Working Here Time Off Make sure to be a minimum of 20 days (+ your local/cultural bank holidays) away from our project every year to relax, disconnect, enjoy time with your loved ones, breath fresh air, and
Get Started Your First Day Take the time you need in your first weeks to browse resources, chat to colleagues, and do the background reading that allows you to feel comfortable with the organisation and context. It's a
Finance Requesting funding When to use this guideFrom time to time, you might need to request additional funds to get work done. As a general principle we ask teams to anticipate their spending as part of
Travel How to book through TravelPerk If you are required to travel for Status, please use TravelPerk for all your travel needs. You can book your airline travel, hotel, and more. Set up your account Please make sure you
Perks Headspace Working at Status can be a unique experience: remote work, pre-launch app, non-traditional organisation. We’ve heard from a few folks that they would appreciate help managing stress so we’ve secured some
Team lead manual The lead role What's confidential and who knows what? Salary info is available to leads, People Ops, Finance and Carl/Jarrad Performance discussions happen between leads, People Ops and Carl/Jarrad Leads only have access to
Team lead manual Involuntary terminations We aim to be transparent on the good and bad. Here we take a look at how and why Status lets a contributor go, known as an involuntary termination. NB: the info here
Team lead manual Managing poor performance This guide is aimed at swarm leads supporting a contributor who’s not meeting performance expectations. NB: there are many ways you might go about helping someone in this situation, you might have
Team lead manual Terminations NB: We're using the catch-all term Terminations here for the action of ending a contributor's services agreement / employment contract. This can be either initiated by the contributor (e.g. a resignation) or by
Team lead manual Budget management What are the basics I should be aware of when managing the team's budget?Finance will work with leads to establish and maintain quarterly budgetsTeam leads are free to rearrange their existing budget
Team lead manual Team performance How do I measure my team’s performance?As with most of these topics, you’re the expert at what works well for the team, so feel free to implement whatever you see
Team lead manual Developing the team How do I prepare my team for the DAO?Think about how your swarm could apply for funding via the DAO as a project. Check out examples from other projects using similar structures,
Team lead manual Holding 1:1s As a lead, you will be having 1:1s with your team members. These guidelines are meant to support you in the process, however, note that they're in no way mandatory. If you're
Team lead manual Welcoming a new team member When a new team member joins (either a new hire or someone joining from another team), they will need your support to get started. This is a general outline of what should happen
Team lead manual Hiring guide General info about how we hire, the process, the tools, and the people involved.
Team lead manual Growing your team What's the optimum team size? Ideally, teams should be a maximum of 7 people for an optimum balancing of coordination tax and productivity. Beyond that number, consider splitting into smaller sub-teams. Read more:
Team lead manual Responsibilities of a lead Swarm performance Continuous improvement (holding retrospectives etc.) Setting, prioritising, tracking and accountability for milestones, team roadmap and deliverables. Make sure there are clear goals for the swarm Responsible for improving the quality and
Team lead manual Feedback What is a feedback round? A team getting together to share feedback on one another, facilitated by People Ops. The goal is to surface recognition and insights on developmental areas. How does it
Working Here Emergencies Updating your informationPlease keep your emergency contact info in BambooHR up to date - we’ll use that information in case we ever need an emergency contact for you. Navigate to `My Info`
Working Here Check-in chats Staying connected is important in a remote work setting, and even more so as our primary communication method is an evolving work in progress. People Ops has a duty of care towards contributors,
Travel Events + Meet-ups Planning to attend an event or conference or have a team offsite? Not sure where to start for getting budget and attendance approval? Read on... January 2021 updateTravel is still frozen due to
Working Here Contributor culture A #tbt from our legacy Wiki (references to Slack are now of course outdated) :) Highlighting & Managing NeedsShare your ideas on how we can make the list of tasks and needed contributions more
