Depends on your role. When it exists _only_ online, it can be difficult to get a grasp of what the company IS. That may not be important if you're a developer

Depends on your role. When it exists _only_ online, it can be difficult to get a grasp of what the company IS. That may not be important if you're a developer with a tightly defined role, where "turn up and do as you're asked" is the order of the day. For a soft-skills role, Product Managers and so on, it can be harder. Slack/Discord/etc can help there, but often you'll get some departments who are active there and some who don't participate. Water coolers work better because everyone drinks water!