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by half0wl 1255 days ago
Generally, I think having an open handbook is the trending culture. Building in the open is becoming more popular - GitLab really moved the needle on this, so IMO from an outsider's perspective, Airbyte [0] and Posthog [1] has the best (publicly available & documented) processes, apart from GitLab of course (I didn't like that they removed stuff like their compensation calc, but I understand the motivation).

[0] https://handbook.airbyte.com/

[1] https://posthog.com/handbook

edit: addendums
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awesome_dude 1255 days ago
They're definitely trying, but they're not as open as they might appear.

I had one of their in-house recruiters work hard to get me into their company, and was kind of happy until it came to the reference checks, nobody had mentioned to me that they would be hiring a 3rd party company that was going to contact 7 years of previous employers. For some people this might be the norm, for me that's MASSIVE overkill.

A couple of years later someone on twitter was claiming that Gitlab's hiring process was transparent so I mentioned the problem, and they opened a public issue.

A month later I checked to see how it was progressing and they'd decided to make it private and I was definitely not allowed to see anything about it.

I've since noted in their materials that they explicitly mention the check, and it's 5 years worth, which is much better from a transparency point of view, but disappointing from a - I had to go and check their documents to discover a change had been made, point of view.

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csomar 1254 days ago
Out of boredom I was checking airbyte. Here are some details:

1. They want you to ship like a startup: https://handbook.airbyte.com/company/methodology#done-better...

2. They are remote but will adjust your salary based on location: https://handbook.airbyte.com/people/compensation#nomading

3. They are transparent but there is no mention of salaries.

4. They support diversity more than the French republic (aka: tons of BS): https://handbook.airbyte.com/people/diversity-inclusion-and-...

5. They'll give you $100 on your birthday!! https://handbook.airbyte.com/people/expense-policy#birthdays

Building these books in the open is signalling. No one knows except, of course, for the people who have gone through whether that guideline is legit or not.

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fandorin 1255 days ago
valid point! I will def check these out.
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