Working At Home Quotes

Published: November 13, 2021

Updated: November 13, 2021

By Rick Lamb in Workplace Collaboration

Work From Home Quotes

Our top 10 work from home quotes by inspirational CEOs

“We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in."

Ariana Huffington, Founder Huffington Post  
 
 

“To successfully work with other people, you have to trust each other. A big part of this is trusting people to get their work done wherever they are, without supervision."

Richard Branson, Founder and Chairman of Virgin  
 
 

“We like to give people the freedom to work where they want, safe in the knowledge that they have the drive and expertise to perform excellently, whether they are]at their desk or in their kitchen. Yours truly has never worked out of an office, and never will."

Richard Branson, Founder and Chairman of Virgin  
 
 

“We can get talent anywhere. There’s a lot of folks out there that do not want to move to San Francisco. They feel comfortable working in a much smaller office or just home.”

Jack Dorsey, Founder and CEO Twitter  
 
 

“When you can’t see someone all day long, the only thing you have to evaluate is the work. A lot of the petty evaluation stats just melt away. Criteria like “Was she here at 9?” or “Did she take too many breaks today?” or “Man, every time I walk by his desk he’s got Facebook up” aren’t even possible to tally. Talk about a blessing in disguise. What you’re left with is “what did this person actually do today?”

Jason Fried, Founder and CEO Thirty Seven Signals  
 
 

“When people are free to choose where in the world they want to work, they simply enjoy their day-to-day work more."

Brian De Haff, CEO of Aha  
 
 

“I can’t tell you the number of CEOs I talked to who are thinking, I have to solve the diversity challenge in my business, and remote work is one of the key tools…we have to let go of this very office-centric culture and incorporate people who are in a lot of geographies."

Hayden Brown, CEO of UpWork  
 
 

“It is amazing to see how well the work from home (WFH) culture has worked and I hope will continue even after the pandemic is over. But once this pandemic ends, we will rethink what percentage of time we spend in offices… 20, 30, 50 percent. Lots of companies will expect their employees to spend well below 50 percent of their time in offices and maybe the rest of the companies will go the normal way."

Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft  
 
 

“World-class people will move to smaller cities. These regions must innovate quickly to attract that wealth. Better schools, faster internet connections are a must."

Chris Herd, CEO of Firstbase  
 
 

“Technology now allows people to connect anytime, anywhere, to anyone in the world, from almost any device. This is dramatically changing the way people work, facilitating 24/7 collaboration with colleagues who are dispersed across time zones, countries, and continents."

Michael Dell, Dell Technologies CEO