This rings true in my experience as well. When I work with external teams in companies with no WFH, there's a "cultural dissonance" I feel, as someone remote-wo

This rings true in my experience as well. When I work with external teams in companies with no WFH, there's a "cultural dissonance" I feel, as someone remote-working for a decade or more. As you point out, the main difference I noticed was the regularity and frequency of video calls/meetings throughout the day, every day. And that's the expected norm with some (maybe the majority) of the people I've worked with, especially in corporate environments. Often it's a struggle for me to adapt to the office culture, but I try to push back for a compromise, so that most of the communication is done in long-form writing. I find the asynchronous nature of email to be more suitable for in-depth discussions, allowing time to organize our thoughts - rather than the ad-hoc back-and-forth of chats. Sure, there's a time for that too, but it's highly distracting for my workflow.