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?
Our team provides professional web development, consulting and training services to support enterprise development organizations. Our customers look to us for expert advice on architecture,…
We build help desk software that makes it easy for teams to manage customer support emails together.
Appen is a global leader in speech and search technology services. With expertise in more than 150 languages, Appen partners with leading technology and ecommerce…
What does your virtual team do within the company?
Ensures we attract the best talent and retain it through meaningful and effective company programs and a positive culture.
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…
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…
Did you switch to remote or start out that way?
We started remote, since Dmitriy was in Ukraine and I was in The Netherlands. We hired people in different locations and it just started to…
Yes – we started that way.
We went remote about a year ago, and we put a lot of thinking into it. We laid out the pros and cons, talked to…
How important is remote work to your business model?
Remote work makes our business model possible. We can find talent all over the world.
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…
Extremely important given our entire culture and business is founded on the remote principal. We’ve been remote from the beginning.
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
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…
Productivity, happiness from true work/life balance, and the power of documentation. We’re infinitely more productive when we don’t arrange meetings for the sake of meetings,…
I think there are several huge benefits. Since we are not geographically limited, we can seek the best team members from anywhere in the world. With…
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…
Modern Tribe has never had an office until just recently, and those are simply a couple people who decided they wanted someone to arm wrestle…
Remote work was important to our CEO Joel Gascoigne from the start as he himself is someone who greatly enjoys traveling. He wanted the whole…