[t1mmen]

Yes, everyone at my $WORKPLACE is free to adjust their work schedule to whatever best suits them; we don't care about ass-in-seat or hours of work, we care about output and impact.

This isn't just lip-service, either. May be hard to believe from a US perspective, but for a Norwegian based company, it can be taken at face value. It's the best place I've worked in my 22+ years.

Minor asterisk; we do have a few hours every week where you should be present (check-ins, meetings, all-hands, etc), but it's <5h/week for most people.

[satvikpendem]

No worries, it's very believable as I worked in a role like that as well. However, there were certainly issues like production-related, getting unblocked by teammates, etc that necessitated being on during much of the workday, so most people didn't work weekends on top of that either. It wasn't the US-centricity that caused this outcome but rather technical issues. I assume if your company does not have the same issues then it's much easier.

[t1mmen]

In reality, most people are working core hours, say 10am-3pm local time. Most are in UTC +/- 2 hours. I’m an outlier, remote from B.C, Canada.

It’s usually best to stick with a “normal schedule” for family/socializing reasons, anyway.

But, it’s incredibly freeing, being able to work when the mood strikes. I used to be a night-owl, often getting super creative in the evenings. I could force myself to bed, sure, but a 3-4 hour stint in the evening would regularly produced outsized returns. 8-9am+ couldn’t remotely compete, creativity-wise, so why force it? Build a culture around trust and impact, it works out a lot better than anything else I’ve seen in practice.

I rarely do late nights anymore, having transitioned to 6-7am starts, an hour or two hiking around lunch with the dogs, and a small handful of hours of wrapping up & planning for tomorrow. But that was all my choice :)