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?
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 make the world’s best online training software.
We aggregate reviews of running shoes, sneakers, and sports shoes.
What does your virtual team do within the company?
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…
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?
Yes, I was remote from the start.
Yes, we began as a distributed team.
The company has always had a strong remote working culture.
How important is remote work to your business model?
It’s definitely at the core of our company. Our mission is to find the best talent in the world and match them with jobs according…
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…
It is incredibly important to us. We realized early on that we wanted to build a business based on remote work for two reasons: 1.…
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
I have found this culture to be just as friendly and intimate as an office setting, if not MORE so. Our chat rooms allow newcomers…
The ability to focus for long stretches at a time. So we can turn off IM, email, slack, etc. and have hours at a time…
Getting to choose from a wider, more diverse pool of candidates is an obvious benefit – we get to focus on what makes a candidate…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
We wanted to give the opportunity to as many talented professionals as possible to join the industry and to find rewarding work no matter where…
Our company was founded on the principle of work flexibility. It’s the reason for our very existence. We couldn’t have an online office as our…
We have always had a distributed workforce since inception. It was deliberate.