Decisions get made at the water cooler, at lunch, in meetings where no one is taking notes, when one person stops by another person's desk... In person there ar

Decisions get made at the water cooler, at lunch, in meetings where no one is taking notes, when one person stops by another person's desk... In person there are many opportunities for this information to spread by grapevine, because you actively see what other people are doing and you can ask. Being remote often means you have more unknown unknowns, because you can't see the daily goings-on. If you haven't experienced this, you're either very lucky or your company is a lot more remote-centric than you think it is.