What time-zone overlap can I expect from India? Romania is in EET, not CET.

Correct, Romania uses EET (Eastern European Time, UTC+2), which is 1 hour ahead of CET. Only Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Finland, and the Baltics use EET in the EU. This actually helps with India overlap:

• India Standard Time = UTC+5:30
• Romania = UTC+2 (EET, winter) or UTC+3 (EEST, summer)
• Overlap window: 12 PM, 4 PM IST = 8:30 AM, 12:30 PM EET (winter), that’s 3-4 working hours of overlap, slightly less than CET (4-6 hours) but enough for daily standups + reviews.

Practical workflow:

• Daily standup at 9 AM EET / 11:30 AM IST, covers your morning, our late morning.
• Mid-day review at 1 PM EET / 3:30 PM IST, covers your lunch hand-off, our afternoon.
• Async via Slack / WhatsApp for the rest.

We’ve worked this way with Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, and Timișoara clients for years, the 3-4 hour overlap is enough if standups + reviews are calendared.