The Culture Where you Work

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* 1. At our organization we have official policies or team norms that cover (check all that apply)

How many hours an exempt (salaried) employee is expected to work.

Which days or number of days an employee is expected to work in the corporate office or satellite each week or month.

Which days or number of days an employee is allowed to work from a location outside the corporate office (home, coffee shop, etc) each week or month.

Which hours of the day an employee is expected to be working or available

When it is ok to send emails or call colleagues and when it is not (ie. no emails on weekends).

No meeting Wednesdays (or other day).

Response times for internal (colleagues) or external (customers, other) communications (ex. respond to all emails within 24 hours or 2 business days).

Goal setting (happens every 6 months or 1 year).

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* 2. Vacation time at my organization is allotted:

by years of service.

by years of service, and we can donate time to employees who have atypical needs for leave.

we do not track time off (Unlimited PTO).

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* 3. Where I work, employees are expected to start working and be available:

Mon - Fri no later than 7:30 a.m.

Mon - Fri between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.

whenever they want; they may not even work on a weekday and will not submit PTO.

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* 4. At our company, stopping work at 3:00 p.m.during the week is acceptable if you (check all that apply):

started work at 6:00 a.m. and only took a thirty-minute lunch break.

started work at your regular time but have a doctor appointment that afternoon.

are planning to make up that time later in the day or week.

are delivering results that meet expectations.

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* 5. At my company, recognition is most often given for:

working long hours.

taking on the tough projects, whether they get completed or not.

delivering results.

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* 6. Where I work, an exempt (salaried) employee works, on average:

At least 40 hours a week

Full time minimum (37.5 or 40) each week but it is often more than that.

At least 37.5 hours a week

unknown - there is no work-time expectation

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* 7. At our company, the only acceptable reasons to stop working during core hours are:

things like doctor appointments, dentist appointments, or child care issues.

almost any reason is okay as long as you get permission from your manager and alert your team.

any reason - employees are free to start and stop working as they please without any explanation.

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* 8. At my company, core work hours are:

Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (or some variation of these days/times).

We don't have core work hours.

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* 9. When someone at our company schedules a doctor appointment, they are likely to:

schedule the appointment outside of core work hours.

notify their manager, teammates when they'll be unavailable.

simply schedule the appointment for whenever it works best and go.

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* 10. At our company, the following behaviors occur around meetings (check all that apply).

During in person or zoom meeting: sometimes multi-task like checking emails or working on other work on laptop

During zoom meeting: sometimes camera off and take care of personal things like laundry or cooking

Attend meetings without a clear objective (an agenda is a list of topics)

Attend meetings where their role is unclear (it's ok though because they'll surely have input)

Attend meetings they are unsure how to prepare for (it ok though because they can always track something down that is needed after the fact).

Question whether or not a meeting is the best way to move the work along

Respectfully decline a meeting if it has no objective, role is unclear, and how to prepare is unclear.

People attend lots of meetings to ensure they are kept in the loop

People attend lots of meetings because it's important to show up and participate

Without question attend a meeting organized by a senior staff member.

Other behaviors not listed:

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* 11. At our company, if an employee doesn't work the first 4 hours of a weekday they (check all that apply):

Must get permission from their manager first.

Put in 4 hours of PTO

Inform the team that they will be unavailable during that time

Do not need permission or to inform the team, and do not log 4 hours of PTO

Do not need permission but must inform the team and log 4 hours of PTO

Do not need permission or to inform the team, but must log 4 hours of PTO

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* 12. If an exempt (salaried) employee at our company were working less than full time hours in a week, they would be given more work to do.

True

False

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* 13. Employees at our company are:

100% crystal clear on the measurable results they must achieve in their role for the customer

Clarity varies by individual and team