A Collaborative Handbook for Team & Community
Every company wants to build a healthy, dynamic, values-driven, and inclusive (add more fancy buzzwords here...) organizational culture but it's much easier said than done. And we understand as we know that most companies, especially early-stage ventures like ours, struggle with simply taking the time to write out and codify their beliefs and cultural values when there are 1,000 other things to be doing!
But we know, after having built a few companies previously, that the consistent effort is 💯 worth it in the short and long-run. And by also making these documents open to the public and by encouraging our own team to collaborate on it allows us the opportunity and chance to minimize bias and exclusionary behavior while modeling our beliefs publicly in a way that will benefit everyone.
In short, we want to walk-the-walk and not just talk-the-talk when it comes to organizational health!
Consequently, this WIP ("Work in Progress") repository will contain most (but certainly not all) of the current organizational policies that we use at Yen. It's not perfect just as the founders of Yen and our growing team are not perfect. Rather, we want it to be an open dialogue and representation of who we are today and who we want to be in the future.
It's the starting block rather than the finish line.
Feel free to use this repository for your own needs, fork it, share it, and even consider making a pull request if you see something that doesn't look right. We welcome all feedback and suggestions so the more the merrier!
Here's to making our company as good as the products we sell, if not better.
— John
- Introduction - Mission, Values, Staff, & Story
- Onboarding - Getting Started on the Right Foot
- Benefits & Insurance - We Got You Fam
- Employment Policies - These are Important
- PeopleOps Resources - A Curated List of Posts, Tools, and More
- Growth - How We Communicate Who We Are
- Policy Changes - Change is the only constant...
We currently don't have open roles, but are always open to conversations to get to know you and to share more about what we're building.
Please feel free to ping us and tell us about yourself!