What is all-remote?

We are 100% remote, with no company-owned offices anywhere on the planet.

What "all-remote" means

All-remote means that each individual in an organization is empowered to work and live where they are most fulfilled. By including the word "all" in "all-remote," it makes clear that every team member is equal. No one, not even the executive team, meets in-person on a daily basis.

Contrasting with remote-first

All-remote is different than remote-first. A remote-first organization embodies many of the principles that create a thriving all-remote culture — handbook-first documentation, asynchronous workflows, no hybrid calls, etc. — but these entities reserve the right to establish a physical company headquarters.

It is possible to find remote-first companies with a healthy, understanding culture that works to support both co-located and remote colleagues. Prospective employees should do their own due diligence to make sure the requisite values are established and lived out.

No company-owned offices

The company does not have an office occupied by their employees in an all-remote setting. By extension, this ensures that every member of leadership is remote, creating a level playing field that is not possible when even one or two executives congregate daily in the same physical space.

A more inclusive work environment

Such a structure ensures that each team member is given autonomy to create the workspace that works best for them, in a place that suits them, creating an environment that is naturally more inclusive.

No location hierarchy

In an all-remote company, there is no single location or region that is more important than another. Team members work asynchronously, ensuring that no time zone is seen as more significant than another.

Freedom to change locations

All-remote is not partial to where you work, nor how frequently you relocate. All-remote does not mandate that you work from home; it simply affirms that there is no company office to commute to. This empowers team members to work from co-working spaces, dedicated rental offices, their home, planes/trains, hotels, parks, or anywhere else where there is a strong, reliable internet connection.

Because there is no central office, all-remote enables team members to live and work in underserved and rural locales. This bolsters economies in small communities and simultaneously reduces infrastructure strain on dense cities.

All-remote doesn't mandate that you ask permission before changing locations. You are free to work in a different place each day should you choose. This enables digital nomads to coexist with those who must remain in one place due to mobility challenges or family commitments, treating each person as equals regardless of their lifestyle.

What "all-remote" does not mean

Let's address some of the common misconceptions about all-remote work.

The terms "remote" and "distributed" are often used interchangeably, but they're not quite the same. We prefer the term "remote" because "distributed" suggests multiple physical offices. "Remote" is also the most common term to refer to the absence of a physical workspace, and being able to do your job from anywhere.

For employees, being part of an all-remote company does not mean working independently or being isolated, because it's not a substitute for human interaction.

Technology allows us to stay closely in touch with our teams, whether asynchronously in text or in real time with high-fidelity conversations through video. Teams should collaborate closely, communicate often, build relationships virtually, and feel like valuable members of a larger team.

Working remotely also doesn't mean you're physically constrained to home. You're free to work wherever you want. That could be at home with family, a coffee shop, a co-working space, or your local library while your little one is enjoying story-time. It could mean that you're location independent, traveling around and working in a new place each week. You can have frequent video chats or virtual pairing sessions with coworkers throughout the day, and you can even meet up with other coworkers to work together in person if you're located near each other.

All in all, remote is fundamentally about freedom and individual choice. At OASCI, we value your results, regardless of where you get your work done.

Careers, not outsourcing or offshoring

It's important to recognize that all-remote is not a synonym for outsourcing or offshoring. Outsourcing typically has a central authority who farms work out to low-cost regions for the primary purpose of saving money. This is not the same as spreading career-building opportunity to underserved regions. All-remote seeks to hire the world's best talent, regardless of location.