[xmprt]

I find that I often need to have quick conversations with coworkers while working. These can't be pre-planned meetings because if they were then I'd be blocked for up to a full day. Personally I'm much more in favor of 3 or 4 day work weeks where everyone is available and then having more days that are completely free to myself. Unfortunately, it seems like the world has converged on this hybrid schedule where you come into work for a few days (meaning you still have to live near work and commute) but also work remotely the rest of the time (meaning a lot of communication is async and inefficient if the company isn't built remote first).

[presentation]

I run a global remote startup, by the nature of people having different time zones it’s impossible to ensure everyone is on at the same times - mostly just means a) employees need more than one thing going on at once in case one thing gets blocked a few hours for a stakeholder to wake up; and b) we have to communicate more than a colocated, same time zone team would. But I find the ups to outweigh the downs.

[josephd79]

I think the bigger issue is people are still trying to work remotely like they’re in the office.