Most departments in Megacorps are now virtual teams-- no one sits in the same location, instead we all work from various corporate locations (or from our homes) around the world. Which is good in one way-- when jennifer_dunne got engaged, she was able to move to Colorado and keep her job, since working from home means any home any where. But it's bad for things that require close collaboration, where it would be a whole lot easier if the programmers could just get together for coffees (or beers) and thrash things out.