I'm curious about how much the need for social interaction through work differs between Europe and the US. In Scandinavia I feel that there's a pretty distinct

I'm curious about how much the need for social interaction through work differs between Europe and the US. In Scandinavia I feel that there's a pretty distinct border between work and friends/social life. Socialising with colleagues is usually pretty superficial like afterwork and such. Maybe this is the reason I find these "water-cooler moments" so vague and overrated. Personally I think I derive a good and rewarding working relationship by basically just working together, even if that would be mainly through text. I do however realise that there's a lot of people - in my current on-site job as well - that really avoids communicating through text if it's possible to talk face-to-face. I'd assume these persons would probably not enjoy working remotely. I hope remote-only companies make sure that new hires actually can, and like to, communicate through text.