undefined | Better HN

0 pointsbunderbunder3y ago0 comments

I work on a team that is split across North America and Europe, and or standard is that we all avoid meetings outside our working hours.

It’s understood that European folks try to schedule Europe-only meetings in the morning so that there is plenty of time available in the afternoon for NA colleagues, and conversely NA folks keep their mornings open for team meetings.

I personally shift my work day to starting at 7 so that I have an even larger overlap, but not all of us do that and it is not expected of anyone.

0 comments

jhrmnn3y ago

How do you deal with the 9 hour difference between Europe and West Coast?

benhurmarcel3y ago

I regularly have a meeting at 17pm CET with a colleague on the west coast. That's 8am for him.

Yes he has to wake up 1h earlier than me on that day, but he also probably earns 2 or 3 times my salary just because of his location so fair enough.

malux853y ago

I work remotely from New Zealand for a company in Ireland

I altered my work hours to 3AM to 12 noon. It is amazing.

I catch everyone in the office at the end of the day for meetings. I pick up and finish and work they need done, I get 3-4 hours of deep work every day when they are all gone.

And then I finish at noon, so I can go exercise and enjoy the day working on my startup.

Bed at 6PM to wake up at 3AM

spaetzleesser3y ago

This schedule may work if you have no other obligations. But it won’t work for a lot of people.

2 more replies

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse