Time zones

Pros of working remotely for a US company from Japan

  • No one schedules a meeting in your working hours
  • By the time you wake up, everyone has already replied
  • Monday morning is still Sunday afternoon somewhere
  • Holidays almost never line up
  • Your coworkers are always either waking up or going to bed
  • Every deadline has at least two reasonable interpretations
  • You can miss an entire company crisis while sleeping

Cons of working remotely for a US company from Japan

  • No one schedules a meeting in your working hours
  • By the time you wake up, everyone has already replied
  • Monday morning is still Sunday afternoon somewhere
  • Holidays almost never line up
  • Your coworkers are always either waking up or going to bed
  • Every deadline has at least two reasonable interpretations
  • You can miss an entire company crisis while sleeping