Company sponsored travel

1. Company-wide travel

Each teammate has two fully-paid trips (flights, lodging, food, transportation) to the chosen locations of company meet-ups each year.

• Winter party (typically held in San Francisco)
• Spring/summer event

2. Team travel

Each team is allocated $4,000 USD per year per teammate for team meetups (minimum two members of the team). The primary purpose of Team travel is to effectively build relationships with the people you work with on your teams. The best team trips are the ones with 50% bonding, and 50% work/collaboration time factored in. TIn planning your Team travel, feel free to reference a sample agenda below:

9am-12pm: Breakfast + Team collaboration time 12pm-1pm: Team lunch 1-4pm: Team bonding activities 5-6pm: Solo time 6-8pm: Team dinner

Factor in as much time to spend together during the trip and leave room for solo-exploring/recharging separate from the group.

• This is designed to allow each team to hold at least one event every six months (in addition to the company-wide events above).
• This budget can be used for travel (airfare, trains, etc.), lodging (hotels, rental homes, etc.), events, meals and entertainment.
• Teams are expected to use discretion about what events are appropriate for team outings. Be inclusive of all of the groups interests.
• If one individual is a member of multiple teams, they will receive the same amount for each of their teams.
• The budget can be used for online team bonding events if the team prefers. See our Remote-friendly team bonding document for ideas.

3. Individual travel

Each teammate has one fully-paid trip per year to meet up with an individual or a group, and this can include anyone in the company.

• People Ops and Finance will approve trips in excess of $2,500 for certain circumstances.
• This trip is in addition to the other benefits mentioned on this page.

4. Business/customer travel

For teammates with business-related travel requirements aligned with Company goals, trips will be fully paid pending manager/director approval in addition to above budgets. Please note you cannot combine the Teammate In-person Gathering budget with Category 4 trips. We would include the following types of meetups in Category 4:

• Customer Champion meetups
• Director to Executive level meetups (no approval required)
• Marketing conferences
• Regional Sales Kickoff (Sales, Sales Ops, CE included)
• Conference speaking engagement conferences

5. Professional development stipend and educational travel

Each teammate has $1,000 per fiscal year to spend on professional development opportunities that will enhance the knowledge, human skills, and thinking required to fulfill the purpose of your role and advance your career at Sourcegraph.

This professional development budget includes:

• Reading materials: Books, magazines, and subscriptions (digital or printed)

• Role specific: License fees / continuing education specific to your role

• Educational experiences:

  • Courses, workshops, and/or exhibitions, both digital or in-person (including transportation)
  • Extended educational degrees, university classes, and certifications

• Conferences: Attending conferences relevant to your role (the attendance and travel fees associated with them

• Leadership/professional coaching: obtaining certified professional coaching outside of our organization or continuing to work with your Modern Health coach beyond our given 10 annual coaching credits

*Best practice tip: Request budget approval from your manager before booking any professional development opportunities.*

If any of the above meet the guidelines for usage and fall within your $1,000 allowance, you do not need approval from Finance + People Ops. If you have your eye on something that exceeds the allowance but is important to your role and/or team, please first raise the request with your manager and your manager can reach out to Finance for approval PRIOR to booking.

Hotel accomodations:

We advise spending within reason for the location you are visiting, with a $300 USD per night maximum spend limit (including taxes, fees, and parking).

Spending over $300 USD per night requires additional approvals from Finance / People Ops.

Please send travel@sourcegraph.com an email with your manager and department VP cc’d including your proposal. In this email, please share screenshots from your research showing why your proposal would be the most economical option given the surrounding hotels. Finance will reply with an approval or request to book other accommodations.

Modes of transportation:

• Economy class is recommended for booking all travel. (If you need any higher tier of booking, reach out to Finance/People Ops for approval.)
• Travelers must book flights at least 30 days in advance to avoid premium airfare pricing. (If you need to book a flight on short notice, reach out to Finance/People Ops for approval.)
• Book from travel providers that offer flexible cancellation policies and refundable rates, should your plans change at any time.
• We strongly encourage obtaining travel insurance, especially in the Covid environment.
• Sourcegraph will pay for flight to and from locations. Any changes made to your itinerary to extend your trip and change your flight itinerary will be out of pocket expenses.
• At this time, we do not reimburse airport traveler programs, such as TSA-Pre, Global Entry, or Clear.
• Gas and parking would be considered reimbursable within the applicable budget (Category 2,3,5) travel.
• When driving a personal vehicle to a company-sponsored event (Category 1, 4), the Company will reimburse based on current IRS standard mileage rate of $0.56 per mile for 2021. This reimbursement per mile incorporates not only the cost of the fuel, but also maintenance and wear and tear of the vehicle. Upon expense submission, please provide a calculation of miles driven to and from the event.
• Ride-shares (Uber, Lyft, etc.) are encouraged whenever possible instead of renting a car.
  • If you’re in the US and would like to rent a car, we recommend checking with the following companies before booking your car rental elsewhere:
    • Turo
    • Getaround
    • Zipcar

Dining and your per diem:

We ask you to use your best judgment when traveling and spending company money. Don’t go overboard with spending on food and drinks. Always ask for receipts for expenses over $25 USD and keep them organized.

• All teammates will receive a per diem while they travel:
  • $80 per day for all 3 meals, alcoholic beverages included.
  • Any additional spending for food or drinks will come out of your own pocket.
• Please note that this is money that is available to be reimbursed, and you will not roll over any unused money to the next day. We encourage you to use this set amount, as your daily per diem amount will reset the following day.
• We will reimburse only your own portion of the bill if you’re traveling with a non-teammate, so make sure to separate your bills or ask for separate receipts.

Dependent care budget:

For business critical travel or travel required for your role, we offer a budget to pay for care of children, family members with hardships/disabilities, elderly, or pets who are fully dependent on you. If you’re interested in using this benefit, feel free to submit a receipt via Expensify (US teammates) or via invoice (International teammates).

• This benefit exists to support our teammates who have dependents by giving them the certainty of knowing that their dependents will be taken care of while they are on business critical company travel.
• For any additional questions, please reach out to Finance and People Ops.