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You make some good points but a company's payroll provider (i.e. Gusto) handles all of these domestic employee taxes automatically so this is generally a non-issue.
You make a valid point. It's important to note that they weren't bragging though, they were trying to showcase why other companies should hire remotely:
"We ended up with over 1,200 applications for the programmer opening at Basecamp. If you’re having trouble attracting talent, feel free to copy our playbook: Hire remote, be explicit about pay, detail job exhaustively."
The one thing I'll add about 100% remote companies is that because they operate with much more written collaboration than a traditional company, the application and interview process frequently reflect that.
This is a big part of why you'll very robust application processes upfront. They want to see if you can effectively communicate your thoughts in writing.
And that is a very fair point.This morning I got to work just to find an email from a colleague,who is in a very important position, asking to review an email he is about to send out to a supplier. One page email was literally bleeding with track changes in word after I reviewed it. I can't see in no shape or form that person maintain any reasonable job in the next company he'd join. With remote, I'd absolutely give writing tests to every single candidate to make sure I wouldn't end up with people who can't write emails.
Hey guys! I created the product so I can answer this one.
You're right that Elastic and Github (and Stripe and Twilio) aren't startups. The list is really just the fastest-growing companies (not necessarily just startups).
This is good feedback. I might clarify this in the text before the table itself.
Even though these companies are big, they're growing fast and I thought it would be helpful to add them.
Elastic is marked as "Remote First? No, but heavily remote" - I work at Elastic, and would say Elastic is very much remote-first, though our preferred term is "distributed": https://www.elastic.co/about/distributed
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