My experience is I can more easily join earlier or later meetings with remote teams in other timezones when I wouldn't been able before due to the commute. I c

My experience is I can more easily join earlier or later meetings with remote teams in other timezones when I wouldn't been able before due to the commute. I can also meet with people spontaneously when before you'd struggle to find a room (or you'd annoy your neighbors). This far outweighs the number of work related 'coffee machine' or 'hallway conversations' I ever had.