It's subjective but I believe it. If remote work is set up well then there is much less emphasis on meetings and much more focus on good written communication. With remote teams distributed across timezones with their own work schedules, async communication is key and systems get developed to allow that. When it's part of daily work to ensure everything is designed and specced properly, communicated well, and there's mechanisms in place to keep the team in sync then it's much easier for management/product to also stay on top of what's happening without endless meetings.
matwood|7 years ago
IMO, this is such an underrated benefit of remote work. Pushing people towards chat tools, email, and digital drawing tools automatically documents everything. No more wondering what did Joe say in the meeting 3 weeks ago, now I just search my email and/or chat.
Next on my list to look for is a video chat plugin that will transcribe the entire meeting and email everyone afterwards.