🔕 AFK FAQs

🏖️ How do public holidays work at Status?

Given the diversity of cultures and locations among the core contributors at Status, we don't have Status-wide days off. We encourage you to book off your home or local public holidays or the ones close to your heart or beliefs.

😷 What happens if I'm out sick?

As a general guideline, short-term unavailability due to sickness that doesn't affect your capacity to meet your commitments are treated as regular time off and doesn't need further action than recording it in BambooHR.

If you’re going to be unavailable for a prolonged period of time, you need to coordinate with the project lead and your People Partner in order to review and adjust your service agreement accordingly.

㊙️ How does the confidentiality work around unavailabilities?

You can record your unavailability without explanation.

If you tell your People Partner about a health or personal issue, that information will be shared only within the People Ops group and to the extent required, Carl and Jarrad. Please, let your People Partner know of any specific discussion that should be kept off the record (i.e., only between you and the People Partner you're talking with).

Your People Partner won't tell other core contributors the specifics of your situation. We will be happy to help you communicate your unavailability period if you need help doing that (mentioning that you are offline unwell, giving no further details).

🐣 Are you or your partner / spouse expecting a new baby?

First of all, congratulations! 🎊 We're happy about the new addition(s) to your family!

As soon as you're comfortable sharing the news, please ping your People Partner to chat about your plans. It'd be great if you could give as much notice as you can.

We'll do our best to accommodate you and we'll discuss with you each request on a case by case basis, involving your project lead, taking into account your needs, your planned unavailability and deliverables.

📒 What happens to any SNT distributions?

We'll review each request on a case by case basis to see if we pause or forgo your SNT distributions when you take a prolonged downtime period.

For a short time period, you will still be eligible for your quarterly SNT distributions.

🧰 Do I still have access to tools and accounts during my unavailability?

In general, we will keep your access to Google and other centralised accounts open during your downtime.