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?
Canonical was created alongside Ubuntu to help it reach a wider market. Our services help governments and businesses the world over with migrations, management and…
TaxJar is the leading sales tax compliance service for ecommerce. Our software helps ecommerce business save time by doing everything from calculating how much sales…
Plex is a media app that organizes all your music, video and photo collections, making them beautiful and easy to stream to all of your…
What does your virtual team do within the company?
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.
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?
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…
We started as a remote company.
We did start out remote back in 2009.
How important is remote work to your business model?
Our business model is only possible with remote work!
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…
Our business is highly dependent on it. Without remote employees we’d grow at a much slower rate.
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
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…
There are so many benefits that mean something different to each individual. Here are a few we see and hear about frequently at BELAY: Flexibility…
Being able to work with great people that are distributed around the country is a tremendous benefit for MomsRising. People that are part of our…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
We were remote from the start, and the main reason was simply that I didn’t find the team I wanted locally, so I began looking…
We didn’t integrate remote work. We chose it. It lets us hire great people who can’t move, and ensures we can keep people if they have…
We started as four people working out of our home offices, and as we grew we never saw a reason to change the model. Everything…