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We are already 100% remote and have been for the entire life of the company. Time differences haven't been a big issue - it can be tricky to get everyone on a
by bryanh 10y ago
We are already 100% remote and have been for the entire life of the company.
Time differences haven't been a big issue - it can be tricky to get everyone on a call when they need to be - but usually a little flexibility by all parties go a long way. Also, you can arbitrage time differences to knock down annoyance from on-call rotations and the like.
We ask employees to have their own "consistent" hours so that the rest of the team knows when they'll be available or not.
We do consider time zones when hiring - for example, we might explicitly hire Asian/Pacific for support scheduling reasons.
- e40 10y agoAlso, you can arbitrage time differences to knock down annoyance from on-call rotations and the like. I have no idea what that means.
- detaro 10y agoIf you have people all over the world, nobody (or at least fewer people, depending on how the distribution works out) has to be on-call in the middle of the night, you can hand off close to the end of your normal working day.