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?
Intridea is an internationally recognized leader in design, user experience, AngularJS, front-end engineering, and open source. A 2011 Inc 500 fastest growing company, Intridea develops…
Sococo is an online workplace that allows distributed teams to work together in a single place, bringing together people from any location. Whether you’re in…
Hubstaff is time tracking software designed to make remote team management more effective and efficient. You just have to sign up, download our intuitive desktop…
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.
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…
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…
Did you switch to remote or start out that way?
Yes, the company started as remote.
No, we started with an office in downtown Santa Cruz. We decided to go remote because there was a decision to move the office, and…
Our teams have always been remote.
How important is remote work to your business model?
Remote work is critical to our success. We know that people deserve remote work to ensure they have choices in their career. Without remote work,…
We like to compete on customer service, so it’s very important for us to have both sales and tech support people spread around the world…
Remote work is vital to the success of our product and engineering teams. It allows us to hire the best people wherever they are in…
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…
We have remote workers located across the globe, which is why we are able to offer our services 24/7. In addition, our pool of potential…
Bar none, a massive talent pool to explore for great culture and skill fit. A big secondary benefit is that, with the right team, you…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
As a technology company it just made sense from the very beginning. We also found that hiring was much easier with the whole country as…
We need to attract — but cannot afford to pay top dollar for — the best and brightest professionals. Offering remote work allows us to…
TNTP has always had a central office, but we’ve also always been primarily virtual. From the very beginning, we knew our people were our biggest…