# How we work · Handbook · Olympus Source: https://getolympus.ai/handbook/people/how-we-work Search the handbook Company - [Why we exist](/handbook/company/why-we-exist) - [What we believe](/handbook/company/what-we-believe) - [How we got here](/handbook/company/how-we-got-here) - [How we make money](/handbook/company/how-we-make-money) - [What are our rituals](/handbook/company/what-are-our-rituals) - [What each channel is for](/handbook/company/what-each-channel-is-for) - [How we talk to each other](/handbook/company/how-we-talk-to-each-other) - [How to run a project](/handbook/company/how-to-run-a-project) - [How we experiment](/handbook/company/how-we-experiment) - [How we use our own agents](/handbook/company/how-we-use-our-own-agents) People - [How we work](/handbook/people/how-we-work) - [How we think about remote work](/handbook/people/how-we-think-about-remote-work) - [How we hire great people](/handbook/people/how-we-hire-great-people) - [What's the hiring process](/handbook/people/whats-the-hiring-process) - [How onboarding works](/handbook/people/how-onboarding-works) - [How to take time off](/handbook/people/how-to-take-time-off) - [How to spend money](/handbook/people/how-to-spend-money) - [What is the travel policy](/handbook/people/what-is-the-travel-policy) - [How to give feedback](/handbook/people/how-to-give-feedback) - [How we recognize peers](/handbook/people/how-we-recognize-peers) - [How to lead a brainstorm](/handbook/people/how-to-lead-a-brainstorm) - [How we think about titles](/handbook/people/how-we-think-about-titles) - [What is the role of team leads](/handbook/people/what-is-the-role-of-team-leads) - [What is the role of managers](/handbook/people/what-is-the-role-of-managers) - [How we meet as leaders](/handbook/people/how-we-meet-as-leaders) - [Why we have a meeting-free day](/handbook/people/why-we-have-a-meeting-free-day) Engineering - [What is our tech stack](/handbook/engineering/what-is-our-tech-stack) - [How we write RFCs](/handbook/engineering/how-we-write-rfcs) - [How we plan cycles](/handbook/engineering/how-we-plan-cycles) - [How we ship features](/handbook/engineering/how-we-ship-features) - [How we separate deploy and release](/handbook/engineering/how-we-separate-deploy-and-release) - [How we review pull requests](/handbook/engineering/how-we-review-pull-requests) - [How we evaluate agents](/handbook/engineering/how-we-evaluate-agents) - [How we handle incidents](/handbook/engineering/how-we-handle-incidents) - [How on-call works](/handbook/engineering/how-on-call-works) - [How we run post-incident reviews](/handbook/engineering/how-we-run-post-incident-reviews) Design - [What design does at Olympus](/handbook/design/what-design-does-at-olympus) - [What is our design process](/handbook/design/what-is-our-design-process) - [How we think about craft](/handbook/design/how-we-think-about-craft) - [How to work with design](/handbook/design/how-to-work-with-design) - [What are our brand guidelines](/handbook/design/what-are-our-brand-guidelines) Success - [What exceptional support means here](/handbook/success/what-exceptional-support-means-here) - [How we onboard agencies](/handbook/success/how-we-onboard-agencies) - [How we help customers](/handbook/success/how-we-help-customers) - [How we scale support](/handbook/success/how-we-scale-support) - [How we keep Learn up to date](/handbook/success/how-we-keep-learn-up-to-date) - [How we handle feedback](/handbook/success/how-we-handle-feedback) - [How we prevent abuse](/handbook/success/how-we-prevent-abuse) Marketing - [How we approach marketing](/handbook/marketing/how-we-approach-marketing) - [How we market with Olympus](/handbook/marketing/how-we-market-with-olympus) - [How we think about social](/handbook/marketing/how-we-think-about-social) - [How we think about video](/handbook/marketing/how-we-think-about-video) - [How we think about our website](/handbook/marketing/how-we-think-about-our-website) - [How we write customer stories](/handbook/marketing/how-we-write-customer-stories) - [What is our voice and tone](/handbook/marketing/what-is-our-voice-and-tone) - [How we think about events](/handbook/marketing/how-we-think-about-events) Sales - [How we think about the buyer's experience](/handbook/sales/how-we-think-about-the-buyers-experience) - [What is our sales philosophy](/handbook/sales/what-is-our-sales-philosophy) - [What sales does at Olympus](/handbook/sales/what-sales-does-at-olympus) - [How we run a demo](/handbook/sales/how-we-run-a-demo) - [How we work with agency partners](/handbook/sales/how-we-work-with-agency-partners) - [How to expand an account](/handbook/sales/how-to-expand-an-account) [Handbook](/handbook) / People # How we work ## Remote first, never alone Olympus is a remote company. Even if we open offices one day, the core of how we operate will stay remote, because we believe in it as a way of working, not a perk. Remote means we default to async: a written brief instead of a meeting, a Slack thread instead of a stand-up, a ticket in Linear instead of a whiteboard. It does not mean we work alone. We keep our hours overlapping across the Americas, meet in person twice a year, and switch to a call the moment something is urgent or unclear. ## Agents do the busywork We run Olympus on Olympus. Weekly reports, research, first drafts and status updates go to an agent first, so people spend their time on judgment: strategy, taste and the conversations that move a client forward. ![A team member maps an agent workflow on a chalkboard while colleagues listen](/paper/2N691GGGFY7XA6TAQV81WVDDRC.png) Mapping an agent workflow at our spring offsite. ## Curiosity over ego > “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” > > Socrates Confidence and conviction are welcome here. Ego isn't. It slows collaboration, buries good ideas and wears people down. We would rather be curious: share what we believe, and stay open to being wrong. Two simple ways to practice it: - Ask before you tell - Be the last to speak ## Help yourself first We need each other for plenty, but not for answers that are already written down. Before you ask a teammate, give it an honest try: - Search Slack, this handbook and Learn - Read the code before asking how a feature works - Ask an Olympus agent for research, drafts or translations [Not sure where to ask? See what each channel is for →](/handbook/company/what-each-channel-is-for) ## Everything requires iteration Your first attempt may be completely wrong, and that's fine. Share half-finished work early, especially internally. The question you have wrestled with all day is often answered in ten seconds by a fresh pair of eyes. That's why we judge work by how well feedback was asked for and used, not by how good the first draft was. Get feedback quickly, and be ready to make your work better with it. 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