[jollyllama]

The quality of bonds and trust I formed with in person colleagues is greater than that of remote colleagues, who have been much more prone to let me down, backstab, or be unaccountable. People can say, "it's your company culture". I don't think remote can help culture, it can only be neutral or negative.

The other thing is, every organization will have at least two potentially overlapping cliques (the more they overlap, the better the org): a select cadre of high achievers who fix difficult problems and mentor people into their group, and a 'mafia' who hold the power and make the decisions. In person, it's much easier to learn who they are and observe their activities and act accordingly. With remote, you're in the dark on any communication you're not specifically included on. PRs and bug reports can clue you in, but there might be a stellar admin/SRE who is knows how things really work that you'll never hear about. Stuff like that.