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?
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Packlane is an online printing company that makes the process of ordering custom packaging easy and affordable for brands of any size by offering super…
We make websites and content management simple and fun with premiere web design & development consulting services, by contributing to open platforms like WordPress, and…
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…
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…
Did you switch to remote or start out that way?
We incorporated remote workers into our staff very early on.
We’ve been remote-ready from day zero.
We did start out remote back in 2009.
How important is remote work to your business model?
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[A]’s culture emerges in part from our distributed nature. We’re flexible, nimble, constantly learning, working across roles, teams, industries, and skills. It would be difficult…
Aha! was built on the promise and premise of remote work. We have been an entirely distributed company from day-one, and we now have team…
Our business is highly dependent on it. Without remote employees we’d grow at a much slower rate.
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…
One of the greatest benefits of a remote workforce is workspace freedom. Our employees have the flexibility to do work on their terms, which enables…
Recruiting top talent is an obvious benefit to remote working. New hires don’t have to leave their cities or uproot their families, which makes us…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
More flexibility
As stated in above, we aim to hire the very best people. Also, people who fit into our model tend to be highly entrepreneurial –…
When we launched our nonprofit 14 years ago, it was more cost effective than any other option.
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