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How remote teams navigate time zone privilege without explicit conversation

Our startup team works across three time zones and we've defaulted to whoever is willing to take the earliest or latest call gets to set the meeting time which means the same people always sacrifice their personal time. No one wants to be the person who says their time zone matters more.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your team is allowing geographic accident and personal accommodation patterns to determine whose time has value.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The examined calendar — whose time is it??”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.