guest post – Scott Berkun

[post updated 1/9/18, originally posted 2/2013]

One common question about The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work is how many other companies are primarily distributed, with a majority of employees working remotely. WordPress.com is among the most well known, with over 200 employees all working from wherever they like on the planet. But how many others are there?

Here’s are some companies we’ve identified. If you know of others please leave a comment, and note how many employees the organization has, and what % are distributed. You can also read the FAQ of questions about the book, many of which are about remote work trends and WordPress.com’s example.

Basecamp (formerly 37 Signals)
WordPress.com/Automattic (245 employees)
Genutec
GitHub (100 employees)
Kalypso LP
MCF Technology Solutions
ProofHQ
Treehouse
Copyblogger (source)
YouNeedABudget
StackExchange (50/50)
MySQL (70/30)
GrantStreet
SoftwareMill
Mozilla
10up
Devrix
Art & Logic (70 employees)
AsmallOrange
LullaBot (35 employees)
AppendTo (23 employees)
UniversalMind (65 employees)
Basho (115 employees, 50% remote)
ScrapingHub (60 employees)
UpWorthy (37 employees)

Inc.’s list of 125 mostly or all remote companies [new]
A similar list, crowdsourced
Traditional companies with liberal telecommuting policies can be found here.

(First edition of this post written by: Shawn Prenzlow)

A few weeks ago I put out a call for a research assistant for the new book about my year working for WordPress.com. I hired Shawn Prenzlow, and as we talked over lunch we both thought it’d be a great idea for her to post her research here on the blog as it comes together.

I’ve never had anyone guest post here before and wanted to make sure I warned you about it – she’ll have her own by-line at the top of her posts.

She’s smart and funny and I’m hoping you’ll find these research oriented posts interesting. The spirt is to share as we go and invite you to ask questions, or help us find better answers. Stay tuned.