The Perks of a High-Documentation, Low-Meeting Work Culture

Re:The Perks of a High-Documentation, Low-Meeting Work Culture by skagenpilot on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @11:49AM (#33707802)

This reminds me of Alan work culture [1], Alan is a startup with a zero meeting policy and a very strong culture of writing. They check the quality of one's writing during their interview process.

Alan leaders also have other strong ethos like "no managers" and "complete transparency".

I really wonder if these companies are exceptions or if this organisationel model could be replicated more widely. I guess it caters to some very specific personality types.

[1] https://blog.alan.com/bien-etre-au-travail/who-we-are-and-ho...

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Re:The Perks of a High-Documentation, Low-Meeting Work Culture by dia80 on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @12:09PM (#33708071)

To me, some of the benefits of having the occasional meeting is to create a shared understanding of what's going on and also to enable a vigorous group discussion. I'm not sure I would know how to replicate that with writing alone.

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Re:The Perks of a High-Documentation, Low-Meeting Work Culture by Frotag on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @06:46PM (#33713176)

Chatrooms for each team, but visible to other teams. And a culture of encouraging technical discussion to be summarized or at least alluded to in the public chat. I'm sure this doesn't scale, but for a company of <20 developers, this worked amazingly. It was also great for finding answers to silly questions without having to bug someone.

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Re:The Perks of a High-Documentation, Low-Meeting Work Culture by impute on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @06:58PM (#33713259)

There's nothing on that page that mentions "no managers"

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