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here's the orginal: https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/dropbox-goes-virtual-first https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/dropbox-goes-virtual... This was
by blakesterz 6y ago
here's the orginal: https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/dropbox-goes-virtual-first https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/dropbox-goes-virtual...
This was interesting: "Next, we’re embracing what we call “non-linear workdays.” We’re setting core collaboration hours with overlap between time zones, and encouraging employees to design their own schedules beyond that."
I've been WFH for about 8 years and have found this just happens naturally. At least for us it did. My team is in 3 different timezones and do work for people in 9 timezones. There is no "9-5", it's just not practical.
- jeffbee 6y agoDropbox, like all other tech companies where I worked, was already completely informal about office hours. Some people would arrive at noon, others would be leaving.
- MAGZine 6y agoDepends how you build your teams. I'm working with people across the globe, no doubt a circumstance of a thousand small decisions. Scheduling some meetings is 100% impossible, and often times it involves taking meetings early (7-8AM) or late (7-9PM) in order to make things work. Even if you carve out time during the day to compensate for those, it's not what I would describe as "practical."
- ghaff 6y agoI see up to about 6 hour time difference works pretty well for regular meetings. More than that and people are taking calls outside regular hours which isn't great on an ongoing basis. (Though execs, etc. do it all the time.)