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Employee Handbook

Senior · Policy & Handbook Writer · Remote · United States

$67–$77/ hour About $1,010–$2,150 in total. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so nothing comes out of your rate.
Company
Machinery maker making building materials · 501–1,000 employeesCL-95652 · based in Dubuque
Where
Remote · United States
Format
One-off task
Time needed
about 22 h in total
Start
Starts within 2 weeks
Level
Senior · 5-10 years
When you work
Weekday evenings1 h a week overlap with CT

264 tasks of this type completed on Deftridge

About this task

This machinery maker making building materials (501–1,000 employees) is looking for a senior Policy & Handbook Writer for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. A complete handbook in plain language for one or more countries.

The work is too small to justify a hire and too important to leave to chance. It manufactures physical products, and the office team works to month-end and plant schedules.

The work is fully remote. Any location in United States works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. Most people do this on weekday evenings; replies inside the working day are not expected. About 1 hour a week should overlap with the team's day (CT).

What you deliver

  • Write a 40-page employee handbook for a US and UK company with state and country addenda.
  • A final note stating what was checked and what was left out of scope
  • The finished deliverable in the agreed file format, with sources and assumptions listed
  • One round of edits after the company's review is included

How the work runs

  • Day 1: kickoff call and access to the files
  • Days 2 to 13: the work, with questions answered the same day
  • Last day: delivery and a short walkthrough

Duration: about 10 working days. Accepted when the company contact confirms the deliverable against the written checklist. One round of edits is included.

Tools

WordNotionGoogle Docs

Who fits

  • 5-10 years of hands-on work as a Policy & Handbook Writer, or the equivalent mix of roles
  • Comfortable working in Word, Notion and Google Docs
  • Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate

Nice to have

  • Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader
  • Experience in a similar industry

Not included

  • On-call availability outside the agreed window
  • Managing other contractors or employees
  • Travel or work at a fixed location

How you get paid

  • The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
  • Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
  • You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
  • You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.

What happens after you say you're interested

  1. Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
  2. You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
  3. With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
  4. StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.

What the company sees about you

First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.

Your profile
AlexSenior Policy & Handbook Writer
Experience
5-10 years in HR & recruiting
Tools
Word, Notion, Google Docs
Offers
22 hours in total, weekday evenings
Rate
$72 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, $72 an hour, is above the median senior Policy & Handbook Writer rate in the United States ($70). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.

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Questions about pay and privacy

The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.

CL-95652 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.

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