You skipped the part about "I have a problem with the fact that a remote person doesn't feel as close to me as someone working in the same office a few days a week", pretty convenient huh? I take issue in treating people like human resources and replaceable, transactional things.
Gorillas is German and delivers groceries, so am I. So I guess a lot of this thread is due to shitty US culture. That's your problem, not mine.