[cosmodisk]

But then what's stopping you from picking up the phone and giving him a call? What I noticed was the opposite: instead of having some rare encounters with our CEO( I report directly to him but we are in different buildings so we mainly meet in meetings only) and ending up doing something 'urgent' or distracting, I now have less of these. However, having said that, it's harder to pull out the information I want when on the phone versus when face to face.

[MattGaiser]

> But then what's stopping you from picking up the phone and giving him a call?

Inherently nothing. I could call him, but I have little reason to beyond a social chat as there is nothing to report, so it would be a "hey boss, how is the new baby doing?"

I haven't given much thought to the career implications of remote as I expect it to be relatively temporary in my case so I do not feel pressured to solve the problem.

> However, having said that, it's harder to pull out the information I want when on the phone versus when face to face.

I don't envy our business analyst.

[cosmodisk]

>I don't envy our business analyst.

This can actually be a blessing in disguise for him as long as he sticks to 'put it in writing'. Here's what will happen: some won't write and won't ask again because they have no clue how to put what they want in writing.Some will write some incomprehensible thing and it will require 20 more emails to find out that all they want is Comic Sans in Word and etc. Also it will tame some 'motivated ones',who could go on for hours about what they would want.