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Re:Future of work will be 5-hour days, 4-day workweek, flexi... by balfirevic on Saturday May 29, 2021 @01:52PM (#27326970)
> Exactly. I don't care if someone steps out to run an errand or pick the kids up from school or to hit the gym, but they need to be available with some regularity during core working hours for any collaborative work to proceed.

But the starting premise was that some people would work 5 hour days, there's plenty of overlap there. It's not much different than separate time zones, as another commenter pointed out.

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Re:Future of work will be 5-hour days, 4-day workweek, flexi... by PragmaticPulp on Saturday May 29, 2021 @01:58PM (#27327010)
> It's not much different than separate time zones, as another commenter pointed out.

Separate timezones are fine as long as there is some overlapping core hours.

If that's not possible, the work needs to be more cleanly divided across timezones.

I've had to collaborate across different timezones (as an IC). It's rough. We tried to take turns staying up late so everyone suffered equally, but it's still brutal.

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