Working Remotely

It was planned with the release of the VIPKID app. Our founders realized that recruiting teachers to come to China was a challenge. Setting up…

Greenback has been 100% remote since the beginning. We have learned so much over the years about how to manage a remote workforce and feel…

It was entirely organic. The biggest challenge as we’ve grown has been not letting the trappings of traditional office policies creep in. For instance, once…

Of course! A few things that we do is have team retreats to get together where we all meet in person. This helps bring a…

Absolutely. In fact, in order to have a successful remote force, it’s vital to have a healthy company culture to keep employees inspired and working…

I feel like we have a very healthy company culture, and we’re constantly working to make it better. We do little things sometimes like spend…

We talk about our company culture frequently and make sure everyone knows that their voice is valued in each discussion about continuing to create culture.…

Having fun is a really essential part of the Formstack culture. We rely pretty heavily on weekly team meetings, fun IM chats and, of course,…

We encourage people to bring their whole selves to their work. We have channels in Slack for people to share their love of games, literature,…

First, we’ve learned that a company that works 100 percent remotely is probably easier to navigate than a company that works partially remotely. We don’t have to create…

The most important keys to successful remote work are: Building trust between employees. Creating really good systems for accountability, as you won’t have the benefit of…

When introducing any change as significant as distributing operations, we recommend defining discrete steps and rolling out any change in iterative phases that adapt based…

Not being able to fully rely on people holding themselves responsible for their work goals and deadlines. Micro-management is always a pending threat with new…

It can sometimes be difficult to accommodate for varying time zones and work schedules within the company. Lots of our employees work as they travel,…

There were several challenges we encountered that led us to make accommodations early on in the development of the program: Overall adoption of the practice…

We primarily use Slack, Telephone Conferences and JIRA.

We use several tools to maintain constant communication throughout the day.  Sqwiggle is our on-demand video platform, Attentiv.com offers us a constant stream to communicate…

We love Google for Work! Google Hangouts are a great way to connect face to face with teammates on a video call or to quickly reach…

We’ve grown at such a rapid pace that adapting and scaling has become second nature. Because we are now spread so widely across the globe,…

The most noticeable change for me has been the size of the company and the effect that has on team (and inter-team) dynamics. When I…

We used to have employees who worked in different states, but over time we have found it valuable to live close enough to each other…

We make sure everyone coming on board understands the different time zones. We work together to identify when the majority of workers are available and…

Being in different time zones is an absolute advantage for MustHaveMenus. Most of our engineers are nine hours ahead of the rest of the team.…

Currently, all of our remote employees are in the same time zone. We are a 24/7 operation so we do encounter scheduling conflicts with our…