This is an interesting development. The trend should only grow larger. The thing about casual clothes is if you wear them like a uniform, that defeats the purpose. Remote work and distributed teams have not made the office obsolete. I believe there is a tremendous value to face time. But distributed teams make sense at many levels. Cost is tops.
Office space costs money. Also, if you are not limited by geography, the team you will build will be more capable. There will be associated cost savings.
Commuting costs time. Instead of commuting for two hours (or more), why not work a few hours extra?
The downside is accountability might be compromised. But they will be compromised on site as well. If you do it right, productivity can go up instead.
If your team is active on various social media platforms, they can hope to get to know each other pretty well.
It is not either or. If I were to build a primarily distributed team, I would want them to meet in person often, at least once a year, preferably more than that.
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