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🖤 We Love that MeetEdgar devote time and space to talking to people openly about how they approach 1:1s in their business. These are vital meetings for any employee, but are too often neglected or done badly. Just publishing the below shows applicants that 1:1s are important to MeetEdgar, and prioritised as part of development. That is powerful.

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Continuous Feedback

We’re all about continuous improvement, which means we thrive on continuous feedback! In your day to day experience with Team Edgar, expect to be communicating with the team frequently about what is/isn’t working and where there are opportunities for improvement.

Monthly (or more) 1on1s

Your Advocate will check in with you at least once monthly to talk about how things are going from your perspective. Here’s what we want to accomplish with these meetings:

For you . . .

• A regular and consistent time to talk about things that are important to you in regards to your work life
• Share ideas about how your department and the company as a whole can better support you and your goals
• A chance to privately ask for feedback and constructive criticism, or solicit advice about a problem
• Clarify areas where you’re unsure of expectations around your job duties or performance
• Spend more time getting to know your advocate and just take a break from your day-to-day work

For your Advocate . . .

• A chance to listen to your ideas for improving your department and the company as a whole
• To learn where your experience as a team member isn’t in alignment with our intentions or values
• To discuss bigger-picture improvements to your areas of ownership
• To learn more about your professional goals and career progression
• A chance to listen to feedback about their own performance as a manager
• Share wins and give props
• Get a stronger sense for what brings you satisfaction at work so we can do more to add value to your experience

Annual Reviews

In addition to regular feedback and 1on1s, you’ll also have an annual review with your Advocate. By default, these happen in the month of your hire date anniversary. If you receive an off-cycle review or role change, your next review will be scheduled for a year from that date instead.

Why do we do annual reviews when we have 1on1s already?

To enhance our more immediate feedback, we like to take a moment to ensure we’re paying attention to larger trends, preferences, career accomplishments, and development. A good way to think about this is that annual reviews are for reflection, celebrating a milestone, and understanding how we as a company can better fulfill your needs; regular feedback and 1on1s are more geared toward immediate action on day-to-day projects and work.

Do I need to prepare anything for these meetings?

Short answer: No.

Longer answer: To get the most out of your 1on1s with your Advocate, really treat it as your time. Think about things you want to discuss - especially areas where you’re having a hard time. If you have a difficult topic or something you want to share some critical feedback about, this is the best venue to do so. Come ready with questions you want to ask and help your Advocate by making the 1on1 more of a two-way conversation rather than a Q&A session.

How do salary reviews work?

We handle annual increases at the time of your annual review. Everybody will receive an increase to cover cost of living increases and to reflect changes in the market value of your job responsibilities. (Please read more about Value for Value at MeetEdgar here.)

How do promotions work? How can I advance my career at MeetEdgar?

We're a small company and intend to stay that way. That means that we'll always have a relatively straight-forward org chart, without a lot of management levels. The positive side of this is that staying at MeetEdgar long term doesn't mean that the only way to move forward is to do less of the things you love and move into a supervisory role. Rather, we believe in career advancement through mastery.