Staff Ratios
List of Policies - Policy Development
Policy
This policy was approved by the staff collective at the March 23, 2007 Staff Meeting
Since Free Geek values its staff collective as a non-hierarchical structure, and since a tendency towards hierarchy could evolve at Free Geek when people are hired into positions outside the staff collective, and since those positions are nevertheless sometimes needed for the benefit of Free Geek, it is necessary to establish a workable framework for protecting the non-hierarchical nature of Free Geek's workforce while allowing positions outside the staff collective to exist.
There are five categories of workers at Free Geek that are on the Free Geek payroll:
- Staff collective members
- Paid interns
- Exploratory position workers
- Other regular non-collective workers
- Substitutes
Whenever more than 10% of the number of hours paid for in a month are paid to substitutes, the staff collective shall review the situation an attempt to bring the percentage down to below 10%.
Whenever a substitute or individual works 24 hours per week on average for more than two consecutive months in a specific area OR is directly hired to work 24 hours a week in a specific area for an intended period of at least 2 months, that substitute or individual is automatically considered to be in the "other regular non-collective worker" category. Such events should be reported to the staff collective. This does not apply to job-experience interns.
Whenever less than 60% of the workers on payroll (excluding substitutes) are staff collective members, the staff collective shall review the situation an attempt to bring the percentage above 60%.
Proposed Policy
Since Free Geek values its staff collective as a non-hierarchical structure, and since a tendency towards hierarchy could evolve at Free Geek when people are hired into positions outside the staff collective, and since those positions are nevertheless sometimes needed for the benefit of Free Geek, it is necessary to establish a workable framework for protecting the non-hierarchical nature of Free Geek's workforce while allowing positions outside the staff collective to exist.
There are six categories of workers at Free Geek that are on the Free Geek payroll:
- Staff collective members
- Paid interns
- Exploratory position workers
- Substitutes
- Committed non-collective workers
- Nothers (other regular non-collective workers)
Whenever more than 10% of the number of hours paid for in a month are paid to substitutes, the staff collective shall review the situation an attempt to bring the percentage down to below 10%.
Whenever less than 60% of the hours worked on payroll are staff collective members, the staff collective shall review the situation and attempt to bring the percentage above 60%.