I joined a company and worked remotely for about a year before meeting anyone I worked with (in person). We eventually did all meet up and it was great.
There is just enough latency in video conferencing that people start talking at the same time a lot. This is fine in short meetings. But when we wanted to discuss larger structural changes for longer periods of time, it was exhausting. It worked much better in person.
> Go out and get Thai food and cocktails on corporate account? Well, I couldn't do that.
That also provides lots of value in my book. People talk about random shit and sometimes that creates good ideas. Also it's just nice to actually meet the people you work with.
I'm not saying you need constant off-sites, but meeting up sometimes is great.
There is just enough latency in video conferencing that people start talking at the same time a lot. This is fine in short meetings. But when we wanted to discuss larger structural changes for longer periods of time, it was exhausting. It worked much better in person.
> Go out and get Thai food and cocktails on corporate account? Well, I couldn't do that.
That also provides lots of value in my book. People talk about random shit and sometimes that creates good ideas. Also it's just nice to actually meet the people you work with.
I'm not saying you need constant off-sites, but meeting up sometimes is great.