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 make websites and content management simple and fun with premiere web design & development consulting services, by contributing to open platforms like WordPress, and…
GitLab is a code collaboration open-source platform that allows a full workflow to create, review and deploy code. We also have GitLab CI, a continuous…
We started off creating WordPress Themes. We now offer a range of themes and plugins to extend WordPress, including the fastest growing eCommerce solution, WooCommerce. With…
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.
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?
We have always been remote at ICUC.
Started out remote mostly. At the beginning it was myself, my co-founder and one employee (Hi Tom!). We were bootstrapping to the highest degree. We…
Many of the earliest hires were together in Boston, but we quickly started growing our team outside of the home base. So, kinda-sorta.
How important is remote work to your business model?
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…
We could not have been as successful using any other approach. Launching our nonprofit as a virtual organization helped us: (a) keep our costs significantly…
Everything you do at Canonical has the potential to improve millions of people’s lives and have a real impact in the world. We have a…
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
The ability to hire the best talent with no geographical boundaries. The efficiency, productivity, and loyalty that comes from giving professionals the room to build…
Having a remote workforce gives us the ability to have the most talented workers, and also the ability to focus on productivity. Being in an…
We are able to tap into all of the great talent of people who cannot work out of the home. There is an amazing talent…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
Actually, we didn’t integrate remote work. OnTheGoSystems was born as a remote company. Our first members were from Israel (our founder Amir Helzer), Australia, Romania,…
From the start we wanted to fuse technology with manufacturing, but the best developers didn’t live in our region. We turned to open source to…
We wanted to match our students with the best language educators around the world without having them physically traveling anywhere. A remote work setup helps…