Handbook changelog

Keep up to date with our Handbook for all Significant happenings around Significa. Our Handbook will never be ready; it’ll constantly be evolving, and it may be hard to keep up. So, each time a change is made, we add a little update here about that change and the link to the page.

The changes below reflect changes from August 1st to December 5th, 2024. We’ll be adding more regular updates going forward, and with each change, a new addition is made.

Minor updates to the following pages

Sentences or paragraphs added to existing pages

• Perks and benefits: that they are open to all team - we also added Barbie to our health insurance recently, which made him very happy.

• Hiring criteria: a paragraph was added to highlight our preference to hire locally rather than those who would relocate for a role at Significa.

• A section on Nursing mothers added to Returning to Work.

• Company travel - updated with the latest instructions on how to arrange your company travel.

• Team satisfaction reports: added August ‘24 results.

• Billing and invoicing has been updated as we no longer bill using Packages. This page has been updated in line with our latest proposals.

• New illustrations across the handbook! Craftily created by The Talented Mr Tomás.

• Compensation sub-chapter has been renamed Money matters.

New chapters and pages

Whole new shiny chapters and pages within existing chapters for you

• Project and Product management Chapter is finally live - big thanks for your patience there, PM team.

• A whole new Brand & Marketing Chapter added.

• Engineering: A whole load of pages added about how we do engineering at Significa.

• E-Waste Management (under Sustainability) - explains what you should do with dead hardware, etc…

• Disciplinary procedures and possible sanctions - if shit hits the fan.

• Internal financial controls - how to request payments and purchases.

Notion updates

Updates from around your Notion home

• Hotel booking instructions, as mentioned in Company travel.

• Health Insurance policy in PT and EN is available in Home.

• Suggestion Box form - keep the suggestions coming.

• Payment Approval Requests (PAR) - combining travel and purchasing requests. Be sure to complete a request before making any purchases. Learn about this in Internal financial controls.