Take Your Time Back from Google Calendar

Hi there,

Nothing quite grinds work to a halt than seeing this Slack from a colleague – Why am I not on tomorrow’s call? You said it’s at 2 pm but it’s not on my calendar.

Everything stops. 

It’s impossible to multitask while in Google Calendar (if you’ve figured this out, please let us know how).

So you pull up the calendar, confirm the invite list, and see that this person is indeed on the calendar invite.

So you start to confirm with them + then realize – ohhh, I said 2 pm because it’s at 2 pm in New York. But my colleague is in LA so it will be at 11 am for them. That’s probably why they think they’re not on the invite. Oops.

Those few wasted minutes are forever lost to the depths of Google Calendar.

⚡ Supercharge of the Week

Remote Octopus recommends clearly identifying time zones in Slack messages. If you’re working remotely, consider including multiple time zones based on the common locations of your team.