What it is

A central hub of knowledge for how a company operates that a new hire should read when they start work

Why it matters

Employee handbooks help new hires get a sense of how the organization works and provides important policies and guidelines. It lays out all of the company’s “tribal knowledge” explicitly.

Examples

Recommended tools / resources

⭐️ Better Wiki’s employee handbook database — a directory of employee handbooks from startups, with a special section for ‘Editor’s Choice.’

Yoann’s selection of employee handbooks — another collection of startup employee handbooks from the team at Comet.

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