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?
Hippo Education is a new-school medical education company. We are headquartered online with digital education in the form of video, podcasts, and more. We take…
Jackson River builds software for nonprofits but ultimately we are a services company that happens to build software. We offer charities an innovative platform called…
Formstack is a technology company that understands big marketing problems and how to fix them. We use our robust online form building software as a…
What does your virtual team do within the company?
Ensures we attract the best talent and retain it through meaningful and effective company programs and a positive culture.
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…
Did you switch to remote or start out that way?
We started out as remote from day one.
We like to say we started in a garage and have now happily returned to one, thanks to remote working. Twenty years ago, our co-founders…
When our client base continued to grow the need [to switch remote] became necessary. We had limited capacity in our building, limited parking, and an…
How important is remote work to your business model?
It definitely has a huge influence on how we work, on our processes and conventions. Being remote changes how you communicate — err on the…
Remote work is essential in our business model, we would not be able to do what we do without remote. With clients all over North…
Our model is in many ways built around remote work. The traditional office is going away and people are working from places and spaces of…
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
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…
Attracting top talent. In tech, there is a never ending war for talent and being tethered to a particular market, San Francisco for example, ends…
We are not restrained by the geography when hiring talents. People do not sacrifice their personal life for work. Productivity grows significantly. There’s no problem…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
With the explosion of technological advances, we don’t believe that businesses today need a physical location to operate successfully. So we don’t view our structure…
My co-founder and I had previous experience collaborating remotely, so as we bootstrapped we never even considered a physical office. Knowing we were always going…
My company started out as a distributed team, doing remote work, because I enjoyed the freedom that remote work allowed me in my previous job.