IMO being seen as important or competent enough to be certain to get consulted for decisions you care about also plays a role when we are taking about hybrid. I

IMO being seen as important or competent enough to be certain to get consulted for decisions you care about also plays a role when we are taking about hybrid. I've seen it so often that a conversation arises organically, people overhear it pull up their chairs and half an hour later some problem was solved a certain way. Next day at stand-up or when the PR hits might be the first time the remote employee hears about it who now has to be caught up and sometimes the decision now gets unmade or we are that the alternative is only marginally better and not worse redoing the work for. The little bit of barrier to call someone in is just sometimes too much to interrupt the discussion and even add a very senior person who is remote. One of many reasons I think hybrid is super hard and likely worse than full remote, full local or remote with set days in the office for everyone (my personal favorite).