Due to low staffing issues (reqs have been open for a while but not many applicants), we are working long hours and busy solving problems with new product development issues (multiple product lines). So, getting together virtually becomes very difficult. If we were on site, then I/we could discuss something by simply walking over to my/our colleague’s cubicle. This convenience is what is lacking for me in a virtual/hybrid work environment. Emails and IM’s, as many of us know, are not effective due to the sheer volume of messages most of us receive.