The article by Tate Reit, Prof. Dr. Jörg Freiling and Dr. Quynh Duong Phuong, published in the Austrian Management Review (2025), shows that the real causes run deeper, as remote work changes how collaboration is experienced and expected. Cultural influences come to the fore, as does the question of what skills and qualifications employees and management actually possess for location-independent working. For it is precisely where routines break down and new demands on communication and self-management arise that it becomes clear just how demanding remote work actually is.