I experienced the same issues at a previous company, and wrote about the (somewhat unusual) experience at https://medium.com/@RayNicholus/a-farang-geek-in-thail

I experienced the same issues at a previous company, and wrote about the (somewhat unusual) experience at https://medium.com/@RayNicholus/a-farang-geek-in-thailand-the-benefits-challenges-of-working-abroad-5930f79f898f#.fktmdwhlk https://medium.com/@RayNicholus/a-farang-geek-in-thailand-th.... After I moved to a 100% remote company, I did find that most of these issues disappeared, but I think it is still possible for remote culture to thrive at a company that isn't 100% remote, as long as the culture is remote-first.