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What if your colleagues are in the U.S.? Do you just turn off the phone until 9am the next day? I'm on the east coast in the U.S. and I have colleagues in Bri

What if your colleagues are in the U.S.? Do you just turn off the phone until 9am the next day? I'm on the east coast in the U.S. and I have colleagues in Britain, Germany, California, Colorado, and Minneapolis. If we stuck to strict working hours, we'd never be able to communicate in real time! The guys in Europe sometimes are helping us until 10pm or 11pm which is not a requirement but they're just dedicated and we really appreciate it. By the same token, I'll get on a call at 6am local time, which works for them. But maybe not everyone has to deal with all these time zones. We're a little crazy.

pjmlp 13y ago
> What if your colleagues are in the U.S.? Do you just turn off the phone until 9am the next day? Yes, and I do work a lot with Asia actually. On the projects that require me not to do it, we have special agreements in place, where people are also compensated for sacrificing their private life in name of the employers profits. > The guys in Europe sometimes are helping us until 10pm or 11pm which is not a requirement but they're just dedicated and we really appreciate it. By the same token, I'll get on a call at 6am local time, which works for them. Not all companies have works councils, which leads to the following situations: We have the guys fresh out of university feeling that they will improve their career by working like crazy. Only to discover a few years later that they get to be fired like everyone else on the company. There are lots of people working as freelancer and getting paid by the hour. Obviously they are their own boss and work as much as they feel like like it. Not all companies have a works council that actively cares about the fellow employees, in such cases many people don't report back to them unlawful situations due to fear of what their boss might do.

pjmlp 13y ago

> What if your colleagues are in the U.S.? Do you just turn off the phone until 9am the next day? Yes, and I do work a lot with Asia actually. On the projects that require me not to do it, we have special agreements in place, where people are also compensated for sacrificing their private life in name of the employers profits. > The guys in Europe sometimes are helping us until 10pm or 11pm which is not a requirement but they're just dedicated and we really appreciate it. By the same token, I'll get on a call at 6am local time, which works for them. Not all companies have works councils, which leads to the following situations: We have the guys fresh out of university feeling that they will improve their career by working like crazy. Only to discover a few years later that they get to be fired like everyone else on the company. There are lots of people working as freelancer and getting paid by the hour. Obviously they are their own boss and work as much as they feel like like it. Not all companies have a works council that actively cares about the fellow employees, in such cases many people don't report back to them unlawful situations due to fear of what their boss might do.