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 are an answering service that provides customer service and customer care solutions for our clients when they are unavailable.
The Cheat Sheet is dedicated to providing audiences the information they want in an approachable, entertaining way. We want readers to save time and live…
Background Checks, Employment Screenings, Tenant Screenings
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…
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…
Did you switch to remote or start out that way?
Some of our most senior full-time employees started as remote because their creative work needed no physical restriction. In our company, we only care for…
We started out as remote.
Yes, we are distributed by design!
How important is remote work to your business model?
It’s critical. Flexible work options reduce our impact on the planet, create happy and more productive team members, and help Dell win by attracting and…
Remote working is our business model. We took the remote working concept and created an organization around its efficiency, necessity, and flexibility.
Huge. We recruit the absolute best people from basically anywhere. It’s a huge advantage and I’m not sure we could work any other way.
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
The biggest benefit of being remote is the ability to hire the best people for the job, regardless of location and retaining amazing people who…
When people are happy, they feel more motivated—they learn more; they are more productive. This is priceless, especially for a startup where levels of stress…
Productivity and sustainable happiness. Remote work helps us to be more productive — there are no noisy offices to contend with. And we have the…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
We adhere to the belief that learning and teaching should be borderless and education is not one-size-fits-all. We are devoted to linking students and teachers…
We started as four people working out of our home offices, and as we grew we never saw a reason to change the model. Everything…
Cultivating a team of talented editors around the world was part of Scribendi’s business model from day one. Knowing that we wanted to provide high-quality…
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