🧪 Experiment in the HAUS: A new Contributor Compensation Program

Contributor value should be assessed in a bottom-up fashion

Through bottom-up assessments, ratification proposals and open discussion, this process helps create openness and transparency in determining compensation, unlike traditional human resources departments, which are opaque and more prone to bias.

Contributors are currently compensated retroactively. Contributors informally request payment at the end of each month from their respective Circles according to the self-assessed value they created. Once the Circle verifies contributor requests, Circle leads then make a proposal requesting Circle funds for that month from the Warcamp DAO. Individu... See more

While we begin with self-assessment, the DAO collectively has final say over which value levels each contributor is assigned. We’re still actively working on how best to do this in a way that balances DAO budget constraints and needs with our desire to drive compensation in a bottom-up manner

Compensation clarity for contributor recruitment: While retroactive compensation is flexible, it is hard to attract contributors who want more clarity and certainty on their compensation before committing their time and effort.

Contributors should have flexibility in how they are compensated by the DAO

Contributors should have flexibility in how they engage with the DAO

Contributor engagement and compensation models should be interoperable with that of other DAOs

To solve these issues, we wanted to create a plan with the following principles in mind: