having worked for a fully remote company that was successfully acquired for a decent sum by a much larger respectable company, remote depends on the top levels

having worked for a fully remote company that was successfully acquired for a decent sum by a much larger respectable company, remote depends on the top levels of management communicating the vision regularly and being transparent about direction, changes in direction, and reasons for changes. add in someone skilled whose responsibility is for facilitating remote culture and you have a recipe for success. the problem is there is a ton of terrible leadership out there who want to rule by fiat, ignore their employees, and don't trust their employees (who they either directly or indirectly hired) to so their jobs.