ORIGIN works across time zones. Know your working week, which clock we run on, and how our year is shaped.
Your working week
We call each region we operate in a theater. Your theater sets your working week and your clock. Your contract and your line manager tell you which one you are in.
The reporting day is when each team reviews the week and timesheets are sent.
Two fixed points
Every day, your Asana tasks are current before you stop work.
Every week, on the reporting day, your timesheet is sent and each client receives their weekly report from the Team Lead.
You are in Beirut and your client is in Riyadh. Your day follows the SWANA week on Riyadh time. When you write "by 3pm" to a client, it means 3pm on their clock, and you say so.
It is Thursday afternoon in the SWANA week, and you are about to stop work. What must be true first?
Thursday is the SWANA reporting day.
SWANA works Sunday to Thursday on Riyadh time. West works Monday to Friday on Miami time.
Showing up, and our year
Our year
ORIGIN plans in cycles that run from 1 July to 30 June, not on the calendar year.
Showing up
Townhalls are our all company meetings. They are mandatory for full time and part time team members, and in person when asked.
If your contract is remote, your camera is on in every call, internal and client. We work across time zones. When your team and your clients can see you, they remember you and your work.
Being seen is part of being present.
Your contract is remote. You join a client call, and everyone on the client's side has the camera off. What do you do?
On in every call, internal and client.
Cameras on.
Before you move on
Three questions before you move on. Type your answer, send it, then check it.
Your answers stay on this device.1What is the SWANA working week, and which clock does it run on?
The answerSunday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm, on Riyadh time.
2What happens on the reporting day?
The answerEach team reviews the week, timesheets are sent, and each client receives their weekly report from the Team Lead.
3When does ORIGIN's planning cycle run?
The answerFrom 1 July to 30 June, not on the calendar year.
Know your week. Know your clock.
And be seen: one team starts with people who show up. Next: who says yes to what.