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 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…
We build the world’s best outdoor navigation tool, and our technology allows everybody to better find, plan, and live authentic outdoor experiences.
iDoneThis is a Web-based application that helps your team stay on top of what everyone’s doing. Every evening, we send out an email that asks…
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…
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?
Yes, we started out remote.
Skillcrush has always had a fully remote team. When I founded Skillcrush, the idea of starting a remote company was really exciting because it allowed…
Yes, we did start right away as remote.
How important is remote work to your business model?
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[A]’s culture emerges in part from our distributed nature. We’re flexible, nimble, constantly learning, working across roles, teams, industries, and skills. It would be difficult…
Our business model would be the same regardless of whether we had people working remotely or not. The main impact of remote work has been…
Remote working is critical to TNTP’s business model and impact. We choose projects and partnerships based on where we see the greatest opportunities and needs.…
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
Our team is super productive: The thing about hiring people for a distributed team is that they need to be self-motivated and productive working at…
Having people who can work at a moment’s notice, and on weekends. When you develop a large network of remote people who work different hours,…
Recruiting top talent is an obvious benefit to remote working. New hires don’t have to leave their cities or uproot their families, which makes us…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
It stems from the founder’s vision of building a company where people are autonomous and take ownership of their work. The acquisition of talent should…
Our students want to learn from American and Canadian teachers, but it’s not possible for them to study overseas. There’s also a limited number of…
We started out remotely for several reasons: we wanted Crossover team members to come from the top of the talent pool and we could only…