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I love the "Flexible Timezone" filter. It puzzles me that companies insist on remote workers working to specific timezones. Having everyone work the same hour
by SyneRyder 10y ago
I love the "Flexible Timezone" filter.
It puzzles me that companies insist on remote workers working to specific timezones. Having everyone work the same hours seems to negate a key advantage of remote workers - ideally while you are sleeping, progress is still being made on your projects by the various remote teams. They should be able to work independently, asynchronously.
I can understand if they are remote support roles, where you want to ensure you always have staff to deal with enquiries. But for most roles, it seems more important that the work gets done, rather than that the entire team are tied to Slack / Skype at exactly the same hours.
- ElijahLynn 10y agoNothing irritates me more than collaborating over a period of a days when it could be a period of minutes. It all depends on what is being worked on but when I have to work with someone or even just review their code I would like to not have to wait hours/days for my comments on code to be addressed.
- caw 10y agoThe problem with full follow-the-sun work is that it assumes the work can be performed in discrete quantities that are independent from one another. If you have overlap in tasks, then the coordination overhead becomes higher and more costly.