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?
TeamGantt provides simple project scheduling software used by thousands of customers in over 60 countries to plan, track, and manage their projects online.
We work in business development for veterinary offices all over North America – we help clients become even more successful through business development, staffing, training…
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?
Ensures we attract the best talent and retain it through meaningful and effective company programs and a positive culture.
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…
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…
Did you switch to remote or start out that way?
The company started out entirely remote. Joel Spolsky was in NYC, Jeff Atwood was in California, and our first two developers Geoff Dalgas and Jarrod…
Before Jungle Scout, I was able to replace my income with my ecommerce business, and my wife and I actually left the U.S. to travel…
We started 100% remote from day one.
How important is remote work to your business model?
Remote work IS our business model. As a company that specializes in and promotes flexible work options, our own remote workforce is showing that we…
Remote-first is core and vital to XWP’s culture and how we work.
It is not important to our business model as much as it is important to our company vision and culture. We believe high-quality work and…
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
The primary benefit of a remote workforce is freedom to find the best team members regardless of location.
Lack of wasted time commuting back and forth every single day, ability to work flexible hours, hiring talent across the world, more flexible hiring alternatives.…
Commute. No travelling. No commuting. People are working from their homes and do not have to spend time for going from one place to another.…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
Because I want MY freedom. It is MY preferred work style. That impacts the way I design and lead my org. I want to be…
We didn’t so much “integrate” it as we built on it as our foundation. We did so because our two founders were in different cities…
Omni was founded by the remote work pioneers in the customer contact industry. Our leadership team has a combined 120 years of experience in work-at-home…