[princehonest]

In office and working remotely will never be the same experience. I worked remotely for three years at my previous job, where I was part of a team of a dozen or so that was headquartered in a central location. The majority of the team participated at the HQ, and I was remote. We had IRC, video conferencing, and all the necessary technology set up. Regular visits to HQ helped. However, the thing that made the biggest impact was everyone else on the team started to work from home on occasion. This made communication happen in a remote-first manner so it was level playing field for all members. I would suggest reading the book, Remote, for more ideas of how to make it work.

[dorfsmay]

This is a huge thing. If you're not mainly remote, let locals work from home, with the same standard as remote workers:

- be available during core hours on chat

- mark your calendar when not available or in meetings

- do video and phone meetings from a quiet space (no dishes, drill, vacuum noise, no kid crying)

This will do two things, it'll reduce the jealousy and tension towards remote workers, and it will increase the local workers understanding of remote working (eg: they'll start to make sure they're always on chat even when in the office).

[riledhel]

That's a great point. When onsite people start/try working from home they start paying more attention to the small things that make remote actually work.