Async-Friendly Company Directory
"Find Meeting-Light, Async-First Companies" by John Rippy | johnrippy.link🏆 2025 Zapier Automation Hero of the Year — Project Phoenix: A 95-step AI sales pipeline cutting development time by 50%. Read more →
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Discover companies with meeting-light, async-first cultures. Perfect for job seekers who value focused work time and hate "death by meetings."
What This Actor Does
This actor maintains a curated directory of companies known for healthy meeting cultures. Search by:
- Industry: Tech, Fintech, Healthcare, E-commerce, etc.
- Size: Startup to Enterprise
- Remote Policy: Fully remote, remote-first, hybrid
- Location: Global, USA, Europe, Asia, etc.
- Async Score: Filter by meeting culture score
Perfect For
- Job Seekers: Find employers that respect your time
- Remote Workers: Discover truly async-first companies
- HR/Recruiters: Benchmark against async-friendly competitors
- Career Coaches: Recommend companies to clients
- Journalists: Research workplace trends
Featured Companies
Our directory includes verified async-friendly companies like:
- Basecamp - Pioneered the "meetings are expensive" philosophy
- GitLab - 2000+ employees, fully remote, async-first handbook
- Automattic - WordPress.com, distributed workforce
- Buffer - Transparent async culture
- Doist - Makers of Todoist, async communication advocates
- Zapier - Remote-first since 2011
- Notion - Docs-first culture
- Linear - Minimal meetings, focus on deep work
- Stripe - Written communication culture
- And many more...
Input Examples
Browse All Async Companies
{
"minAsyncScore": 70
}
Remote Tech Startups
{
"industry": "technology",
"companySize": "startup",
"remotePolicy": "fully_remote",
"minAsyncScore": 80
}
Enterprise Companies in Europe
{
"companySize": "enterprise",
"location": "europe",
"minAsyncScore": 60
}
Search for Specific Companies
{
"searchQuery": "GitLab"
}
Output
Company Entry
{
"company": {
"name": "GitLab",
"domain": "gitlab.com",
"description": "DevOps platform delivered as a single application",
"logo": "https://gitlab.com/logo.png"
},
"asyncScore": 92,
"asyncGrade": "A+",
"industry": "technology",
"size": {
"category": "large",
"employees": "2000+"
},
"remotePolicy": {
"type": "fully_remote",
"description": "All-remote company since founding"
},
"location": {
"headquarters": "San Francisco, CA (virtual)",
"region": "global"
},
"asyncCulture": {
"highlights": [
"No recurring meetings required",
"Comprehensive async handbook",
"Written communication first",
"Meeting-free focus days",
"All meetings optional"
],
"policies": [
"Bias towards async communication",
"Record all meetings for async viewing",
"15-minute default meeting length",
"No 'quick syncs' - use GitLab issues"
],
"tools": ["GitLab Issues", "Slack (async)", "Loom", "Google Docs"]
},
"workLifeBalance": {
"rating": 4.5,
"flexibleHours": true,
"unlimitedPTO": true
},
"sources": {
"glassdoor": "https://glassdoor.com/gitlab",
"handbook": "https://handbook.gitlab.com",
"careers": "https://about.gitlab.com/jobs"
},
"lastVerified": "2024-03-15",
"addedDate": "2023-01-01"
}
Directory Summary
{
"totalCompanies": 247,
"filteredResults": 45,
"averageAsyncScore": 78,
"topIndustries": [
{ "industry": "technology", "count": 156 },
{ "industry": "fintech", "count": 34 },
{ "industry": "ecommerce", "count": 28 }
],
"companies": [...]
}
Async Score Methodology
Companies are scored (0-100) based on:
Score Interpretation
Use Cases
1. Job Search Integration
// Find remote tech companies with great async culture
const companies = await apifyClient.actor("localhowl/async-company-directory").call({
industry: "technology",
remotePolicy: "fully_remote",
minAsyncScore: 80,
limit: 20
});
for (const company of companies) {
console.log(${company.name}: ${company.asyncScore}/100);
console.log( Careers: ${company.sources.careers});
}
2. Competitive Benchmarking
// Compare your company to async leaders
const leaders = await apifyClient.actor("localhowl/async-company-directory").call({
industry: "fintech",
sortBy: "async_score",
limit: 10
});
console.log("Top async-friendly fintech companies:");
leaders.forEach((c, i) => {
console.log(${i + 1}. ${c.name} (${c.asyncScore}/100));
});
3. Content Creation
// Get data for "Top Async Companies" blog post
const topCompanies = await apifyClient.actor("localhowl/async-company-directory").call({
sortBy: "async_score",
limit: 25,
includeDetails: true
});
// Generate blog content with company details
Data Sources
We compile data from:
- Company handbooks and public documentation
- Glassdoor and LinkedIn reviews
- Blog posts and press releases
- Job listings analysis
- Employee testimonials
- Direct company verification
Nominate a Company
Know a company with great async culture? Submit it for review:
- Email: directory@localhowl.com
- Requirements: Public evidence of async-first policies
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- Meeting Culture Score Checker: Analyze any company
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- Meeting Cost Tracker: Track meeting costs in real-time
Support
- Documentation: https://meeting.localhowl.com/docs
- Email: support@localhowl.com
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Author
Built by John Rippy | johnrippy.link🏆 2025 Zapier Automation Hero of the Year — Project Phoenix: A 95-step AI sales pipeline cutting development time by 50%. Read more →Part of the Meeting Cost Tracker productivity suite by LocalHowl
