Poll: Do you work with agencies/clients in a completely different time zone (+than 10 hours)?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugalsko
Local time: 22:16
Člen (2007)
angličtina -> portugalština
+ ...
N/A Apr 19, 2024

I have a few clients in the USA (North Carolina + Connecticut + Virginia (GMT-4), California (GMT-7) and one in the Philippines (GMT+8), but anyway communication isn’t hard at all. Most of my clients are just one or two hours away…

Philip Lees
Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Luis M. Sosa
 
Angie Garbarino
Angie Garbarino  Identity Verified
Local time: 23:16
Člen (2003)
angličtina -> italština
+ ...
Yes Apr 20, 2024

I do, New Zealand, Australia and USA

Luis M. Sosa
 
Arabic & More
Arabic & More  Identity Verified
Jordánsko
arabština -> angličtina
+ ...
. Apr 20, 2024

How about "Yes, and communication is easy"?

Dan Lucas
expressisverbis
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Aitor Salaberria
The Shredder
Paulo Melo
Andrea Quintana
 
Alexandra Speirs
Alexandra Speirs  Identity Verified
Local time: 23:16
italština -> angličtina
+ ...
I would Apr 20, 2024

I would if asked, at the moment all my clients are based in Europe.
I have occasionally applied on Proz for jobs based in the USA but never had any success.


 
Susanna Martoni
Susanna Martoni  Identity Verified
Itálie
Local time: 23:16
španělština -> italština
+ ...
Yes Apr 20, 2024

Japan and USA and communication is not hard.

Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Luis M. Sosa
Angie Garbarino
 
Andrea Quintana
Andrea Quintana  Identity Verified
Argentina
Local time: 18:16
angličtina -> španělština
+ ...
Yes. No communication problems at all Apr 20, 2024

Yes, and there are no communication problems at all

Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Luis M. Sosa
Angie Garbarino
 
Lingua 5B
Lingua 5B  Identity Verified
Bosna a Hercegovina
Local time: 23:16
angličtina -> francouzština
+ ...
Nope Apr 20, 2024

+10 hrs I don’t. The furthest clients I have are in California/West Coast (exactely 9 hours).

 
Liena V.
Liena V.  Identity Verified
Lotyšsko
Local time: 00:16
Člen (2014)
francouzština -> lotyština
+ ...
Other Apr 20, 2024

Most of my clients are in Europe, the furthest one is in Dubai. I know that one PM works from Brazil, but there is no problem at all.

I've had a few one-time jobs for clients in USA and Canada, the communication wasn't exactly "hard" but very slow indeed. I got e-mails during the night, replied in the morning and then it took an entire day again until the next exchange. Not suitable for tight deadlines and/or complicated projects.


 
No Apr 21, 2024

Home country and source countries are one hour apart. Can’t see the need to work for anyone elsewhere.

 
Samuel Murray
Samuel Murray  Identity Verified
Nizozemsko
Local time: 23:16
Člen (2006)
angličtina -> afrikánština
+ ...
6 hours Apr 21, 2024

Most of my clients are either 1-2 hours ahead of me or 6-7 hours behind me. Now and then I'll have a client from further away, e.g. the US west coast or e.g. New Zealand or Hongkong, in which case there is usually a 1-day gap between each round of communication, which is fine if both parties are aware of this.

 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
Francie
Local time: 23:16
francouzština -> angličtina
. Apr 22, 2024

All my clients are in France, my home country.

 
Wardys Mejia
Wardys Mejia  Identity Verified
Dominikánská republika
Local time: 17:16
angličtina -> španělština
+ ...
Yes Apr 22, 2024

I do and I'm willing to work with new ones as well. Technology has made communication a lot easier regardless of location/time zone.

Angie Garbarino
 


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