Remote has other benefits like getting more women involved in tech: http://www.wired.com/2015/04/powertofly/ http://www.wired.com/2015/04/powertofly/ However,

Remote has other benefits like getting more women involved in tech: http://www.wired.com/2015/04/powertofly/ http://www.wired.com/2015/04/powertofly/ However, companies praise "high-bandwidth" face-to-face communication, and which we most all agree can be useful. The issue though at many companies is they lean on it to try and paint over communication and process issues they have. It's not a problem with remote per se, but it's an easy scapegoat.