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?
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…
Five Q serves (primarily) non-profits and Evangelical Christian ministries with digital strategies, web and mobile development and solutions, branding, marketing, and content strategy.
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?
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…
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…
Ensures we attract the best talent and retain it through meaningful and effective company programs and a positive culture.
Did you switch to remote or start out that way?
We started out as a remote workplace.
Yes, the company started as remote.
Our company started out as a completely virtual business.
How important is remote work to your business model?
Remote work has become an essential part of our culture. Our goal as a company is to “change lives through inspired software,” and I can’t…
It is critical, and we see its impact primarily in two areas. First, we can source the right talent from anywhere in the nation; we…
We can hire better people. We believe in having happier team members by improving their lives. They can work from anywhere and spend more time…
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
The ability to recruit the best talent, globally, regardless of their location, and the ability to have team members in the same (or nearby) time…
Access to talent, regardless of geography. In the past, companies were restricted to a talent pool in the immediate vicinity of their office building. For…
It allows us to find the best talent and offer that talent the chance to work with a fun, talented team, a business that’s growing…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
We were remote from day one. I used to commute for 3 hours a day to my last job, working solo from the office with…
My company started out as a distributed team, doing remote work, because I enjoyed the freedom that remote work allowed me in my previous job.
DataStax provides products that are “wrapped around” open source software. The early employees were engineers who came from the open source world where there is…