9 TO DIEStretch Goals and Policies
What are Stretch Goals?
Stretch Goals are 5 harder difficulties above Meets Expectations. Each one multiplies enemy health and damage, PTO paid and gear odds. You open them one at a time, for one department on one floor, by winning the tier below. At the top, enemies have 3.8 times the health and pay 2.6 times the PTO.
Meeting them is now a performance concern.
| Tier | Enemy health | Enemy damage | PTO | Gear | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meets Expectations | ×1 | ×1 | ×1 | ×1 | The quarter as planned. Nothing is as planned. |
| Stretch Goal I: Do More With Less | ×1.3 | ×1.2 | ×1.25 | ×1.2 | Great work! Now do it with half the team. |
| Stretch Goal II: Exceeds Expectations (Required) | ×1.7 | ×1.4 | ×1.5 | ×1.4 | Meeting them is now a performance concern. |
| Stretch Goal III: Budget Freeze | ×2.2 | ×1.7 | ×1.8 | ×1.6 | Nothing new until the new year. Everything old, twice as much of it. |
| Stretch Goal IV: Audit Season | ×2.9 | ×2 | ×2.2 | ×1.8 | Every receipt. Every year. Every enemy. |
| Stretch Goal V: Hiring Freeze | ×3.8 | ×2.4 | ×2.6 | ×2 | The work stays. The people do not. You are the people. |
Are higher Stretch Goals worth it?
For PTO alone, not always: enemy health climbs faster than the payout, reaching 3.8 times against 2.6 times PTO at the top tier. What they really buy is better gear, because higher tiers shift every drop towards the rarest pieces, and Legacy pieces are very hard to find on Normal.
Every receipt. Every year. Every enemy.
What are weekly policies?
A policy is one rule change for the week, announced on a banner when your run starts. There are 12, and they rotate by calendar week. On every Stretch Goal the policy is always on. On Meets Expectations it is optional: click the blue Policy Update strip on the menu to opt in.
Thank you for your flexibility.
| Policy | What it does | The announcement |
|---|---|---|
| Cameras On | Every enemy on the floor can see you and walks to you from anywhere. | Cameras on, please!! Great to see so many faces. |
| Hot Desking | Your Boundaries move to a new spot every week. | Hot desking is now in effect!! Please clear your desk by Friday. |
| Open Plan | No walls. Nothing to hide behind, for anyone. | We've opened up the floor!! Collaboration has never been easier. |
| Hiring Freeze | The horde caps at 200, and elites come in pairs. | A hiring freeze is in effect. Thank you for your flexibility. |
| Return to Office | Anchor Day rules every week: lanes lock unless your badge shows you in the office zones. | Anchor Day is every day!! See you on the floor. |
| Unlimited PTO | PTO paid out at the end of the run is down 25%. You still can't take it. | Exciting news!! PTO is now unlimited, so we've switched off accrual. |
| Clean Desk Policy | Pickups vanish five seconds after they drop. | Clean desk policy starts Monday!! Anything left out will be recycled. |
| Casual Friday, All Week | You move 10% faster. Trainers. | Casual Friday is now every day!! Please remain professional. |
| Cost Savings Initiative | Every drop is reviewed first: luck down 20%. | Thank you for helping us identify efficiencies!! |
| Mandatory Fun | Every enemy moves 20% faster toward the fun. | Team-building this week!! Attendance is expected. |
| Quiet Hours | Your skills fire 10% slower. Someone is concentrating. | Quiet hours, 9 to 5!! Please keep noise to a minimum. |
| Remind Me Later | Every week one skill loses a rank and another gains one. | Great news!! Updates are ready to install. |