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?
FlexJobs is the leading career service specializing in remote, hybrid, and flexible jobs. We provide the highest quality database of vetted remote and flexible job…
X-Team provides developers you can trust, whenever you need them. We help companies scale their development teams by joining their team with extraordinary developers trusted…
Sutherland Global Services is a global BPO and technology-enabled services company offering an integrated set of back-office and customer facing front-office services that support the…
What does your virtual team do within the company?
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…
Ensures we attract the best talent and retain it through meaningful and effective company programs and a positive culture.
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…
Did you switch to remote or start out that way?
Yes, we are distributed by design!
We have always been remote at ICUC.
The product team at Parse.ly has always had the option to work remotely. This is one way that co-founders Andrew Montalenti and Sachin Kamdar decided…
How important is remote work to your business model?
Vital. Our entire model is based on the simplicity and instant engagement made possible by the Internet.
We believe remote work is extremely important to our culture and business model as a company can’t grow without its employees growing and feeling happy…
RunRepeat.com wouldn’t exist with only a local workforce. Talent is scarce, and expanding quickly wouldn’t be possible.
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
HR-wise one of the biggest benefits is of course being able to access a much bigger hiring pool. From the employee’s perspective remote work offers…
The flexibility that it affords is key. I’m a big proponent of efficiency and I know that not having to commute to an office gives…
Not being limited by Visa’s / office space. A melting pot of different cultures and ways of approaching work allows Canonical to benefit from diversity…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
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[A]’s reasons for working in a distributed team include: Access to the best [A]gents wherever they reside or move. Ability to hire local [A]gents where…
The founders have never worked in an office, so it was a natural thing to do. What strengthens the decision is that people usually love…
The earliest employees had all worked together before and were excited to work together again. None of us lived in the same city, so we…