Unless the daily tasks rely on collaboration, cooperation, or diagnostics. In general 2 site meetings are needed to talk with business ops, and pair up on key

Unless the daily tasks rely on collaboration, cooperation, or diagnostics. In general 2 site meetings are needed to talk with business ops, and pair up on key challenges. Remote work becomes less productive with time. People re-discover the 7% rule in text communication (93% of meaning is nonverbal). Also, video chats are about as productive as conferences... fine for 1-to-n instruction... but terrible for n-to-n collaboration. Admittedly, I'd likely bail too... if forced to go to an office 2 hours away for something non-fun... lol =)