4 people on how their company’s switch to work-from-anywhere spurred them to move around the world

While some companies continue to debate remote and hybrid work for their teams, others are embracing a more flexible work-from-anywhere approach.

Atlassian, an Australia-based software company with employees around the world, introduced its own “Team Anywhere” policy in August 2020, which allows its 7,388 employees to relocate to another city or country where the company has an established presence and accommodating time zone.

Almost two years later, nearly 300 employees have moved to a new country, and hundreds more have relocated within their own country, the company says.

CNBC Make It heard from four employees about how Atlassian’s new work-from-anywhere model changed how they live and work.

Atlassian says more than 10% of its 3,000-person U.S. workforce have moved states during the pandemic, with the bulk of them leaving expensive cities in California and Texas.

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