No, we are not on the same page. The point is not that you're using a project tracking tool or distributed source control. Btw, Google/Facebook do not use dist

No, we are not on the same page. The point is not that you're using a project tracking tool or distributed source control. Btw, Google/Facebook do not use distributed source control, and they are quite relevant. The point is the communication tools. If you are not accustomed to jumping on chat with somebody with the same comfort as walking over and tapping their shoulder, it doesn't matter if you pay for VC software licenses. If you talk to somebody in person, and then decide something and act on it, without looping the entire team in on the decision, then remote employees are going to feel like outsiders, even if you are paying money for email software.