RIP the Employee Handbook? Radical ideas wanted!

I looked at this briefly at my last place. There are some lovely examples out there (Netflix is often cited but Valve has my heart) but they were well outside of my abilities at the time.
I ended up writing a FAQs section (If I have a half day, what time do I finish?) for things people just wanted the answer for. I did start to rewrite the whole thing in a much more human way, including advice to managers and recommendations for external reading (gov.uk, ACAS, maternity weeks calculators) rather than making it too bulky. Unfortunately, we were bought out before it was published.
Enjoy the project and I look forward to seeing what other suggestions you get as I would love to actually deliver a project like this one day!

Hi, I can't find the Valve company, what do they do?

Valve make video games and gaming platforms. If you search "Valve Handbook" it bring up their 2012 version first.
steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/.../Valve_NewEmployeeHandbook.pdf
As you can imagine, a lot of things in there are very nerdy and will resonate with people that want to work at that company.

Valve make video games and gaming platforms. If you search "Valve Handbook" it bring up their 2012 version first.
steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/.../Valve_NewEmployeeHandbook.pdf
As you can imagine, a lot of things in there are very nerdy and will resonate with people that want to work at that company.

Cat, as someone who also works in tech - this is AMAZING!

I love the fact they've put it on Steam. Talk about playing to your audience. :)

Ha! I didn't even notice that. It was leaked in 2012 so they probably just decided to host themselves. As it is so old, there is probably a version 2 for employees. But Valve fans will know that there probably isn't a version 3...