Poll: Do you alter your working schedule to accommodate clients in different time zones?
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you alter your working schedule to accommodate clients in different time zones?".

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Ty Kendall
Ty Kendall  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:51
Hebrew to English
No Jul 14, 2015

I'll answer emails until quite late on a night (i.e. up until going to bed - which is when I often fire off final emails to US-based clients), but other than that...

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 13:51
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 14:51
Spanish to English
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No Jul 14, 2015

All my clients are in the same European Paris/Madrid time zone.

 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 14:51
Member (2006)
German to English
No Jul 14, 2015

But if I had to for certain projects, then why not?

 
Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Member (2011)
Swedish to English
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No Jul 14, 2015

But I do sometimes accommodate clients on a different planet

 
José Henrique Lamensdorf
José Henrique Lamensdorf  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 10:51
English to Portuguese
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In memoriam
Why should I? Jul 14, 2015

I'd have pressure to do it if I were interpreting by phone. Otherwise they have no point in requiring that I be online or working on their project at any specific time of the day.

If I should be sleeping on the deadline, I don't think they'll mind if I deliver earlier.


 
tilak raj
tilak raj  Identity Verified
India
Local time: 19:21
Member (2012)
English to Punjabi
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no Jul 14, 2015

No. Only Client adjust deadline as per his,/her timezone.

 
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Yetta Jensen Bogarde  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 14:51
Member (2012)
English to Danish
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Yes, Jul 14, 2015

Some of my best clients are based in the US, which gradually has influenced my daily schedule:

I often do private business like going to the gym, hairdresser, shopping etc. in the mornings while I work afternoon and nights.

But I don't mind, in fact, I quite like it that way,

as long as no one takes it for granted that I am available even at midnight.


 
John Cutler
John Cutler  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 14:51
Spanish to English
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No Jul 14, 2015

In my case it would mean working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, plus holidays.
No, thank you.


 
Marlene Blanshay
Marlene Blanshay  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 09:51
Member (2009)
French to English
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up to a point Jul 14, 2015

I'll stay up late to finish something for a deadline in Europe or Asia, but that's about it.
In fact, more often than not I turn down jobs because the CET deadlines make it impossible!


 
Daniel Penso
Daniel Penso
United States
Local time: 06:51
Member (2012)
Japanese to English
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Time zones Jul 14, 2015

This is a huge factor I've found from experience.

I wouldn't mind working at any time but since I'm human, I do get tired
and require sleep.

Nevertheless, I have worked late into the night and done all nighters on occasion.


 
Zhihua Liu
Zhihua Liu
China
Local time: 21:51
English to Chinese
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Sometimes Jul 15, 2015

Live in a GMT+8 zone means I can go to sleep and still have enough time for my work.
However, sometimes, I work till late night so that the following day is pressureless.


 


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