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title: "How companies codify their culture in employee handbooks: three great examples - ViRTUS"
description: With this the shift to the new Work from Home and Hybrid work environments, companies are concerned about how they can keep the consistency in their employee experience and ensure that new employees are onboarded into their cultures effectively. Here are three great examples of...
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# [How companies codify their culture in employee handbooks: three great examples - ViRTUS](https://blog.virtusinc.com/virtus-inc-leadership-journal/journal/three-great-companies-who-codify-their-cultures-in-employee-handbooks)

 Written by [Mike Desjardins](https://blog.virtusinc.com/virtus-inc-leadership-journal/author/mike-desjardins) | Aug 11, 2020 7:30:51 AM

With this the shift to the new Work from Home and Hybrid work environments, companies are concerned about how they can keep the consistency in their employee experience and ensure that new employees are onboarded into their cultures effectively. Here are three great examples of organizations who have created great employee handbooks as part of their desire to codify and magnify their cultures:

[∙ Valve Software](http://media.steampowered.com/apps/valve/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf)    
[∙ Netflix](https://jobs.netflix.com/culture)   
∙ [Automattic (WordPress)](https://automattic.com/work-with-us/)   
Each of this companies has focused on being deliberate and straightforward in their approach to their values, policies, and behaviours, and it’s clear in the way they have crafted their employee onboarding handbooks.

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