It is not about the time on the clock, but who controls that clock. If it is the employee they are happy!
Get the 1am lover to do 9-5 they will be as miserable as the 7-3 guy being woken up a 1am
Get the 1am lover to do 9-5 they will be as miserable as the 7-3 guy being woken up a 1am
Time and again, I'd simply reply with metrics to demonstrate how the team was hitting product & roadmap goals while improving quality. One that really made the point was the Github commit heat map, since there were commits ranging from 6am to 1am every day, with occasional outliers.
On the plus side, I felt particularly well prepared for the WFH / hybrid era, since I was already in the habit of looking at results & outcomes (and setting expectations based on these) vs. hours of butts in chairs.
Plus it feels good that the next time I see someone I have conjured a deliverable.
Meanwhile, if you give me daily 9am meetings I am not functional at any point in the day