> Because everyone who seriously invests money in businesses knows that there’s a performance hit you take as a remote company. Yet, VC investments and returns

> Because everyone who seriously invests money in businesses knows that there’s a performance hit you take as a remote company. Yet, VC investments and returns soared in the last two years they were all working remote. > Engineering is one segment where this penalty seems to be lower. However, engineers seem to be unable to understand that every other function functions better in person. Sales, Marketing and Customer Support departments in typical tech companies have had a sizeable fraction of their employees located outside the office for some time now, long before Engineering. Office work aids productivity of some functions. There is no good reason, IMO, to make sweeping universal statement about productivity.