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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?

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?