I worked remotely for 12 years. Here's how I perceived the experience. Most of that time I only had to deal with phone + powerpoint conferences. That worked ju

I worked remotely for 12 years. Here's how I perceived the experience. Most of that time I only had to deal with phone + powerpoint conferences. That worked just fine for me. COVID hit and management decided that not turning on our webcams was wrong in some way. I personally hated it; found it stressful and couldn't see the upside. Meeting in person is a much experience than that. One on one Zoom meetings were different. There's a clear line of communication and I did't mind seeing the other person. Not that it added much, frankly, but it was fine. All that said, I didn't feel that zoom vs phone was the main differentiator between a good and a bad environment for remote work (for me, anyway). The key difference was whether most of the decision making was communicated in writing or not. Even something simple like email is easily searchable and leaves a clear record of what was decided and why. Good luck searching a web meeting done three months ago.