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?
We work in business development for veterinary offices all over North America – we help clients become even more successful through business development, staffing, training…
Remote Year provides a foundation for professionals to work and explore the world as part of a vibrant global community. We offer year-long programs where…
Melewi is a Product, UX & UI design studio working with awesome businesses of all sizes from around the world – from innovative startups globally…
What does your virtual team do within the company?
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…
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.
Did you switch to remote or start out that way?
Yes, we were remote from the beginning, though not without the often face-to-face meetings to get us off the ground.
Lullabot began as a fully distributed company from day one.
We started out as a virtual company in 2001, and we’ve been one ever since!
How important is remote work to your business model?
Remote work is critical, absolutely critical to our business model! Of course, it is the focus of our product functionality, so we need to live…
Very. It enables us to hire only the best. Location isn’t a limiting factor when it comes to finding top talent.
Remote work is vital to our business model! It is ingrained in our culture, and we have never considered straying from it.
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
As an all-remote workforce, Goodway is able to get more done in a traditional workday. None of our employees spend time getting ready for work,…
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…
Less time getting to work and getting back home. More quiet time. This is super important for the kind of intellectually challenging work that we…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
The primary reason our company integrated remote work is because our industry is small and spread throughout the U.S. (and world). When it was time…
Early-on we didn’t have much of a choice. When we started the company, Jeff lived in Santa Barbara, while Sieva was living in San Francisco.…
As a digital company, at the outset we were natives hiring natives to use technology like this. It allowed us to scale up at a…