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Office Hours Policy
Office Hours Policy
Purpose
Define Blinto's normal office working schedule, daily start-of-day routine, meeting-time expectations, and end-of-day work hygiene.
This policy defines when the normal workday operates. Attendance tracking belongs in Attendance Policy, and work beyond normal hours belongs in Overtime Policy.
Blinto's goal is not to normalize longer hours. The goal is to create a predictable workday in which people are present, prepared, collaborative, and able to deliver within planned working hours.
Standard Office Schedule
Office hours: 8:30 AM–5:00 PM.
Team breakfast: 8:30–8:45 AM.
Work preparation: 8:45–9:00 AM.
Daily stand-up: 9:00–9:15 AM.
Lunch & prayer break: 1:00–2:15 PM.
Team members should normally aim to be present at 8:30 AM so they can participate in the breakfast and preparation routine. The official late-arrival threshold and automatic late allowance are defined in Attendance Policy.
Morning Routine
8:30–8:45 AM — Team Breakfast
Breakfast is part of Blinto's company culture and provides a short shared start to the day.
Team members should:
- use the time to connect with teammates;
- finish breakfast promptly by 8:45 AM;
- clean up after themselves; and
- avoid allowing breakfast to delay work preparation.
8:45–9:00 AM — Work Preparation
Before stand-up, team members should prepare for the working day by reviewing the tools and information relevant to their role.
This normally includes:
- opening required work systems;
- reviewing assigned ClickUp tasks or the applicable task system;
- checking relevant Slack, email, or client communications;
- reviewing meetings and commitments for the day;
- confirming the day's priorities; and
- preparing a concise stand-up update.
By 9:00 AM, team members should be ready to begin the daily stand-up.
Daily Stand-up
The daily stand-up begins at 9:00 AM and should normally finish by 9:15 AM.
Each participant should briefly cover:
- what they completed previously;
- what they will work on today; and
- any blockers or decisions needed.
The stand-up is for coordination, not extended problem-solving. Detailed discussions should move to a follow-up conversation with only the relevant people.
Fixed Daily Break Schedule
Blinto uses a fixed daily schedule rather than a pooled total-break-time allowance.
1:00–2:15 PM — Lunch & Prayer Break
The standard lunch and prayer break is 1:00 PM–2:15 PM.
Team members should:
- use this window for lunch, prayer, and normal personal rest;
- return ready to work by 2:15 PM;
- avoid extending the break unless an approved exception applies; and
- coordinate any required client or operational coverage with the responsible lead when necessary.
The morning breakfast window remains separately scheduled at 8:30–8:45 AM as part of the start-of-day routine.
Outside the fixed break windows, team members should remain reasonably available for their responsibilities except for brief necessary personal needs or approved exceptions.
Meeting-Time Discipline
Meetings should:
- start and end on time;
- have a clear purpose or agenda;
- include only people whose participation is useful; and
- avoid turning short coordination meetings into unnecessary long discussions.
Participants should join prepared and respect other people's schedules.
Workday Expectations
Team members should organize normal work within the standard office schedule and remain reasonably available for their responsibilities, planned meetings, collaboration, and client commitments during the workday.
Performance is not measured by how late someone remains at work. Leads should plan workload, capacity, and deadlines so the standard workday remains the normal operating model.
Work required beyond the applicable normal schedule must follow Overtime Policy.
End-of-Day Work Hygiene
Before finishing the workday, team members should leave their work in a state that another responsible teammate or lead can understand.
Where applicable, this includes:
- updating ClickUp or the relevant task status;
- recording material project-status changes;
- identifying unresolved blockers;
- pushing completed or in-progress code to the approved repository where required;
- saving or uploading current design/delivery files to the approved location; and
- communicating any issue that may affect the next working day, deadline, client commitment, or teammate.
No active deliverable should be left intentionally misleading or materially out of date in the team's source-of-truth system.
Schedule Exceptions
Approved leave, remote-work arrangements, recurring schedule accommodations, emergencies, and other authorized exceptions may alter a person's normal schedule.
A recurring schedule change should be approved through the applicable People Operations process rather than informally becoming a permanent alternative schedule.
Responsibilities
Team members are responsible for understanding and following their applicable working schedule, preparing for the day, and keeping work status reasonably current.
Team/Department Leads are responsible for planning work around normal office hours, coordinating coverage, and avoiding unnecessary meeting or overtime load.
People Operations maintains the company-wide working-hours standard and coordinates approved recurring exceptions.