0. The group productivity argument is completely unsubstantiated.
1. Trust in employees is fundamental, why even go there.
2. There are remote-first companies with great culture.
3. Ad-hoc training works great over Hangouts, I do it all the time.
4. Most meetings are not urgent. For sysops consider having a team on-call. Again it works great over Hangouts.
Etc...
0. The group productivity argument is completely unsubstantiated.
1. Trust in employees is fundamental, why even go there.
2. There are remote-first companies with great culture.
3. Ad-hoc training works great over Hangouts, I do it all the time.
4. Most meetings are not urgent. For sysops consider having a team on-call. Again it works great over Hangouts.
Etc...