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 started off creating WordPress Themes. We now offer a range of themes and plugins to extend WordPress, including the fastest growing eCommerce solution, WooCommerce. With…
We design digital marketing software for restaurants.
Mavens is a healthcare and life sciences focused team whose mission is to connect people to cures using cloud technology.
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…
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?
Once we had more than one person, we worked in a small office together for the first 2-3 months, and slowly transitioned to just working…
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…
Appirio started out as a remote company. We had a headquarters in San Francisco where local team members could work from the office, but those…
How important is remote work to your business model?
I believe that the core of what we stand for as a business could do fine with or without a distributed team. However, sourcing talent…
It’s a critical success factor for us. Our team is able to spend less time in traffic and more time thinking about how to better…
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…
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
For engineering, the main benefit is being able to hire people who have the technical skills we need regardless of where they are located. That…
The improved access to talented colleagues. If we were all in the same city, we’d be very constrained to hire only those who already live…
I have found this culture to be just as friendly and intimate as an office setting, if not MORE so. Our chat rooms allow newcomers…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
As a digital company, at the outset we were natives hiring natives to use technology like this. It allowed us to scale up at a…
We need to attract — but cannot afford to pay top dollar for — the best and brightest professionals. Offering remote work allows us to…
Quality of life and the only way to bring together talent from different areas.