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 do provide technical and business solutions on top of WordPress focusing on our customers’ ongoing growth and business development plans. DevriX offers ongoing WordPress…
Big Universe was founded in 2007 with the mission of improving the world through education. We prepare students for college and career using digital solutions…
We develop software for engineers and data analysts to rapidly find insights in process manufacturing data. Seeq software is currently being used in the Oil…
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…
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…
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 out working remotely.
We started as remote. I don’t see that ever changing.
Jeremy and I started working remotely out of necessity. When we decided to grow the team, we saw no reason to change what was working…
How important is remote work to your business model?
Our business model is only possible with remote work!
Building what we build, it would be impossible to tell our people they can’t live wherever they want to live – either in shorter spurts…
Remote work makes our business model possible. We can find talent all over the world.
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
Happiness, productivity and retention. People love having the flexibility to work this way, and because you don’t score points for sitting at your desk it’s…
Superlatives are challenging. People who choose to work remotely typically have other passions that drive them in life. We work remotely so that we can…
As an employer: access to talented people who are passionate about the mission from all over the world, at a more affordable rate and from…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
We have always had a distributed workforce since inception. It was deliberate.
The founding team started remote—one in New Zealand, the other two in Berlin, but with the CEO always in another country. In addition we had…
Dell builds technology that enables people to do their best work at any time, from anywhere in the world. So it only makes sense that…