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?
Tradeconductor works towards world peace through trade.
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…
We’re a SaaS company, and our signature product is Edgar, a social media scheduling tool. Edgar makes it faster and easier for small businesses, entrepreneurs,…
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?
Our teams have always been remote.
We’ve always had a remote team, and the plan was always to recruit and retain a remote workforce. As such, our platform was built with…
I was one of TNTP’s first employees after its founding in 1997. We were virtual for some roles from the get-go, with CEO Michelle Rhee…
How important is remote work to your business model?
We could not have been as successful using any other approach. Launching our nonprofit as a virtual organization helped us: (a) keep our costs significantly…
We believe remote work is extremely important to our culture and business model as a company can’t grow without its employees growing and feeling happy…
The remote work model has been critical to our success and growth. We are a small, high-growth business. Hiring a remote workforce has allowed us…
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
The biggest benefit is absolutely the ability to have a true work-life balance. I have employees here that have literally taken a 50% pay cut…
As an employer: access to talented people who are passionate about the mission from all over the world, at a more affordable rate and from…
We have found there to be three key benefits of working remotely. The first is client service. By adopting a remote model, we are able…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
We want to attract and hire the perfect candidates/employees for our team. In order to achieve this goal we cannot just hire on a local…
Our team was largely used to working remotely already from prior jobs, and one of our team members lives all the way out in Florida.…
We chose to be location agnostic from the company founding. This meant that we could hire the right people – no matter where they live.…
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