[randycupertino]

Remote tech is unreliable. Our company spends tons of money on conference software, and we still all sat around for 20 minutes of a wasted meeting today while they couldn't get a weird echo out of the dial-in. There's always something- we can hear you but we can't see you. We can see you but we can't hear you. The slides are showing but the video isn't working. The video is working but the sound has a weird echo. Everything is working, but someone forgot to put themselves on mute and you can hear the driving noise.

Even when everything works perfectly, there is always a lag or a missed connection due to miscommunication or timezones.

In short, it always kinda sucks, is a drag to deal with even with the best tech and we just get more done with our in-house teams.

Remote workers don't build up any social capital and so are always the first to be laid off.