I personally believe that people need to collaborate in person for truly innovative ideas to come out. I also acknowledge that most no one truly wants to come into office every day and that they are actually more productive working from their home most times. This is the compromise I can think of.
If the job is merely finishing tickets in a jira board you’re right it can just be a fully remote org. I believe if you want to do cool shit then this is not sufficient. In fact I’m yet to see a truly innovative successful company that was fully remote from start.
> I personally believe that people need to collaborate in person for truly innovative ideas to come out.
Understood, but why do you already think the rest of the team disagrees? You haven't even hired them yet.
After all, if they did agree, then they would plan collaboration excursions using the budget you've given them as they find most beneficial. And their solutions will almost certainly be better than yours as they will live and breathe it, not just watch it from afar while working on things like marketing, customer acquisition, bookkeeping, and business development.
If the job is merely finishing tickets in a jira board you’re right it can just be a fully remote org. I believe if you want to do cool shit then this is not sufficient. In fact I’m yet to see a truly innovative successful company that was fully remote from start.