> Yes, I'm willing to negotiate on principal, but it has nothing to do with being remote. Why do you even care then? > My thinking is that it's difficult to f

> Yes, I'm willing to negotiate on principal, but it has nothing to do with being remote. Why do you even care then? > My thinking is that it's difficult to find the type of people who has the focus and skills (focus overrides skill, I think) to really do remote work well. Are you basing that on anything other than wild fantasy? Have you heard of eastern Europe, where tons of people will work remote for far less money? > In return, I give full-on focused work with no cruft. All employees are expected to give that, remote or not, whatever "with no cruft" really means.