Brand Platform Assistant

11d

LTK

RemoteUSA

63 · Good4 day week during Summer

Key Account Manager

20d

Acquia

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Inside Sales Representative - Mandarin Speaking

1mo

RemoteUSA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Team Lead

HybridNové Zámky, Slovakia

83 · Great4 day week100% pay€1,850/mo

Team Lead

HybridBanská Bystrica, Slovakia

83 · Great4 day week100% pay€2,000/mo

Evening Office Assistant

Saint Paul University

OnsiteOttawa, Canada

71 · Great4 day week100% pay$50k - $63k

Specialist, Integration / Test Engineering (Air Traffic Management)

13h

OnsiteGreenville, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Integrated Test Environment (ITE) Software Engineer 1

HybridCentennial, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Integrated Test Environment (ITE) Software Engineer 2

HybridCentennial, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Advanced Administrative Assistant

OnsiteBloomfield, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Specialist, Design

OnsiteYorba Linda, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Tax Accountant

1mo

HybridNew York, USA

83 · Great4 day week100% pay$100k - $130k

Associate Director, Strategy & Operations – US Market Access & Reimbursement

HybridCambridge, USA

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Pharmaceutical Sales Representative

15d

HybridCarrollton, USA

82 · Great4 day week100% pay

Pharmaceutical Sales Representative

15d

HybridSmyrna, USA

82 · Great4 day week100% pay

Pharmaceutical Sales Representative

15d

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

HybridBrooklyn, USA

82 · Great4 day week100% pay$60k

Associate Director, Contract Analytics

Sanofi

HybridMorristown, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Office Manager

Kinaxis

OnsiteTokyo, Japan

63 · GoodRotating 4 day week

Project Manager, Defense Manufacturing Program Office

HybridOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Client Success Manager

Clearspeed

HybridWashington or San Diego

64 · Good9 day fortnight

Software QA Automation Engineer III

OnsiteMoorpark, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Administrative Assistant

2mo

D'Youville University

OnsiteBuffalo, USA

77 · Great4 day week100% pay$40k - $50k

Program Control Leader 5

11d

HybridCape Canaveral, USA

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Executive Assistant

24d

HybridBurnaby, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays$65k - $80k

Senior Designer - Electrical

1mo

HybridOttawa, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays$80k - $95k

Research Scientist 2

University of Washington

HybridSeattle, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Training Assistant II

OnsiteSão Carlos, Brazil

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Executive Assistant

HybridSanta Clara, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$127k - $222k

Sales Operations Analyst

OnsiteTokyo, Japan

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Manager, Deal Operations

OnsiteTokyo, Japan

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Rotating Equipment Mechanic

OnsiteKenai, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Commercial Sourcing Advisor

OnsiteFindlay, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Mechanical Technician, Greeley Area Midstream

10d

Phillips 66

OnsiteGreeley, USA

60 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Interpreter/Translator

11d

Guidewire

HybridTokyo, Japan

58 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

ILS Obsolescence Engineer

27d

Empire State Realty Trust

OnsiteMontréal, Canada

63 · Good9 day fortnight$63k - $113k

Legal Administrative Assistant & Board Liaison

1mo

HybridNew York, USA

60 · Good4 day week during Summer

Internship Training & Social Relations

1mo

HybridParis, France

60 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Buyer

21d

OnsiteBogotá, Colombia

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Events Marketing Specialist, Tradeshows

27d

HybridRedlands, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Associate Product Communications Specialist

27d

HybridRedlands, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$70k - $97k

Commercial Hunter Strategic Segment

27d

OnsiteBogotá, Colombia

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Talent Acquisition Coordinator

28d

Five9

HybridManila, Philippines

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Digital Advertising Strategist

1mo

OnsitePune, India

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Sales Engineer, Accounting Solutions

1mo

Basis

OnsiteNew York, USA

56 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Cybersecurity Requirement Verifications & Controls Specialist

1mo

HybridMilano, Italy

83 · Great4 day week100% pay

Cybersecurity Requirement Verifications & Controls Specialist

2mo

HybridNapoli, Italy

83 · Great4 day week100% pay

Operational Risk Management Specialist

2mo