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?
Jackson River builds software for nonprofits but ultimately we are a services company that happens to build software. We offer charities an innovative platform called…
Help Scout is help desk software for teams who want the personal touch of email support at an enterprise scale. It’s invisible to customers, so…
We provide tax services for Americans living abroad. We have clients in over 150 countries. We specialize in US expat tax return preparation for individuals…
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…
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.
Did you switch to remote or start out that way?
Yes, from day one we’ve been a remote team.
The company started out entirely remote. Joel Spolsky was in NYC, Jeff Atwood was in California, and our first two developers Geoff Dalgas and Jarrod…
We did–we’ve been 100% remote right from the start (although we considered being non-remote at one point in our history). I’m eternally thankful that we…
How important is remote work to your business model?
It is critically important. We need to cover worldwide and all time zones. We need to give people flexibility in order to claim their flexibility!
Very. By allowing everyone to work from their preferred location, SitePen is able to attract and retain highly-skilled individuals who value work-life balance. When we’re…
Remote work is fundamental to Scribendi’s business model. Through the power of the Internet, we are able to connect people in need of editing services…
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
We believe that a remote workforce may actually be better for startups (especially for SaaS businesses) than the traditional office because you get access to…
One of the biggest benefits is an almost unlimited hiring pool. Since we are not limited to a specific geographic area surrounding a physical office,…
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…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
We have always had a distributed workforce since inception. It was deliberate.
Collage.com is fundamentally a software company: we develop great software tools that our customers use to customize physical products, and then provide excellent customer support.…
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…
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