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?
OpenSnow.com makes weather forecasts for outdoor athletes.
We’re an e-learning, K-12 English education company.
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…
What does your virtual team do within the company?
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…
Ensures we attract the best talent and retain it through meaningful and effective company programs and a positive culture.
Did you switch to remote or start out that way?
Many of the earliest hires were together in Boston, but we quickly started growing our team outside of the home base. So, kinda-sorta.
We incorporated remote workers into our staff very early on.
We did start out remote back in 2009.
How important is remote work to your business model?
Extremely important given our entire culture and business is founded on the remote principal. We’ve been remote from the beginning.
We started as a remote founding team, which has now grown to over 20 full time employees and thousands of contractors worldwide. I think having…
Remote work is critically embedded into our business model. We deliberately formed the company as a 100% distributed company.
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
The thing I love most about Skillcrush’s remote culture is that our team is made up of top talent from around the world that bring…
We’re able to expand the impact of our work – and improve the lives of thousands of kids – by working on the ground in…
It lets us hire the best talent, regardless of location, and It lets our team get work done and answer customer emails 24/7, without anyone…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
The first Automatticians were already collaborating remotely together on the WordPress open source project, so when the company was formed it was a natural fit…
As an Open source company we are already supported by the Ubuntu community that has a global reach. It made sense for us to have…
In the early days of the company, there was no physical office. The founders and very first employees in San Francisco all communicated using web-based…