u/HeartyNest99

About 3 months into a remote role for a US company from europe and the timezone thing is quietly wearing me down. their mornings are my evenings, so all the "quick syncs" land right when Im trying to have dinner or wind down. i end up working a split day, a bit in my morning then again 6-10pm to overlap with them.

Ive read the "set boundaries" advice but in practice if i miss the overlap window i miss the actual decisions. How do you manage this long term? do you front-load async updates so heavily you can skip the live stuff, or is there a trick Im missing? starting to feel like Im always half-on.

Asking because I'm at round 5 with a company and they just scheduled a 6th, a "final culture conversation." This is a mid level role, not a VP job.

So far: recruiter screen, hiring manager, a take-home that ate a full weekend, a panel, and a "skills assessment" that was just the panel again with different faces. Now a 6th.

At what point is it disrespectful of your time. I'm starting to feel like free consulting, the take-home was suspiciously close to a real problem they're clearly having. Whats your walk-away number, and has anyone actually walked and felt good about it?