Curiously this "must be on site" mentality seems to be ripe even in some companies that have many offices, and people are de facto remote relative to each other

Curiously this "must be on site" mentality seems to be ripe even in some companies that have many offices, and people are de facto remote relative to each other anyway. Getting a "you know, I'm not sure this remote thing can work" from an architect that spends about half of his time on the phone just makes you go "what?" Dude's so busy calling everywhere that he's difficult to get hold of, but "remote can't work"? My experience has been that few people drive to the other side of the campus for a run of the mill chat or some random presentation. Unless it's in the same building, and unless it's something important, you just call, mail, chat, send office365 links, do skype presentations... you know, the remote stuff. So above a certain size, it's in the company's best interest to embrace remoteness anyway.