The benefits for employees that work remotely are obvious: less travel, more autonomy, less money spent on lunches out, etc. Employers can also save money on the things that on-site workers need to get through their day at the office. The numbers tell the tale on the workplace trend: 66% of all companies have some remote workers, and 16% depend on fully remote crews for their workforce.
These companies across the country have made depending on remote workers an art form in and of itself. Read on to see how these companies are still able to function as cohesive teams when their employees are spread out over the city, state, nation, and even world.
Accounting|E-Commerce|Shopping
Location: Boston, MA
TaxJar is the leading technology solution for busy eCommerce sellers to manage sales tax, and is trusted by more than 20,000 businesses. Employees all work remotely from wherever is best for each team member. For most of the team, that’s home. For others, that may be a local coffee shop or a summer vacation house. The only requirement is that each team member is working from a place with WiFi, and are able to get their work done.
“The CEO really cares. The leadership team is committed to learning and getting better every day. We are a remote company who values work and life balance.”
-Employee review
TaxJar employees rated their overall culture a A.
TaxJar is hiring! Check out jobs here!
Collaboration|SaaS|Mobile
Location: New York City, NY
InVisionApp provides a design collaboration platform for startups, corporations, and design agencies. It lets users research, design, review, and test products, offers tools for prototyping, task management, and version control, enables users to create and craft things for Web and mobile platforms, and allows users to design prototyping, sharing and presentation, feedback and commenting, meetings and whiteboarding, and organization and collaboration. The company is 100% distributed with employees in 28 countries.
“The InVision executive team offer solid benefits to a growing remote workforce. It’s truly impressive.”
-Employee review
100% of InVision employees say they are proud to be part of their company.
InVision is hiring! Check out jobs here!
Industry: Open Source/Software/Information Technology
GitLab is an open-source code collaboration platform that enables developers to create, review, and deploy code bases. It is built to run on clients’ infrastructures. The platform includes Git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, wikis, and more, along with a continuous integration and deployment tool called “GitLab CI”.
“Even though we are 100% remote, we meet socially by video chat all the time! I’ve loved getting to know all my colleagues this way :).”
-Employee review
GitLab employees rated their overall company culture an A+.
GitLab is hiring! Check out jobs here!
Social Media|Software|Apps
Location: San Francisco, CA
Buffer is an intuitive, streamlined social media management platform trusted by brands, businesses, agencies, and individuals to help drive meaningful engagement and results on social media.
“I couldn’t be happier with where I work. I hope to always feel this way.”
-Employee review
100% of Buffer employees say they look forward to interacting with their coworkers.
Buffer is hiring! Check out jobs here!
Cloud Computing|Business Development|Enterprise Software
Location: New York, NY
Clevertech specializes in solving hard problems in industries few know exist. They create digital solutions using the power of creative problem solving, business transformation strategies, innovative technology and software engineering.
Clevertech is hiring! Check out jobs here!
Cloud Computing|SaaS|Data Integration
Location: San Francisco, CA
Zapier helps anyone to automate the most tedious parts of a day to day job. The company believes that there are jobs that a computer is best at doing and that there are jobs that a human is best at doing. Zapier wants to empower businesses everywhere to create processes and systems that let computers do what they are best at doing and let humans do what they are best at doing.
“Autonomy, freedom to solve problems as they arise. Remote work environment.”
-Employee review
100% of Zapier employees say they look forward to interacting with their coworkers.
Zapier is hiring! Check out jobs here!
Blogging Platforms|CMS|Digital Marketing
Location: Roseville, CA
10up has built some of the most popular WordPress plug-ins on the repository, speaks at conferences around the country, writes for leading web publications like Smashing Magazine, and organizes multiple WordPress Meetups. 10up has been the force behind some of the most popular WordPress-powered websites on the Internet.
100% of 10up employees describe their work environment as positive.
10up is hiring! Check out jobs here!
Content Marketing|Digital Marketing|Enterprise Software
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Aha! is the world’s #1 product roadmap and marketing planning software. The company helps more than 5,000 innovative companies build and launch products customers love. More than 250,000 users worldwide trust Aha! to set brilliant strategy, capture customer ideas, create visual roadmaps, and manage breakthrough marketing programs.
Aha! is hiring! Check out jobs here!
Collaboration|Messaging|SaaS
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Doist is a remote-first company with employees from all around the world. Our mission is to help people do more and stress less. Doist’s mission: help people do more each day so they can make the most of their potential.
Doist is hiring! Check out jobs here!
Advertising|Collaboration|Enterprise Software
Location: New York, NY
Stack Overflow is the largest, most trusted online developer community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers. More than 50 million professional and aspiring programmers visit Stack Overflow each month to help solve coding problems, develop new skills, and find job opportunities.
“We are a remote first company that has very good work/life balance.”
-Employee review
Stack Overflow employees rated their overall company culture an A-.