Linda Test

Could Linda take two weeks off?

Every office has someone who knows where everything is. We call her Linda. Yours might be Dave. It might be you. Five questions show what would get stuck while she’s away and what to fix first. No email needed to see your answer.

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This isn’t a test of Linda. It’s a test of whether the office lets her leave. Meet Linda

Example result

A backup person

A long weekend might work.

Others can log in4 of 5
Backup readyUntested
Anyone can find things4 of 5

This week. Pick the person who could cover. Block an hour for Linda to walk them through one real task while they do it.

Think of the person your office calls when nobody can find anything. Pick an answer, then Next. “Not sure” is a perfectly good answer.

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When someone needs a file, who finds it? Anyone. Everything lives in one place we all know Most people, with a hint or two Usually Linda Only Linda. Some of it is in her desk or her head Not sure

If Linda were out tomorrow, could someone else log in to what she uses? Yes. Her backup has their own access Mostly. A couple of gaps We’d have to call her for passwords Only Linda can get in Not sure

How many of the regular jobs can only Linda do? None. Someone else has done each one One or two Several Most of them Not sure

Is there a backup who has practiced Linda’s work? Yes, and they’ve covered for her before Someone could, but they haven’t practiced We’d figure it out when it happens There’s nobody with room Not sure

What happened the last time Linda was out? Work kept moving. Nobody called her A few things waited until she got back Someone texted her one quick question. Or five She hasn’t really been out Not sure

This test needs JavaScript to work out your answer. Or read the office manager handover checklist. It covers the same ground.

The biggest handover gaps

One thing to do this week

How the office looks without her

Five lines add up to a score out of 25. “Not sure” stays open as a range. A backup who hasn’t practiced counts as 2. The score doesn’t pick your answer. The questions get checked in a set order and the first snag decides. So a lower line further down the list can wait its turn. Three or more “Not sure” answers mean we can’t tell yet.

Your coverage worksheet

Print this plan. Fill in one sheet for each job only Linda does, together with Linda and her backup.

The job, and what sets it off

Who covers it

Where the steps and files live

Logins the backup has tried with their own account

Vendors and clients to call, and what they usually need

Who can say yes to money while she’s away

What counts as urgent, and who decides

The day the backup practiced it

If you want a hand

Get It Together, Denver does this work in your office, with Linda and the people around her. The first step is a free video walk-through. We come to your office after that if it makes sense. Packages start at $5,000. See what each one includes.

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How the test works.

Time off, not blame

Every office is lucky to have someone who knows where everything is. The trouble starts when the office can’t let her leave. Every gap this test finds is a job for the office, not a mark against Linda.

The first snag decides

The test reads your answers in a set order. Can someone else log in? Find the files? Step in? Do her regular jobs? If the honest answer to any of those is “only Linda”, she can’t take a sick day yet. If three or more answers are “Not sure”, the test says we can’t tell yet and lists what to find out. Next comes anything that would stall for more than a few days, then any other “Not sure”. Any of those means a long weekend. A backup who hasn’t practiced yet makes even a long weekend a maybe. A real vacation needs every answer in good shape, including a backup who has practiced.

What it can’t tell you

We haven’t seen your office or met your Linda. This is a starting point built from your own answers. If everything is in good shape, the test will say so, and you won’t need us.

The Linda Test, straight answers.

Who is Linda?

Linda is our made-up office manager. Her picture is AI-generated. She stands in for the person in your office who knows where everything is. Yours might have a different name. Meet Linda

Is this a test of my office manager?

No. It’s a test of the office around her. A person who knows everything is a gift. The goal is for that knowledge to live where the team can reach it, so she can take a real break.

What if I’m the Linda?

Then take it for yourself. Answer as if you were out tomorrow. The worksheet works the same way.

What happens to my answers?

They stay in this browser, when it allows saving, so you can come back to them. Clear my answers wipes them. Nothing from the test gets sent to us unless you email yourself the plan or ask us to get in touch. Read our privacy page

Who does the work if we want help?

Get It Together, Denver comes to your office. We sort the files, write the steps down with the person who does the work and help the backup practice. The decisions stay with you and your team.