I've been a remote worker since about 2006, as an employee, a freelancer, an employer, and probably other capacities I don't recall... The biggest problems I'v

I've been a remote worker since about 2006, as an employee, a freelancer, an employer, and probably other capacities I don't recall... The biggest problems I've seen have been cultural / social more that technical. For example - micromanagement over slack is just as bad as micromanagement over the cube farm wall. Many managers are not adept at trust and communicating to their team, and being remote forces this even more than in-person. Frankly, I've always seen this as a positive. When you see each other every day in person, it is easy to be complacent in communication. When it is happening often more async, perhaps with greater linguistic or cultural barriers, it is even more important that your communication is succinct and effective. The other side of this is that many workers are not good at controlling their own tasks and schedule. Again, I've always seen remote work ("asynchronous work") as a catalyst for better personal time management. Trying to break decades of Taylorism and similar flawed American management concepts is hard. Remote work necessitates a degree of trust and autonomy that most companies can't handle.