Staff onboarding
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We’re on a mission to make the world safer and more productive through open source. To make that happen we first have to create a great place to work–an inclusive, courteous online community where incredibly talented individuals are empowered to do their best work for our customers, with very little in their way. This guide is a summary of our guiding principles. As Mattermost grows, we hope these principles serve each new staff person that joins us. If you're new to Mattermost, welcome! While the goals here are important, it’s your ideas, talent, and energy that will keep Mattermost shining in the years ahead. Thanks for being here. Let’s change the world.
Our handbook defines what it’s like to work at Mattermost, from the high level to specific operating procedures. If you’re new, you’ll start with our onboarding guides.
Our mission is to make the world safer and more productive by developing and delivering secure, open source collaboration software that is trusted, flexible and offers fast time-to-value.
Leadership principles are deliberate choices defining our behavior. When facing complexity, uncertainty, or ambiguity (CUA) we determine our point of view and our actions through the lens of our values:
Customer Obsession: We exist to make customers successful. In everything we do, start with customer perspective and work backwards. Earn and keep their trust.
Ownership: Own the outcomes of your activity. Don’t drop the ball. When we see a vacuum on something important, we jump in – we never say “it’s not my job.”
High-Impact: Align work to our shared vision and focus on those priorities. When deciding to work on low impact or high impact projects, choose high impact.
Self-Awareness: We understand and seek to understand our strengths and growth opportunities, as individuals and organizations. We are open to critique and share critique constructively and respectfully.
Earn Trust: Make decisions based on maximizing the trust of others in your judgement. Be open, self-critical, and factual. Earn and keep peoples' trust.
To view video of these Leadership Principles, please click here.
Mattermost Team Edition under MIT license and the Mattermost open source projects under various licenses are maintained by core committers, including both staff from Mattermost, Inc. and volunteer contributors from the Mattermost user and customer communities.
Mattermost Enterprise Editions, which are commercial extensions built on top of the Mattermost open source projects, are developed, supported and sold by Mattermost, Inc.
For more information, see our Product Overview.
Mattermost is an open source, remote-first, communities-centered company based in Palo Alto, California and headquartered on the internet.
Open source means that by default we make our technology, business process and source code available to the public. We develop a small portion as proprietary technology, built upon our open source work, to license for subscription fees that enable more high quality open source work to be produced. Since the start of the Mattermost open source project in 2015, we have used this model to develop effective open source solutions for the world to use. This model is sometimes called Thin Open Core.
Remote-first means that by default our staff works anywhere in the world where a) we have support for quality video calling and b) where we can work in a legally appropriate environment. Mattermost was born in an extraordinary age where organizations can attract, hire, and enable remote teams – working from homes, coffee shops and co-working spaces across timezones – to produce better technology and business results in less time than purely office-based teams, while maintaining security and compliance standards.
Remote-first culture flourishes when we share one simple principle: Courtesy. Courtesy means Mattermosters are thoughtful about keeping our communities appropriately informed, following etiquette for discussions, calls and video meetings, and giving and receiving feedback on how to work better together. Courtesy also means we gladly accommodate those who prefer to work out of a dedicated office. We are remote-first, not remote-only.
Communities-centered means we define our success in the context of the success of our communities: users, customers, implementers, resellers, technology partners, contributors, and colleagues. The success of each community is owned by a member of the Mattermost leadership team. The plural definition of “communities” is intended to avoid unconsciously marginalizing downstream stakeholders.
Based in Palo Alto, California and headquartered on the internet means the mailing address for Mattermost, Inc. is in Palo Alto, California, and our headquarters is on the internet, specifically the Mattermost instance at https://community.mattermost.com. Our online headquarters is where Mattermost staff work with our communities of colleagues, users, partners, customer, and contributors, to envision, develop and refine new open source technologies to make the world safer and more productive.
Welcome to Mattermost! This is a general overview of activities that all staff should do within their first 90 days. New staff will also be assigned a checklist of activities to complete through BambooHR. Some of those checklist items are also listed here.
Week 1
Share your bio with your manager. This will be posted in the Welcome channel in the private Staff team by your manager with the hashtag #newcolleague.
Attend the Onboarding Session with the People Team, Mondays at 10 AM ET, Toronto Time.
Join Mattermost public channels listed here.
Review the expense policy: How to spend company money.
Attend your first COM. Join the Customer Obsession Meeting channel and find past COM meetings in the channel to view at your leisure.
Use the Onboarding channel for any questions.
Connect with your Onboarding Buddy.
Review the Time Off Policy.
Month 1
Learn how to update the Handbook.
Attend the CEO & New Staff feedback session.
Introduce yourself at COM for Week 2 Welcomes. This is optional. If you prefer to not speak at COM, your Manager can introduce you instead.
Attend a cross-functional team meeting - at least once.
Meet with internal key partners, as identified by your Manager.
Get Social - join the Social Channel and view other Social Channels.
Participate in Coffee Chats.
Learn Mattermost Terms and Mindsets. Reach out to your Manager, Onboarding Buddy, or Ask the People Team if you're unsure how to use a term or need more explanation.
Review Company AORs. Managers will also review individual AORs with direct reports during their first month.
Month 2
Check out the Mattermost Blog. If you're interested in submitting a blog, reach out to the Marketing channel for more information.
Update the Handbook. This can be an update on existing documentation or a new subject or page. Documentation is vital for asynchronous communication. All staff should feel empowered and encouraged to iterate and update as needed.
Blindspot Check - review how-to guides.
Month 3
Complete your New Staff Self Assessment.
Share Feedback on your Onboarding experience at Mattermost. The People Team appreciates all feedback on Mattermost Onboarding.
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