Context

This doc outlines the expectations when someone leaves the team, whether it’s voluntary or involuntary. It’s important for someone to only stay within the team if:

• They can reliably and sustainably maintain high impact through their work and
• They earnestly feel happy working at Finch.

Finch is not a good fit if either is false. Below goes into more detail on what to expect whenever someone departs.

New hires

See The First 90 Days for detailed expectations of the initial ramp up time period.

Voluntary

A new hire can choose to leave at any time within their first 90 days if they don’t believe the team is compatible for them.

Involuntary

If a new hire is struggling with impact or with fitting in our team’s culture, managers will have honest conversations with their report to try to bridge gaps together. At some point if serious issues continue to persist, the manager may need to

If a new hire is struggling with impact or with fitting in our team’s culture, managers will have honest conversations with their report to try to bridge gaps together. It should be clear to the new hire throughout their ramp up on whether they are on track.

For more details on how underperformance is managed for new hires, see ‣.

Existing employees

Voluntary

• Early honest conversations. If there are personal or professional reasons that cause you to consider leaving, please try to surface things to your manager early so that we can try provide you options. Being able to have early conversations is always greatly appreciated by managers and would not be held against you.
• Notice of leave. Ideally it is not a surprise to your manager if you officially break the news to leave, due to earlier conversations. If it doesn’t seem like there is a viable path forward with Finch, please give a 3 week or earlier notice if possible so that the manager can work on a transition plan that minimizes thrash for the team.