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?
Help Scout is help desk software for teams who want the personal touch of email support at an enterprise scale. It’s invisible to customers, so…
The Geller Law Group is a Fairfax, Virginia based law firm that specializes in estate planning, small businesses and family law.
Collage.com makes custom products easy for anyone to create. Our customers use the design tools we create at collage.com to customize more than 50 products,…
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…
Ensures we attract the best talent and retain it through meaningful and effective company programs and a positive culture.
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 remote, since Dmitriy was in Ukraine and I was in The Netherlands. We hired people in different locations and it just started to…
We did start out remote back in 2009.
We have been remote from day one!
How important is remote work to your business model?
Remote work is very important to our business model. Because we are open to remote employees, we have access to a much bigger talent pool.…
All of our company members work remotely; headquarters are our own home offices or whatever place people choose to work from. So remote work is…
Remote work is the backbone of our company, as we are almost entirely virtual. Our platform allows for all employees to access information regardless of…
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
Employee happiness and satisfaction is more important than anything to us. And our employees are the happiest when they are given the choice to work…
We allow people to lean into their natural rhythms, have greater autonomy, avoid painful commutes, have ownership of their work environments and maintain the focus…
Commute. No travelling. No commuting. People are working from their homes and do not have to spend time for going from one place to another.…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
We didn’t integrate remote work. We chose it. It lets us hire great people who can’t move, and ensures we can keep people if they have…
We didn’t integrate remote work – we intended to be remote from the start! I’ve mostly explained the rationale in answering the previous question: I…
Remote work has been at the core of the company’s DNA since its inception. From the start, the company CEO saw the value in hiring…
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