I&#x27;ve seen a lot more incompetence among on-site employees.  Which makes sense, because management is automatically suspicious of anyone working remotely (it&#x27;s still seen as some kind of privilege that they often resent), so remote workers have to survive much greater scrutiny of their work.<p>It&#x27;s true that the serendipitous in-person contact has benefits that are hard to account for, though.