For me, it's international WebEx's and conference calls. I have to do a lot of them, especially in India and the Asia-Pacific region of the world. This causes some inconvenient hours on the phone to say the least.
For instance I just got done sending an invite to a meeting next week that includes 4 people. It took me a while to find a time that is (more or less) convenient for everyone. When I was finished, here is what it looked like:
Me: 8:00 pm (Tuesday night)
My director in San Francisco: 5:00 pm (Tuesday afternoon)
Client in Jakarta, Indonesia: 8:00 am (Wednesday morning)
Colleague in Sydney, Australia: 12:00 pm (Wednesday lunch)
This one actually worked out reasonably well, with just me having to be on at an odd hour. When I talk to India, they're 9.5 hours ahead of me, so we typically take turns doing the early morning call. When it's my turn, it's not uncommon for me to get on the phone with them between 5am-6am. For them, they tend to be more used to having to live with US-based time zones, so they routinely get on calls at 8-10pm their time.
Anyone else have this reality at their job? If not, what do you do that's a bit out of the ordinary or interesting that others may not?
For instance I just got done sending an invite to a meeting next week that includes 4 people. It took me a while to find a time that is (more or less) convenient for everyone. When I was finished, here is what it looked like:
Me: 8:00 pm (Tuesday night)
My director in San Francisco: 5:00 pm (Tuesday afternoon)
Client in Jakarta, Indonesia: 8:00 am (Wednesday morning)
Colleague in Sydney, Australia: 12:00 pm (Wednesday lunch)
This one actually worked out reasonably well, with just me having to be on at an odd hour. When I talk to India, they're 9.5 hours ahead of me, so we typically take turns doing the early morning call. When it's my turn, it's not uncommon for me to get on the phone with them between 5am-6am. For them, they tend to be more used to having to live with US-based time zones, so they routinely get on calls at 8-10pm their time.
Anyone else have this reality at their job? If not, what do you do that's a bit out of the ordinary or interesting that others may not?