One working day, one timezone.
Bosnia and Herzegovina runs on CET, so your team is online when you are, joins the same standups and answers on the same day, inside a European working culture you already recognise.
Location in three figures
- CET
- Same working daySame working day as German-speaking Europe (DACH), the UK and the Nordics
- 0-1 h
- Clock differenceClock difference from Berlin, Vienna, Zurich and London
- Direct
- Direct flightsFlights from major Western European hubs
The overlap is the whole point.
Nearshoring is worth the change only if the team shares your day. That is the difference between a colleague and a supplier in another timezone.
Full-day overlap
CET puts the team on your calendar rather than in a handover queue. Standups, reviews and escalations all happen inside your working hours.
No follow-the-sun tax
Offshore models pay for the missing hours with written handovers and duplicated management. A shared day removes that overhead.
The same working day
A question raised in your morning falls inside the team's working day, so it does not have to wait for tomorrow's handover note.
On-site stays realistic
Bosnia sits centrally in Europe, and Sarajevo is reachable directly or through the hubs you already fly, so kick-offs and workshops are a day trip rather than an expedition.
Same continent, same expectations.
A shared clock only helps if the working culture matches it. Bosnia sits inside European business norms, not adjacent to them.
European business culture
Direct communication, flat hierarchies and feedback given in the meeting rather than after it. The working norms your own teams already run on.
English at professional level
Day-to-day work, documentation and reviews run in English, with German available at professional level.
The rest of the case.
Cost vs Quality
A significantly lower cost base without compromising on competence or quality.
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