Ash
Ambirge
Subscription Confirmed ✓ · Castle Cleared

You took the warp pipe. Welcome to Extraordinary Work.

Mario’s out of the castle, Bowser is sulking, and HR asked me to hand you this onboarding packet. HR is also me.

Extraordinary Work
STAFF · ALL ACCESS

Head of Keeping It Human

Employee no.
#00000
Start date
Today
Department
Creativity (more, not less)
Clearance
Level 💀

Screenshot it. Post it. Tag me.
HR lives for this.

Day One Checklist1 of 5
Onboarding
  • Confirm your email Done

    Look at you. Took the warp pipe like a pro, and it’s not even lunch.

  • Listen to your voicemail

    You have one new message from Ash 💀.

    Ash 💀 · mobile · a tiny village in Ireland, apparently

    0:24
  • Fill out your HR intake form

    One minute. Tells me what to write so it’s actually useful to you. Take me to HR ↓

  • Read your first issue

    It’ll land in your inbox from “Ash is typing...💀” soon. Can’t wait? The archive is open.

  • Find the coin

    Mario left one coin on this page somewhere. Zero cash value. Full bragging rights.

Form HR-1 · New Hire IntakeOptional

HR is legally not allowed to ask your age, so I didn’t. Everything here stays between you, me, and Mario.

Company Handbook (Abridged)Page 1 of 1
  1. Office hours: whenever the newsletter lands. Which is most days.
  2. Castle policy: the bigger the better.
  3. Dress code: whatever you wear to read email in bed.
  4. Open door policy: hit reply on any issue. I read them all.
  5. Mail room: if I land in Promotions, drag me out. I don’t belong with the mattress coupons.
  6. Paid time off: too much Ash? Hit Email Frequency at the bottom of any email and switch to the Weekly Digest. One email, Saturdays. No questions asked. (A few questions asked.)
+100! Zero cash value.

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