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?
Big Universe was founded in 2007 with the mission of improving the world through education. We prepare students for college and career using digital solutions…
Appirio, a Wipro Company, is a global services company that helps customers create next-generation Worker & Customer Experiences using the latest cloud technologies. Our free-thinking…
We offer work-from-home customer service gigs for those interested in a contractor opportunity.
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…
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…
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?
It started out as remote.
We have been entirely remote since the beginning (formed in 2013).
We did start out remote, although it originally happened accidentally. In December 2011 our founders raised an angel funding round of $400,000. At the same…
How important is remote work to your business model?
Remote work makes our business model possible. We can find talent all over the world.
Remote work is a genuine competitive advantage for Timely. We demonstrate every day how to be time efficient and successfully blend work and life. Our…
We have an international product available to users all over the world so we believe it to be important to also have an international team…
What do you consider the biggest benefits of a remote workforce?
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…
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 ability to recruit talent anywhere in the world, to me as CEO, is massive. My team is the most important factor in our success.…
What were the main reasons to integrate remote work into your workforce?
The founding team started remote—one in New Zealand, the other two in Berlin, but with the CEO always in another country. In addition we had…
Having remote workers opens up a world of possibilities with hiring and developing a truly global product. In addition, we save on facilities costs (although it’s…
We have always had a distributed workforce since inception. It was deliberate.
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