<i>&gt;Which environment do you prefer, and why?</i><p>I don&#x27;t believe this question is interesting because I think we know that most HN readers will prefer remote working instead offices.  It doesn&#x27;t matter whether it&#x27;s semi-private cubicles or noisy open floor plans.  Offices suck.  Commuting sucks too.  Probably 95+% would prefer remote work if they could get it.<p><i>&gt;Do you think we should have kept our office or closed it?</i><p>The <i>more interesting question &amp; answer</i> is how the 100% remote strategy helps your business.  Yes, you save $86k&#x2F;yr in office rent.  However, does the remote arrangement boost your employees&#x27; productivity so much that it helps Buffer beat other competitors (Hootsuite, Sprout, etc.)?  Is the remote productivity enabling the ability of engineers to add features at a faster rate that you noticed subscriptions going way up?  Etc.<p>That&#x27;s the <i>business</i> calculus that&#x27;s more interesting to discuss.  To be fair, it looks like author Courtney Seiter&#x27;s background is writing&#x2F;marketing and not business&#x2F;engineering so it&#x27;s understandable if she doesn&#x27;t emphasize this angle.  Also, the blog post is only 4 months old so they don&#x27;t have a year&#x27;s worth of financial performance to evaluate its effectiveness.