It depends a lot. I've worked with people in person quite a lot--some of which admittedly pre-dated current communication technologies. And some of which was c

It depends a lot. I've worked with people in person quite a lot--some of which admittedly pre-dated current communication technologies. And some of which was certainly augmented by a fair number of face to face meetings that sort of fell off the table between COVID and tech budget cuts. But I'd say that, in general, some amount of meeting people locally (including going into an office if people you work with are actually there) is beneficial.