We’ve all been there. The product manager at work sends an email message moving the project deadline up to next week. You’ve just finalized plans with your family for an extended trip to the cottage this weekend.

Or you need to pick up your son from child care at 5:30pm and your team leader walks by your work area to say there’s a team meeting at 5:00pm to talk with the implementation consultants on the west coast.

“With the four hour time difference, it’s more convenient for us to talk at the end of the day, ” she says.

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