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Those are some really bad core hours - what gives? Having to mandatory work until 18 (in Germany) or 19 (Romania) sounds like a nightmare in terms of work life balance/family life.
Fair point - perhaps we differ in our definition of "core hours". For us, core hours are a reserved period for our global team where people should be available for meetings and any important team discussions. This isn't a commitment to being at your desk and working those hours every day. We have many team members across Central and Eastern Europe who we trust to balance their work and life in a way that works for ev…
I don’t even want to go into that last sentence.
If you are true about caring about people’s work life balance (which doesn’t seem to be the case), there is only one option: core hours in the middle of the work day. This way you accommodate both people who are early risers and the ones that start up later in the day.