Subject: Learning & Development Policy
DRI: @Marzena BRZOZKO
Last update: Q3 2025
Strapi’s values (🎯 Impact, 🚀 Excellence, and 💜 Care) support your growth. Strapi provides resources such as a learning budget and learning hours to help you accomplish your developmental goals. You are encouraged to take ownership of your development and seek learning opportunities to help you succeed in your role, expand your knowledge, and develop your skills.
Strapi believes that giving you the right support at the right moment can make a big difference in your personal and professional development.
You are encouraged to test, experiment, take risks, try new things, and pursue your mission. And if you make a mistake? Let's learn from it, and share your journey with the team (#failing-is-learning channel).
Strapi encourages Strapiers to use their training budget with Care &Ownership.
💡 SpendingFramework: You may use your budget for any training that can help improve your professional performance and is aligned with Strapi💎Values
Strapi fully encourages all formats of training and learning as long as it fits within the framework. In addition to technical, field-related training, you can also explore diversity, language, emotional intelligence, and personal development courses. Please consider what learning would be the most helpful in your role. E.g. courses for languages that are not used in your work are great developmental activities; however, there is probably training that would have a better direct impact on your success at Strapi. Any books purchased with your training budget will belong to you. You can use the budget also for subscriptions for learning or publishing platforms/apps.
🔎 To verify your remaining budget, please ask your Manager to check it in Brex.
The learning budget is allocated for the calendar year. Any unused budget cannot be transferred to the following year.
Strapiers who joined during the year, receive an individual learning budget proportional to the number of calendar days between their start date and the end of the year.
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Exception: if you have a specific project in mind that is more than the annual budget, you may allocate a portion of the current year's budget to the next year with the email approval of your Manager, VP Finance & @Marzena BRZOZKO.
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Strapiers in a leadership position (Level 8 or above) receive an extra $500 (452€ in 2025)monthly budget for coaching and management training sessions.
Strapiers on track to receive a promotion to Level 8 may ask for access to “Leadership Coaching” 6 months before their official promotion date. The decision must be validated by their Manager, VP Finance and People Team.
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Strapi has an ad hoc budget set aside. In certain circumstances, we may exceptionally increase the individual training budget.
‼ This budget cannot be used after submitting resignation or being dismissed.
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🇫🇷 French employees only (CPF)
Strapi contributes a portion of its global payroll to a state-sponsored training program, called CPF (this is a legal obligation in France).
When you use your CPF budget, Strapi can "top up" the portion of the training expense not covered by your CPF by using your Individual training budget.
As a company, Strapi can negotiate preferential prices for certain training courses. Let us know if you have something in mind.
You may use your CPF as you want: Strapi cannot and will not force you to use it in any particular way. It is 100% personal and does not belong to Strapi.
How to use the Individual Learning budget?
Find the training/conference/meetup/book/etc that fits within the framework.
Discuss with your Manager during 1:1 how this learning would contribute to your role and professional development.
Check if the training cost exceeds the budget you have left for this year. (If you unsure of the remaining amount, ask your Manager to check it in Brex). You can pay the remaining amount from your pocket if it does.
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🇫🇷 French employees only (OPCO Atlas)
Each year, Strapi has a budget for a specific number of employees provided by ATLAS. This budget and number of employees will vary yearly from the previous one. Both numbers are provided by the French government and can’t be negotiated by companies.
Some pieces of training are eligible to be partially refunded by this organism. They have to be referenced as “Qualiopi”.
If your training is referenced, please contact @ to check if there is still some budget and places left.
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Any budget exceptions should be discussed with your Manager, VP Finance & @Marzena BRZOZKO before purchasing the learning.
Make the purchase andpay with Brex card or your own card and request reimbursement. Important: If the amount exceeds your remaining budget, enter the amount of your remaining budget, not the total amount paid.
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While requesting reimbursement for an ebook reader, choose Strapi, Inc.
Enjoy the learning experience!
Reflect on what you’ve learned, add a summary to the list, and post your key takeaways in the #learning channel.
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For Managers
Encourage your team members to use their learning budget to develop skills that will help them succeed in their roles and achieve their ambitions. Support them in identifying the areas they could focus their learning on. 1:1 meetings are perfect opportunity for such discussions 🙏
Learning Hours
Sometimes training requires more time than money. In addition to the training budget, Strapi offers each Strapier (excluding Interns) 40 hours per calendar year (equivalent to 5 days, 1 day = 8 hours) to take off and dedicate to learning.
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Strapiers who joined during the year can use a pro-rated number of hours. Everyone can check their balance in Zelt Time Planner.
Any unused time cannot be transferred to the following year.
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Exception: if you have a specific project in mind that requires more than the annual dedicated time pot, you can allocate a portion of this year's time pot to next year with the email approval of your Manager, VP Finance & @Marzena BRZOZKO.
How do I take learning hours/days off?
Find the training/conference/meetup/book/etc. that fits within the framework.
Discuss with your Manager during 1:1 how this learning would contribute to your role and professional development.
Check in the Zelt Time planner if the duration of the training doesn’t exceed the number of hours you have left for this year.
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Before submitting the request, any exceptions should be discussed with your Manager & @Marzena BRZOZKO.
Submit a time off request in Zelt (at least 14 days before training to ensure your team has enough time to organize work during your absence)
→ Add learning details in Notes (name, type of learning, short description, etc.)
Enjoy the learning experience!
Reflect on what you’ve learned, add a learning summary to the list, and post your key takeaways in#learning channel.
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For Managers - learning time off request approval
Once your team member submits a time off request, you will receive a notification
Review the details of the request
Check if learning fits within the framework
Check if selected dates of absence are manageable from your team’s perspective
✅ If all is fine - approve the request
❌ If the request doesn’t meet all requirements - decline the request and support your team member in adjusting their learning plan
Team Learning Budget
The Head of Department is responsible for managing Team training. However, feel free to take the initiative and propose the training you think the whole team could benefit from!
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Head of Department - how to use Team learning budget
Find training that the whole department would benefit from
Check if the cost of the training doesn’t exceed the remaining training budget for your team.
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If the cost exceeds the available budget you can discuss with @Marzena BRZOZKO and VP Finance using the ad hoc Strapi learning budget.
Inform the People Team about this by posting the below information in the #learning channel:
Name of the training
Cost
Dates (if training will be completed synchronously)
Submit invoice for payment. If there is a delay in obtaining/submitting the invoice, please inform the Finance Team in #finance-payments channel 🙏
Once training is completed, add a learning summary to the list and encourage your team members to post their key takeaways in #learning channel
Cross-Team Learning
If you would like to invite other team members for the training that you are organizing for your team, please agree on how it will be paid. You can consider two options:
Your team’s learning budget covers 100% of the cost
A portion of the cost is allocated to the additional participants’ team training budget << must be confirmed with the Head of each Department involved
Inform the People Team & Finance Team (@team-finance) about it in #learning channel.
While submitting invoice for payment please select your Department cost center. In the comment please indicate how the costs should be split between cost centers (Departments). If there is a delay in obtaining/submitting the invoice, please inform Finance Team in #finance-payments channel 🙏
Global Learning Budget
People Team manages global training.
If you have any idea for the training that the whole Strapi would benefit from, propose it to the People Team in #learningchannel.
Strapi works with
- Monceau langues for English classes and so far is happy (@, @) with the results and we can negotiate group prices.
- Intercountry (tested and validated by @@, @ & @).
Elysées langues also have been tested and recommended (by @)
The Babbel learning app is also highly recommended for personal daily practice.
