Ok, so your company only hires country singers? You are missing out on amazing, qualified candidates that don&#x27;t sing country music.<p>Even if you are having a successful time hiring great people that are happy remote, how are you going to retain them? A remote software job is much closer to a commodity than a traditional software job. (I read the 37signals book and built a remote team over 5 years; in the end the difficulty finding  people that are truly happy remote meant retention was difficult and, overall recruiting and cost of living considered, a remote team was, for me, a net wash).<p>Edit: after thinking more, it&#x27;s even worse; you don&#x27;t know if most applicants can really be happy singing country music for a year, 2 years, or longer... Even those that seem to really value and are excited about the prospect of singing country music may learn before too long that it&#x27;s not for them.