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> A good rule of thumb is no more than nine time zone span across the company. Anything more than that becomes unbearably difficult to manage. Why an upper lim
by whycombagator 7y ago
> A good rule of thumb is no more than nine time zone span across the company. Anything more than that becomes unbearably difficult to manage.
Why an upper limit of 9? What is that based on?
- thatfrenchguy 7y agoSF -> "Western" Europe and SF -> China I believe.
- jedberg 7y agoIt has nothing to do with SF. The rule applies just as well if you are based in Eastern Europe. You can work with the US East Coast and you can work with India and South/East Asia, but don't expect to have people in the US West Coast and Australia at the same time.
- rat9988 7y agoBecause if you go up to ten you reach the second thumb. It's a rule of thumb not of thumbs.
- jedberg 7y agoBecause if you want to have a meeting during working hours, the work day is about 9 hours long. So at worst someone may have to stay an hour longer than usual or come in an hour early. Anything beyond that means that someone is working well outside normal working hours. It's a rule of thumb, not a hard limit. If you have someone in a time zone 12 hours away who likes to work at odd hours all the time, then great, go for it!