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We suggest team members overlap their ‘online availability’ time to maximize team collaboration. Online availability refers to your ‘online’ time on Slack and ‘availability’ for calls with colleagues on Hangouts. For this reason, we require, at minimum, you to be ‘available’ every day between 2 pm–5 pm CET. Meet/Zoom.
If you are busy with errands or have an appointment during the day, you are free not to be available. Please notify your team if you plan on taking an unusually long break during the day.
It is your responsibility to always have a good internet connection and a high-quality headset (it must be a headset) during your ‘online availability’ times.
Time Zone Awareness
Our Hotjarians are spread across more than 45 countries. Scheduling meetings and discussions should consider the availability of team members in different time zones. We suggest teams define specific core hours that overlap across time zones, during which all team members are expected to be available for collaboration and communication.
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Weekly Structure
To better align our focus/meeting/planning hours across all teams and maximize opportunities for communication, we have set out rough guidelines to structure our working week. These guidelines are not set in stone but will help us schedule calls and collaborate better. All team members are free to set out their work week, keeping in mind the guidelines set out below:
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