[JimRoepcke]

More documentation and more communication is a good thing.

How much management does it take to run an office? "Office Managers" are a thing. They aren't even managing projects.

I don't yet understand how remote work can be as expensive as colocating - perhaps in an extreme circumstance? Surely not in general. Perhaps if you're having your remote people travel several times a year to meet up, but that's optional and depending on the area of the world the office would be, it could still be cheaper than the travel.

Of course you still need to manage people, but in my experience it doesn't take more management, just more discipline. If your people aren't disciplined enough to care about documentation or process or communication, you are throwing your company away.