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:ID: 2435d12f-7a10-49c4-885e-4bc556731f4e
:CREATED: [2020-06-17 Wed 17:03]
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#+title: Remote work guide
** Hiring:
Word of mouth, personal recommendations
three levels screening
three months trial; failing trials, reference checks
Onboarding process: Set up home office, ICT and systems between manager, HR and IT; introductions on the first day; onboarding buddy to help settle in and learn culture; HR explains available resources; automated email explaining payments; automated foundation documents (vision, mission, minutes, systems); manager 1on1 and check-in with new hire
** Culture:
Default to open
Assume good intent
Individual growth is organisation growth
** Meeting protocols
More than three: mics muted
Moderator
Update calls: current speaker chooses next speaker
Recurring meetings and ad-hoc meetings
Check-in, weekly 1-on-1s, weekly team, quarterly day retreat, yearly week planning
** Tools
1. Communicator: Matrix, Jitsi, Slack (Donut onboarding bot, Geekbot check-in bot,
2. Writing: Wiki, Git
3. OKR and strategic planning tool
4. Project management
** Engineering (content) project management: Agile
two-week sprints
initial planning meeting
tasks sorted to priority, pick the next task from the top
use project management tool
use Git
automate as possible
retrospective meeting agenda: what went well? what didn't go so well? what should we change? what should we keep?
** Design (support) process
Monday sync meeting: update last week, lay out next week
Wednesday show off meeting: work in progress
Thursday optional hangout
** Home office: air, sound, chair, table, light, PC, screens, keyboard and mouse, microphone, headphone, webcam, internet connection