> You must be a good writer, type quickly, be self-expressive online even when not prompted by management. You must self-document and self-promote. This right

> You must be a good writer, type quickly, be self-expressive online even when not prompted by management. You must self-document and self-promote. This right here. One of the failings of remote work being talked about in the comments here is, IMO, easily attributable to the company's focus on spoken (whether in-person or via Zoom) communication rather than written. I have a strong preference for written communication with regards to work, whereas most of the companies I've worked for have preferred spoken. My preference isn't superficial, it's based on what appear to be obvious advantages -- past communication can be referred to again later, planning and documentation kind of organically occur via written communication, complex ideas can be given more time to be developed in an email vs off the cuff/probably worse explanations when spoken. The few times I can get people to actually just read the long email I just wrote, outlining a whole plan and my justifications for certain decisions, everything is super smooth. But most of the time, peoples' eyes glaze over and they go "wow this seems like a lot, let's plan a Zoom meeting to discuss." The meeting happens somewhere within 1 - 10 days, usually being pushed at least once, I explain everything I wrote (often times just reading straight from the email), but then at a certain point peoples' eyes glaze over once again and they say "sounds like we're really getting into the weeds here, do you mind typing this up into an email that I can read later?" I then proceed to scream into the void. Rinse and repeat, and after literal weeks, finally the contents of a perfectly cogent email that could have been read and understood in ~10 - 15 minutes have finally sunk in. It is absolutely maddening. A strong culture of written communication is now one of the single most important things I look for in a company. I'm not against spoken communication, far from it -- having actual in-person or at least Zoom time is nice, and for brainstorming or discussing a plan, written communication isn't as good (though I've had quite a few great Slack brainstorming sessions). I'm not a shut-in, very sociable, and I enjoy a nice balance of remote and in-person work. But for work, which is by definition something for which I strive to minimize time spent/sanity lost and maximize income received, written communication is far and away my preferred method.