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?
Doist’s mission is to inspire the workplace of the future by creating simple yet powerful productivity tools that promote a calmer, more balanced, more fulfilling…
LiquidSpace is the largest real-time network for renting on-demand office space. We work with coworking centers, landlords, serviced offices, private companies, and more. They list…
Scribendi is an online document editing and proofreading company.
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…
World Service is the American Express global servicing network that delivers a unique Relationship Care® service experience. We focus on turning every customer interaction into…
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…
Did you switch to remote or start out that way?
Yes! Our company has been 100% remote since day one.
We started remote.
We did start out remote, although it originally happened accidentally. In December 2011 our founders raised an angel funding round of $400,000. At the same…
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…
First, it allows us to be our best user for our product. Second, it allows us to source talent from all over the world. Not…
It’s extremely important for a few reasons. One is that we are much more productive working from our homes where we don’t have the office…
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
It allows us to hire the best people, regardless of where they are. It also gives our employees unparalleled flexibility to travel, move, do for…
Happier and more productive staff. People who have more control over their work places and work schedules are more inspired to create excellence.
At GitHub, we’ve seen a number of benefits to being a distributed company: Hiring. If you want the best talent, limiting yourself to the talent…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
It is a lifestyle I am passionate about, and my wife and I have lived this lifestyle for about two years now. Just when I…
We started that way. It came natural for us. No-one likes commuting, and we value work/life balance quite a bit. Plus we want to hire…
We have been a boot-strapped business from the beginning, having never outspent our revenue, taken any loans, or investor money. This means we have to…