Best overlap: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Doha is 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Boston.
Shoot for 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Doha; your Boston colleagues will see that as 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Boston is 7 hours behind Doha, so you've got a workable 3-hour overlap — ideal for a standing meeting around 3:00 PM in Doha (8:00 AM in Boston). Seasonal note: Boston uses daylight saving and Doha doesn't, so double-check the times in your own months — they can move by an hour.
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Long-distance relationships, parents working overseas, grandkids in Auckland and grandparents in London. The work guides do not really apply. Here is a practical playbook for keeping family relationships strong across time zones. -