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We have filled this template with as many possible subject / business areas that we can think of that could be useful to you but you can add/remove sections as you see fit, don't feel pressured to have to fill out every section. Also we've used real-life examples from other handbooks for you to use as inspiration.

Inspired by People People from Juro, Whereby, Aula, Accurx, Wonder, Remote, Meet Edgar, CharlieHR, Oyster, Nylas, Learnerbly, Pento, Runa, Sourcegraph, Clipboard Health, Monito, Clef, Sparksuite, Nebulab, Checkly, Linearity, Prolific, Levels, RORA

Hope it’s useful to you. Take it, make it your own, and embrace transparency as the best way to build trust at work.

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The Big Picture

Transparency (Juro)

Why we exist (Juro)

Our Values (Runa)

Funding & Investors (Wonder)

Strategy Overview (Posthog)

Business Performance

Our Metrics (Clipboard Health)

Roadmap (Posthog)

Our Team

How to write a "ways of working" (ReadMe) doc (Accurx)

Org Chart (Sourcegraph)

Our Business & Squads (RORA)

Team ReadMe’s (Posthog)

Compensation

Compensation framework (Juro)

Guide to Your Equity (Clef)

Compensation Philosophy (Whereby)

Our Pay Calculator: How we pay our team (Checkly)

Pay reviews (Checkly)

Compensation (Posthog)

Working Remotely

Working remotely & Taking care of yourself (Checkly)

Remote Working (Prolific)

Asynchronous & Remote at Levels (Levels)

Learning & Development

1-on-1s (MeetEdgar)

Investment Time (Nebulab)

Career Framework (Learnerbly)

L&D (RORA)

Performance

Performance framework (Juro)

High Performance Behaviours (CharlieHR)

Manager Guide (Checkly)

Performance & Development Framework (Checkly)

The Appraisal Cycle (RORA)

Managers (Posthog)

Flexibility

Flexible Working (Whereby)

Observed Holidays (Sparksuite)

Flexible working and office hours (Accurx)

Fully remote & working hours (Checkly)

Flexible Working (Prolific)

Hiring

How we hire (Accurx)

Interview Process (Whereby)

Onboarding (Accurx)

Hiring Metrics (Gitlab)

Candidate Experience Surveys (Remote)

Onboarding (Checkly)

Wellbeing & People Policies

Overarching Policy (Whereby)

Parental Leave Guide (Remote)

Reproductive Health & Wellbeing (Remote)

Team Surveys (RORA)

Culture aka ‘how we work’

How we work (Oyster)

Effective Meetings (Wonder)

Meeting schedule (Nylas)

The tools we use (Monito)

Off-sites (Monito)

Dress code (Learnerbly)

Periods at work (Learnerbly)

How We Do Meetings (Pento)

How We Work (Runa)

Expectations (Remote)

Async by default (Checkly)

How to: Feedback (Checkly)

Meetings, communication & transparency (Checkly)

Ways of working (Linearity)

Working Async at Remote (Remote)

Culture of Documentation (Remote)

Bad Ideas and Problems (Remote)

Disagree & Commit at Levels (Levels)

How Levels Does Meetings (Levels)

Small Teams (Posthog)

Diversity & Inclusion

D&I Philosophy (Wonder)

DEIB & Gender Pay Gap Report (Accurx)

Belonging: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) (Remote)

IDEA: Inclusion, diversity, equity & awareness (Whereby)

IDEA Library (Whereby)

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) (Checkly)

Diversity & Inclusion (Prolific)

Benefits & Perks

Benefits (Remote)

Benefits (Whereby)

Employee Benefits (Prolific)

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