This is a living document with everything we've learned working with people while running a startup. And, of course, we continue to learn. Therefore it's a document that will continue to change.

Everything related to working at Blendle and the people of Blendle, made public.

These are the lessons from three years of working with the people of Blendle. It contains everything from how our leaders lead to how we increase salaries, from how we hire and fire to how we think people should give each other feedback — and much more.

We've made this document public because we want to learn from you. We're very much interested in your feedback (including weeding out typo's and Dunglish ;)). Email us at [email protected]. If you're starting your own company or if you're curious as to how we do things at Blendle, we hope that our employee handbook inspires you.

If you want to work at Blendle you can check our job ads here. If you want to be kept in the loop about Blendle, you can sign up for our behind the scenes newsletter.

Blendle general

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To Do/Read in your first week

History

DNA & culture

General & practical

People operations

You can tell a company's DNA by looking at how they deal with the practical stuff.


Office

Time off: holidays and national holidays

Calling in sick/better

Perks and benefits

Travel costs and reimbursements

Parenthood

People topics

Themes we care about.


Blendle Social Code

Diversity and inclusion

#letstalkaboutstress

Feedback and development

The number 1 reason for people to work at Blendle is growth and learning from smart people.


Your 1st month

Goals

Feedback cycle

The Matrix™ (job profiles)

Blendle library

Hiring

The coolest and most impactful thing when done right.


Rating systems

Getting people in (branding&sourcing)

Highly Skilled Migrants and relocation

How to lead at Blendle

Here are some tips and tools to help you become a great leader.


How to lead at Blendle

Your check-list

Leading Feedback

Salary talks

Hiring

Firing

Party and study budget

Holidays

Sickness absence

Personal User Guide

Soft shizzle

About this document


Lessons from three years of HR

About this document and the author