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A sane and simple solution seems to be that any email sent after 8pm is delayed by the company smtp server, and will actually be sent at 6am. You can still che

by jknz 10y ago

A sane and simple solution seems to be that any email sent after 8pm is delayed by the company smtp server, and will actually be sent at 6am. You can still check your emails and get stuff done. But stuff will not accumulate after 8pm, you will not be bothered by other employees working at night, until early morning. This configuration of the smtp server can be billed $5/employee/month which is a bargain to make sure your employees (1) have a sane life after 8pm and (2) can still get stuff done if they want to!

tubs 10y ago
8pm in which time zone?
- paulryanrogers 10y ago
  Recepient's zone I imagine.
  - twic 10y ago
    I think it has to be the sender's time zone, to disincentivise working late. Also, a mail can have multiple recipients, each in a different timezone, but only one sender.
fooker 10y ago
Have you considered differing time zones?
- csdreamer7 10y ago
  Most offices are not remote and most businesses operate in one time zone.
  - cardiffspaceman 10y ago
    My experience provides a few counter examples, and I think in the world of making little items out of an SOC and some code, my examples are highly representative, so I wonder if you have a good source to back your supposition. I had a project at one large company, where a daily conference call was scheduled at 8AM Pacific Time, my local zone, so that the guy in France could attend at a reasonable hour. There were attendees in various other "Western" locations. The time zones ranged from -8 to +1. Nowadays I see this happening with virtual companies, who rent offices all over the place and barely own anything. When I have dealt with such, no one has been expected to be operating more than 8-10 hours at a time. Expectations of email response are patiently kept in accord with the time zones of the recipients.
    - csdreamer7 10y ago
      > my examples are highly representative, so I wonder if you have a good source to back your supposition I think my previous points are reasonable assumptions most people who have and would not require proof. If you believe otherwise you should provide a source.
  - fraserharris 10y ago
    This may be true if measuring "most businesses" by legal entities. In the US at least, 17% of US employment (27 million) is for the Fortune 500 (2015) - definitely spanning multiple time zones.
    - csdreamer7 10y ago
      > This may be true if measuring "most businesses" by legal entities. It is. I assume most businesses are small businesses that keep to working hours in their local time zone. It would be a reasonable assumption. > In the US at least, 17% of US employment (27 million) is for the Fortune 500 (2015) - definitely spanning multiple time zones. So? Fortune 500 companies have web portals and databases with details on each employee. Why can't the email server check to see if the email should be sent now or later?
nunez 10y ago
I don't get what this solves. If I want to send an email at 2am because I thought of something, I should be able to send it and the recipient receive it. It's not like we forced this upon each other.

by jknz 10y ago

tubs 10y ago

8pm in which time zone?

paulryanrogers 10y ago
Recepient's zone I imagine.
- twic 10y ago
  I think it has to be the sender's time zone, to disincentivise working late. Also, a mail can have multiple recipients, each in a different timezone, but only one sender.

fooker 10y ago

Have you considered differing time zones?

csdreamer7 10y ago
Most offices are not remote and most businesses operate in one time zone.
- cardiffspaceman 10y ago
  My experience provides a few counter examples, and I think in the world of making little items out of an SOC and some code, my examples are highly representative, so I wonder if you have a good source to back your supposition. I had a project at one large company, where a daily conference call was scheduled at 8AM Pacific Time, my local zone, so that the guy in France could attend at a reasonable hour. There were attendees in various other "Western" locations. The time zones ranged from -8 to +1. Nowadays I see this happening with virtual companies, who rent offices all over the place and barely own anything. When I have dealt with such, no one has been expected to be operating more than 8-10 hours at a time. Expectations of email response are patiently kept in accord with the time zones of the recipients.
  - csdreamer7 10y ago
    > my examples are highly representative, so I wonder if you have a good source to back your supposition I think my previous points are reasonable assumptions most people who have and would not require proof. If you believe otherwise you should provide a source.
- fraserharris 10y ago
  This may be true if measuring "most businesses" by legal entities. In the US at least, 17% of US employment (27 million) is for the Fortune 500 (2015) - definitely spanning multiple time zones.
  - csdreamer7 10y ago
    > This may be true if measuring "most businesses" by legal entities. It is. I assume most businesses are small businesses that keep to working hours in their local time zone. It would be a reasonable assumption. > In the US at least, 17% of US employment (27 million) is for the Fortune 500 (2015) - definitely spanning multiple time zones. So? Fortune 500 companies have web portals and databases with details on each employee. Why can't the email server check to see if the email should be sent now or later?

nunez 10y ago

I don't get what this solves. If I want to send an email at 2am because I thought of something, I should be able to send it and the recipient receive it. It's not like we forced this upon each other.