Product is perhaps one of the least stable, and least mature areas of the company. For a relatively small team (<15), it has seen tremendous turnover and lacks a lot of the culture, onboarding, and close knit relationships (other than those close to Boston) that other teams do. It’s also seen a quite a few re-orgs while figuring out how to align teams - leaving some areas not well thought out.
Separately, while the company is remote friendly, there is still a sense of the ‘mothership’, and those closest to Waltham (and those with most tenure) have more social capital, and more leeway. Culture is not quite remote ready.