Recommendations for Remote vs. Colocated Teams

I think the most important point is that working in-office should be the strong default. Sometimes even employers seem to think of this too haphazardly while their company suffers from workers being unable to do the socializing part of interacting with coworkers normally, and it being too easy and inviting to cheat the company. So many things come automatically when people are in the office, but require a lot of managerial skill and effort to "re-implement" when a company switches to a significantly more remote configuration. I've seen this both crashing and burning in company A and being almost incredibly well executed in company B, where both did basically the same business in similar structures.

I read that a _lot_ of the RTO criticism seem to more about politics, where arguers indirectly want workers to be able to be paid the same for less, or sometimes even being paid for nothing. Being a non-financially driven developer who has been both an employee and employer in a few small companies I can't say I have a lot of respect for those arguments that seem to ignore one's own earned dignity from meaningful work. (not saying there's any around here)