On a related note, I think that remote teams actually make this easier. I currently work as part of an internationally distributed team, meaning from Tel Aviv

On a related note, I think that remote teams actually make this easier. I currently work as part of an internationally distributed team, meaning from Tel Aviv to SF and just about every timezone in between, and while there was some minor anxiety in the early days about managing the different timezones, what has actually happened is that all the stress of on-call and related time crunches has evaporated. There is always someone online—at what is a normal time in their day, importantly—to deal with bugs, to help with work that's running long, etc. If one of my teammates is nearing the end of their day and they're stuck on a problem and mentally exhausted, they don't need to push late into the night. They can simply give me context and hand off to me, since it's my AM. I think the benefits of these naturally staggered schedules are going to catch on and spread. It's easy to imagine companies with shortened work weeks, but with teams on different schedules.