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We only hire remotely (since we don't have an office). For me there are 2 critical issues (aside from the person themselves): 1) Their time zone needs to be re
by davidjgraph 11y ago
We only hire remotely (since we don't have an office). For me there are 2 critical issues (aside from the person themselves):
1) Their time zone needs to be reasonably in step with mine.
2) Their internet connection must reliably be able to run a consistent voice connection during working hours.
With 2) we do help with UPS' and additional connections where power and outages can be an issue. But _all_ connections still must be able to do voice comms over.
Other than these two, I couldn't care if the other person is on the moon, except the latency...
- harel 11y agoDo you actually keep a voice chat line open throughout the day? Or 'when needed'?
- e12e 11y agoOut of curiosity, by 1) do you mean that people must be willing to work in your "core hours", or do you actually mean the timezone must be similar? I'm currently working nights (at GMT+1 - not in computing/engineering), and I always wonder a bit about what people mean when they talk about timezones. I can see arguments for both wanting the timezone to be similar, and for caring mostly for availability/output during "core" hours -- but I'd be curious to hear your views and experience?