Employee Handbook on Olark

Olark Employee Handbook: Async Flexible Work & No Meeting Wednesdays

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Olark Handbook

Async Flexible Work & No Meeting Wednesdays

What Are our Approaches?

Olark is a fully remote company, spread across several time zones in the US and Canada. (And we’ve been remote since the very beginning. Awesome, no?) We work asynchronously with shared processes whenever possible to #make great things happen and collaborate with our amazing teammates. We’ve also built in No Meeting Wednesdays every week.

Olark Employee Handbook: B Corp Values - Why Did We Become a B Corp?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Olark Handbook

B Corp Values - Why Did We Become a B Corp?

We’d love to tell you.

Olark Employee Handbook: Charitable Donation Matching & Day of Volunteering

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Olark Handbook

Charitable Donation Matching & Day of Volunteering

What’s the Deal?

Excited to help your community and give to causes you believe in? We thought you might be. You’re in luck, because Olark offers Charitable Donation Matching and an Annual Day of Volunteering!

Olark Employee Handbook: Coworking/Co-living Support

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Olark Handbook

Coworking/Co-living Support

What’s our Policy?

We offer a stipend up to $500 a month for Olarkers to use towards a coworking space or a co-living program. Part of the joy of working remotely can be working from new places. No need to stay in your home office the whole year (unless you want to, in which case we’re in full support!).

Olark Employee Handbook: Departures - Mutual Exit

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Olark Handbook

Departures - Mutual Exit

What’s our Approach?

Leaving your job seems to be a taboo topic for many organizations internally. More often than not, it’s not in your best interest to disclose that you are ready to move on to another adventure. Some organizations would make your work more difficult. We don’t believe in that kind of process.

Olark Employee Handbook: Flexible Time Off

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Olark Handbook

Flexible Time Off

What’s Flexible Time Off (FTO)?

FTO is Olark’s version of paid time off, and can be used for your vacation or personal days. The cool part: It’s flexible, so with approval from your manager, you can step away for other needs (or fun) in life!

Olark Employee Handbook: Gifting Olarkers - Gnome Program

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Olark Handbook

Gifting Olarkers - Gnome Program

What’s the Gnome Program?

We have secret Gnomes (or Gnomies) in our team who send out treats from time to time. These can be in the form of sweet or salty treats, gift certificates, donations to charities, or other presents.

Olark Employee Handbook: Parental Leave - USA

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Olark Handbook

Parental Leave - USA

What’s our Policy?

Olark offers up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for birth, bonding, and adoption.

Olark Employee Handbook: Professional Development & Wellness Budget

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Olark Handbook

Professional Development & Wellness Budget

What’s our Policy?

To help spark professional growth and encourage self-care, every Olarker has $2,000 to spend each year on professional development and/or wellness needs.

Olark Employee Handbook: Take a Break - Breather Week & Holiday Break

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Olark Handbook

Take a Break - Breather Week & Holiday Break

What’s a Breather Week?

The first week of every quarter, Olark takes a “Breather Week.” (We work in quarterly sprints, so we structure our time in quarters.) We work less during Breather Week—or not at all—taking a literal breather to reset, get organized, or dive into a passion project! There are no team-wide meetings and each Olarker gets to choose how to spend it.

Olark Employee Handbook: Vacation Bonus

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Olark Handbook

Vacation Bonus

What is the Policy?

Every year, as long as you take at least 5 consecutive days off work to unplug from Olark, you get a $1,000 bonus!