> 5. Cross-timezone work is fundamentally inhumane. There is no right to one's circadian rhythm but to suggest it's not important is a biological fallacy. However as corporations do not sleep it is inconvenient for their workers to do so. Conference calls from PT to India are common, no one is happy in that arrangement. This could be solved by partitioning work into same or very-similar timezones but that would be a burden to the leadership so it does not occur.
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Yes, yes it is. That's made worse by companies that don't care about that at all, so you end up with meetings at 7AM and 11PM in the same day. It's pretty difficult to compartmentalize when your work has a follow the sun rotation.
> 6. Work outside of working hours is entirely to the company's benefit and your personal detriment.
If you are a 'salaried' employee in the US, the whole concept of 'working hours' is thrown out of the window.
On Slack: it can make an existing problem worse. I do prefer some quick discussions over Slack than being forced to check email threads outside 'working hours' to see if there's anything relevant to me. Or, worse yet, getting actual phone calls. Slack _can_ create entirely new problems, but it's usually just amplifying a bad situation.
>If you are a 'salaried' employee in the US, the whole concept of 'working hours' is thrown out of the window.
It depends? If the hours are enforced in the 'you must be here from x:00 to y:00' sense, then it should also be enforced in the 'no work/emails/etc from y:00 to x:00'. Flexibility with the former would make me willing to entertain some flexibility on the latter, but most developers don't work such rigid hours. However, I do and as a result I look at Teams/Mail outside of office maybe once a month for the most.
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Yes, yes it is. That's made worse by companies that don't care about that at all, so you end up with meetings at 7AM and 11PM in the same day. It's pretty difficult to compartmentalize when your work has a follow the sun rotation.
> 6. Work outside of working hours is entirely to the company's benefit and your personal detriment.
If you are a 'salaried' employee in the US, the whole concept of 'working hours' is thrown out of the window.
On Slack: it can make an existing problem worse. I do prefer some quick discussions over Slack than being forced to check email threads outside 'working hours' to see if there's anything relevant to me. Or, worse yet, getting actual phone calls. Slack _can_ create entirely new problems, but it's usually just amplifying a bad situation.