I know the startup bias here on HN, but the story reads the same way at a fortune 50 sized employer with dozens of worldwide offices when some jerk three states

I know the startup bias here on HN, but the story reads the same way at a fortune 50 sized employer with dozens of worldwide offices when some jerk three states over "just can't be bothered" to conference our team in, or "we couldn't get a hold of you guys before we made the decision" or "its just so complicated to plug a web cam in so our office doesn't use them" or "lync creates so much disruption" Especially at companies that start getting cross functional and next thing you know your boss for the year lives two timezones away, or your main partner in crime contractor lives one time zone the other direction. There is an area of local minima where everyone works in the same floor or same building where the appeal of remote work is at a business minimum, but the larger the company is, the more likely the person you're working with is in another country or state, to the point that it doesn't matter if I'm calling him from "work" or "home".