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Except a lot of places are “going back to work” and let’s be honest, timezones aren’t and probably will never be an easy problem to solve.

bwb 5y ago
Especially around development (on time zones), you have to actively factor in teams and makeup as well as what they are working on to get it working right...
- bamboozled 5y ago
  I’m struggling with American “superiors” who won’t have a meeting in any time that isn’t perfect for them. If it’s not between 9:00-17:00, sorry, bad luck for everyone else.
  - redis_mlc 5y ago
    Sounds reasonable to me, if the HQ is in the US. Or are you saying that you're entitled to that block of local time for some reason?
  - bwb 5y ago
    Ya, poor leadership if they are not willing to use global teams and then lead them through example.
    - bamboozled 5y ago
      Reminds me a of a quote from "The Last Dance" [1]: “If you ask all my teammates… ‘The one thing about Michael Jordan was he never asked me to do anything that he didn’t f*%king do.’” [1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8420184/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8420184/
drstewart 5y ago
Not to mention navigation employment laws and regulations. One country is hard enough, let alone doing it worldwide
- itsArtur 5y ago
  I think it's getting better - a number of countries worldwide (such as Portugal or UAE) are making it easier and easier for people to work remotely as "contractors". While not perfect, it's definitely a good solution for highly skilled workers who have a strong negotiating position and can ask for all the benefits their country's labour law would otherwise assure.
- KptMarchewa 5y ago
  There are startups aiming at solving this problem, like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deel_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deel_(company)
guidovranken 5y ago
With regards to timezones, there are a bunch of software companies which are completely remote and global which operate fine. If employees have a fair amount of autonomy and/or work with their local teams, and have sync calls during mutually suitable time slots, there is no real impediment to operating a functional company.
- londons_explore 5y ago
  The "flexible" approach does work, but tends to be quite a drain on workers lives. Theres always someone somewhere who has to wake up at 2am for the weekly 'sync' meeting, or who doesn't see their children after school because their calendar is clogged with 1:1 meetings with all their USA reports most evenings.

bwb 5y ago

Especially around development (on time zones), you have to actively factor in teams and makeup as well as what they are working on to get it working right...

bamboozled 5y ago
I’m struggling with American “superiors” who won’t have a meeting in any time that isn’t perfect for them. If it’s not between 9:00-17:00, sorry, bad luck for everyone else.
- redis_mlc 5y ago
  Sounds reasonable to me, if the HQ is in the US. Or are you saying that you're entitled to that block of local time for some reason?
- bwb 5y ago
  Ya, poor leadership if they are not willing to use global teams and then lead them through example.
  - bamboozled 5y ago
    Reminds me a of a quote from "The Last Dance" [1]: “If you ask all my teammates… ‘The one thing about Michael Jordan was he never asked me to do anything that he didn’t f*%king do.’” [1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8420184/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8420184/

drstewart 5y ago

Not to mention navigation employment laws and regulations. One country is hard enough, let alone doing it worldwide

itsArtur 5y ago
I think it's getting better - a number of countries worldwide (such as Portugal or UAE) are making it easier and easier for people to work remotely as "contractors". While not perfect, it's definitely a good solution for highly skilled workers who have a strong negotiating position and can ask for all the benefits their country's labour law would otherwise assure.
KptMarchewa 5y ago
There are startups aiming at solving this problem, like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deel_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deel_(company)

guidovranken 5y ago

With regards to timezones, there are a bunch of software companies which are completely remote and global which operate fine. If employees have a fair amount of autonomy and/or work with their local teams, and have sync calls during mutually suitable time slots, there is no real impediment to operating a functional company.

londons_explore 5y ago
The "flexible" approach does work, but tends to be quite a drain on workers lives. Theres always someone somewhere who has to wake up at 2am for the weekly 'sync' meeting, or who doesn't see their children after school because their calendar is clogged with 1:1 meetings with all their USA reports most evenings.