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?
The Tropical Travelers is a luxury oriented vacation firm doing business online with clients around the globe. Our team is home-based which gives everyone the…
We provide virtual staffing solutions for small businesses.
We make websites and content management simple and fun with premiere web design & development consulting services, by contributing to open platforms like WordPress, and…
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.
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?
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 as remote.
Started out remote mostly. At the beginning it was myself, my co-founder and one employee (Hi Tom!). We were bootstrapping to the highest degree. We…
How important is remote work to your business model?
It definitely has a huge influence on how we work, on our processes and conventions. Being remote changes how you communicate — err on the…
Next to a flat company structure and internal financial transparency, remote work is the basis of our business model.
Working remotely has allowed us to hire the best people wherever they live. This is of huge value.
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
Productivity and sustainable happiness. Remote work helps us to be more productive — there are no noisy offices to contend with. And we have the…
It allows us to find talent wherever they live, and this can open a company up to a lot of possibilities. As most technology companies…
People who are happy doing what they love in an environment of their choosing. Diversity and the ability to acquire talent from all over the…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
We never integrated remote work—we started there! All of our employees have been remote since day one. Remote work made our business possible, not the…
XWP’s remote agency roots go back more than 15 years, starting with XHTMLized in 2006. It all started with Dave Rosen’s vision for something different:…
As an Open source company we are already supported by the Ubuntu community that has a global reach. It made sense for us to have…