Managing a global product team means 5AM calls with APAC, midnight check-ins from EMEA. The community playbook mentions boundary-setting tactics from finance/investment banking – anyone successfully implemented these in tech? Need sustainable strategies that don’t burn bridges. Specifically, how do you push back on off-hours pings while maintaining critical relationships?
Three rules from my banking days: 1) Establish SLA-style response timelines upfront (e.g., ‘All EMEA requests received by 3PM local get same-day responses’) 2) Use scheduled sends judiciously to respect others’ hours 3) Quarterly relationship syncs to adjust rhythms. Protects your time while showing strategic empathy.
lol ‘boundaries’. reality check: if your stakeholders are revenue-critical, you’re on their clock. best hack i found? marry someone in their timezone. half-joking. real talk – rotate ‘on-call’ weeks with teammates and bill the OT as ‘stakeholder alignment hours’. survival > principles.
You’re not alone! One member shared how color-coding calendar availabilities reduced after-hours asks by 70%! Transparent scheduling works wonders 
tried the block scheduling trick from playbook pg47 but my manager says ‘client-facing means always available’. how do senior PMs handle this without looking uncommitted? pls help sleep schedule dying here 