Well I don't know if this is real or not and while I wouldn't exactly run the place with a complete lack of structure(because that is inefficient) I wouldn't run a studio where everyone is uptight and stuffy, your making games, you should enjoy your life.

"How to move your desk" figure.

EPIC WIN! XD

That's amazing

Just a few more reasons why valve is awesome

Is there anything about combustible lemons in this manual?

This makes me and everyone else want to work (play?) for Valve.

Resume submitted.

Valve employees have absolutely no barriers, and can talk freely to consumers about what their doing.

Meaning, unless Gabe Newell is making Half Life 3 entirely on his own, its THE ENTIRE *** HALF LIFE TEAM DOING THIS TO US.

Ponies—The animals most beloved by those away from their computers,

and most despised by people who prefer to hear jokes just once. :3

I bet everyone would kill to work there. Amazing the human race is still in existence.

Oh Valve you truly are one of the greats. Though I didn't notice a section on how to converse with women in the work place, I'm guessing the old method is still the best a nice firm squeeze on the rear. I blame Mad Men since they make the 60s look so fun, everyone's sleeping with all the pretty women and those women are rightfully getting raises and promotions even if they're dumber than a rock, while the intellectual pigs are stuck trying to get by.

This is highly entertaining.  Did anyone see the Aperture Science mugs? XD

I love valve for their ingenuity

if only all jobs where like this

Strange they didn't skip over chapter three

"This book is on the intranet, so you can edit it." That explains it. An employee-made employee handbook.

I doubt this is real. Seems too much like a consumer product to be inside the company. Also, even if it isn't completely true (or especially if it isn't?), it says "You have the power to green-light products, you have the power to ship products." Think about that. On your first day (or even, let's say, your first month) you can green-light a project?

If it is real then hats off to Valve, you have every reason to be where you are, but I think it smells fishy.

Edit: What projects would you even presumably work on? Valve doesn't exactly release games willy-nilly. And they especially don't start new IP's on the fly. And all their main IP's already have a sequel project planned out of the gate. Basically, this handbook is probably a well-written fake. But seriously, who cares. We all still love Valve. Especially whoever wrote this!

"That is the most awesome thing I've ever read" (stated aloud by me immediately after finishing reading the handbook)

I sense a massive book burning at EA, followed by hours of forcing all of their employees to rub kitten blood in their eyes to forget what they just read.

Seriously, that's a dream job.

This sounds like the most amazing company to work at.

also the manual mentions ponies and bathroom 80s-rock soundtrack, WHERE DO I SIGN UP?