Why Remote
140 companies answer 6 questions
Choosing to take your company remote is not an easy decision. In our Why Remote section, we ask leading remote companies why and how they made the jump to remote. Here you'll gain insight from companies that were remote from day one as well as tips from companies that made the switch gradually over many months or even years.
What does your remote-friendly company do?
We’re a digital content development agency focusing on strategy and visual content for social media, infographics, interactive visualization, animation and Wikipedia consulting.
TeamGantt provides simple project scheduling software used by thousands of customers in over 60 countries to plan, track, and manage their projects online.
Kin is an online HR software that helps you manage new hire onboarding, employee data, time-off tracking, and employee reviews & objectives. The Kin HR…
What does your virtual team do within the company?
Our combined human resources and recruiting team helps identify talent around the globe for our corporate, full-time openings, as well as the numerous independent contractor…
CloudSource, the work at home division of Sutherland Global Services, employs customer service consultants from all 48 contiguous states to support industry leaders in the…
Ensures we attract the best talent and retain it through meaningful and effective company programs and a positive culture.
Did you switch to remote or start out that way?
Blossom was distributed from the start.
We started remote from day one.
Yes! Our company has been 100% remote since day one.
How important is remote work to your business model?
Allowing remote work is an essential element of our ability to hire the very best people, regardless of where they happen to live, in order…
Remote work is essential to our business model. Remote workers make up a sizeable chunk of our customers.
Absolutely critical. The best and brightest can be found all around the world, and it’s important for us to employ only the most talented individuals,…
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
We’re able to hire people all around the world, not only within a certain area. Also flexible working hours.
There is a freedom and sense of trust that comes with remote work that attracts a certain type of employee. Not everyone is able to…
Avoiding a physical office allows us to recruit all over the country, instead of in a limited geographic area. We’re also able to give our…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
It began out of necessity. I was a full-time engineering student living in a dorm room at Princeton when we started. I didn’t have time…
We need to attract — but cannot afford to pay top dollar for — the best and brightest professionals. Offering remote work allows us to…
We started out remotely for several reasons: we wanted Crossover team members to come from the top of the talent pool and we could only…
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