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I average out the spring and fall changes and just set my clocks 39 minutes ahead year-round.
this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2023
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Sure, but it's still true that businesses operate during hours similar to any other places in the world. Even in Spain, ~9 to ~14 then ~17 to ~20, the day time hours are still in the "rest of the world bracket".
Sure, but that still means you are not reaching someone by phone at work during 4 hours of you previously mentioned 8-17 Windows.
As someone currently working from Ireland with my usual office in Germany (laptop still configured this way) with a Team from India and DST ending next week, I would prefer to drop the calculations and just remember when each colleague approximately comes online. That is not the same for each colleague and day anyways.
But why? To soothe our ancient lizard brains that demand conformity? Do we cling to this insane notion because we're all just Dolly Parton stans?