minasss

> A great way to approach this is to build trust incrementally. Small projects where responsibility is given to individuals to own work end to end with reviews and feedback. After a few iterations, everyone will get used to it.

Thank you very much for providing a useful practical advice!

> a company is not disciplined enough to communicate well, especially across teams. This may be the case if a significant number of business decisions are done in side conversations

this is a very very good point! but I don't think that being remote or not make this communication problem worse or not.

Thank you for your points!

> You need to be cut out for it. You need to be self sufficient

Instead of saying "People are not cut to it" why cannot we say "People have not enough experience with it"?

Even working in a classic office space requires some experience, trial and error.

> and be OK with working alone.

well, there are co-working spaces, working hubs etc

I can assure you that it is possible to not trust people you see every day, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.

"The office" can be the building where you may have your desk, does it mean that the desk must be owned by the company you work for? or that everyone in the room must work for the same company to build a relation ship? :)

> One thing I find difficult in remote teams is the ability to ask a coworker a question quickly.

Why is it so important that your colleague HAVE to respond quickly? Have you ever considered that your colleague may need some time alone to finish her own task before she can answer your super important question? (sorry for the mood of my answer but it is so bad on purpose :) )

I can say by experience that being in the same building does not imply that you are building a relationship. Meetings are meetings, you still have to prepare, you still have to communicate well, you will have your turn to speak, if it does not work it is not because you are behind a webcam

this is a real issue even with in office presence; not everyone is in the loop and the solution, in my opinion, is not to keep everyone in the same room but to spread information in the company

it will require a bit more effort for sure, but teaching (not training, we are not puppies) is hard anyway, even if you are an awesome teacher

On average, people are bad at office work too

so you are saying that you need someone else to decide what is private or not in your life?

remote work does not mean you have to stay alone, there are co-working spaces all over the world