When work slows down significantly for a Contributor , but we want that person to stay with Cantilever long-term, we may put them into "Dormant" mode to streamline operations and reduce overhead costs.

📏 Rules

✅ Do...

• Consider dormant mode for contributors consistently working under 10 hours per week
• Maintain clear communication about the transition to dormant status
• Archive rather than delete accounts whenever possible
• Keep dormant contributors in our team database for future reference

🚫 Don't...

• Keep contributors active just to give them a small amount of work
• Delete account data when transitioning to dormant mode
• Keep contributors dormant for more than one year without review

Guidelines

• A Dormant contributor should be marked as Dormant in the ‣
• A Dormant contributor should still have a Manager. Their manager should keep in touch with them via social media, email, etc and may even want to have an occasional touch-base.
• A Dormant contributor should have a “suspended” account in Gmail, making it easy to restore them in the future. They should be archived or removed from all other Software.

Process

Making Someone Dormant

1. Manager conducts conversation with contributor about transition
2. Manager cancels all scheduled meetings and makes announcement in #announcements
3. Operations removes/suspends software accounts