Remote work

Nine time zones, one honest status

What we changed to stop status updates from becoming a second job for everyone.

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Sara Mitchell
Head of Product
4 min read

Across nine time zones, a daily standup is a tax on whoever is furthest from the median. Written updates help, until writing them becomes the work.

The status people actually need is mostly already implied by what they logged. The rest is a sentence, not a ceremony.

Sara Mitchell
Head of Product · Sara runs product at Huble. Background in agency operations - spent six years building the project-tracking systems she always wished her teams had. Believes time tracking should make work clearer, not creepier.

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