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?
ThirdPath Institute provides coaching, training and workbooks to individuals and families looking for new and better ways to balance work and life. In addition, we…
Parse.ly partners with digital publishers to provide clear audience insights through an intuitive analytics platform. It is built specifically for teams producing and distributing online…
We take on the most critical issues facing women, mothers, and families by educating the public and mobilizing massive grassroots actions to: Bring the voices…
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.
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…
Did you switch to remote or start out that way?
We started out as a virtual company with the intent to be virtual. We wanted to embrace modern technology that had never been created or…
From the very beginning, Greenback has been a 100% virtual company. We are all a highly energetic, positive, resourceful team working virtually across the globe.…
We started 100% remote from day one.
How important is remote work to your business model?
It’s critical. Flexible work options reduce our impact on the planet, create happy and more productive team members, and help Dell win by attracting and…
Remote working is our business model. We took the remote working concept and created an organization around its efficiency, necessity, and flexibility.
The most important characteristic of our remote workforce is that it fits our culture and values. We promote and maintain a “family comes first” work…
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
Getting to choose from a wider, more diverse pool of candidates is an obvious benefit – we get to focus on what makes a candidate…
Personally, the enablement of a thoughtful and flexible lifestyle. As a company, access to a global talent pool.
In our hiring model it has become evident that remote work, if done well, can be extremely successful for both employers, and employees. The talent…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
The main reason is that we wanted to give opportunities to people who cannot or do not want to work out of the home but…
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…
Talent pool and work/life balance. We value family and quality work. We know if we can keep our team happy and allow them to live…