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?
Attentiv takes an innovative approach to team collaboration. Using threaded comments, upvoting, and topic-driven conversation, Attentiv gives you a familiar, easy-to-use interface but with a…
Goodway Group is a leading managed- services programmatic partner to local, regional and Fortune 500 brand agencies. We plan and execute digital advertising campaigns.
We create Plugins, Websites, Themes or any solution based on WordPress.
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?
We’ve been remote-ready from day zero.
Our teams have always been remote.
I have had offices for many years. But because I traveled more and more, it became clear that an office with no CEO is not…
How important is remote work to your business model?
Working remotely has allowed us to hire the best people wherever they live. This is of huge value.
Working remotely is an integral part of our business model, we don’t work any other way! I believe that the world is quickly moving towards…
It’s vital. Today’s economic environment and the gravitational pull of Silicon Valley essentially dictate that if a software/tech company not in the valley wishes to…
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
The implied foundation of trust. We give our team the autonomy to figure out how they can do their best work. This can only happen…
Lack of wasted time commuting back and forth every single day, ability to work flexible hours, hiring talent across the world, more flexible hiring alternatives.…
It allows us to access the top teacher talent pool anywhere around the world!
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
When we started the company, Jeremy (my co-founder) and I were living in different cities and working on other things. Jeremy was in film school…
Scrapinghub was built around the success of a very popular open source project (Scrapy) and we constantly apply things learned managing a large open source…
The remote working aspect was part of our company from the start. Bill began the company out of his home office and hired contractors from…
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