This handbook is a draft created to onboard Bayleigh and Erika as Reviewers during the last week of August 2019. If you have feedback or suggestions for this document message @cindy on Slack.

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All About Reviews

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Payouts

Project status and payouts

Company Communication and Meetings

Experiment aims to support a culture that is welcoming and respectful. We strive to be good communicators so that we foster a healthy work environment where we can be productive and make great things together.

Regular Communications

Daily

• Working Hours - For Denny and Cindy, the day usually starts around 10AM Hawaii Standard Time (1PM Pacific Time or 4PM Eastern Time) with a standup post in #standup. We usually end the day at around 6PM Hawaii Standard Time (9PM Pacific Time or 12AM Eastern Time). During those times, Denny and Cindy are available to answer questions on Slack or meet over video chat.
• Meetings - We try to keep meetings to a minimum and when we do have them, they're well-organized with a specific agenda. Every meeting is remote-first, with every person in the meeting joining on video chat even if they are in the same room. No one should be left feeling disconnected or forgotten.

Monthly

• The first Thursday of every month we will have a meeting where we share what went well and what didn't go well during the last month.

How we communicate

We are experimenting with being a six person distributed team, so the way we communicate shapes our shared virtual workplace. In order to work effectively, we narrate our work so that our colleagues and customers understand what decisions we are making and why. This means sharing mistakes and lessons with one another to encourage accountability and welcome feedback.

We want our feedback to be constructive, specific, and communicated with respect. When giving feedback, consider the situation ("During yesterday's meeting on product direct..."), the behavior you observed ("...you described the new team organization..."), and the impact it had on you ("...and it made me feel relieved."). Focus more on the situation and behavior and less on the impact—this helps us focus on the facts so we can stay level-headed.