Productivity
Draft an employee handbook
How this company actually works, written like a person wrote it.
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Size, how you work, and what you actually value.
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Your prompt
Draft a handbook covering: working, comms, timeoff, expectations. [the company] Write what is TRUE, not what sounds good. A handbook describing a company that does not exist is read once, disbelieved, and then quoted back at you during a disagreement. If the answer to "how much time off" is "we have never had to say no", write that. Second person, short sentences, no policy voice. "You do not need approval for anything under 200 euros" beats "expenditure below the stated threshold does not require prior authorisation". Be specific where it costs money or time: notice periods, expense limits, on-call expectations, and who decides. Vagueness in those four is where every dispute starts. Mark anything that is a legal obligation in your jurisdiction rather than a choice, and say it needs a lawyer's eyes before it ships.
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Why this works
A handbook describing a company that does not exist is read once, disbelieved, and quoted back at you during a disagreement. This writes what is true in plain second person, and gets specific exactly where disputes start: notice, expenses, on-call, and who decides.
Questions
- Is it legally sound?
- It marks what is a legal obligation rather than a choice and says where a lawyer needs to look. It is not legal advice.