As an always-evolving company, Buffer has shared a lot of our successes and failures along the way — and we view each of these ups and downs as chances to learn and grow. One area we’ve experimented with deeply in the past year has been onboarding – how we bring new teammates on board. In…
For the past few years, we’ve been on a journey to make sure our Buffer swag – the branded merchandise that goes out to teammates, customers and the world – reflects our Buffer values. Branded merchandise has a vast footprint on the environment — in terms of production, shipping, employment practices, and distribution — so…
Before I worked in a remote team, I was a freelancer and never needed to collaborate with teams very much. The way I used my calendar back then was pretty basic; maybe a birthday here and there. But when I joined Buffer in 2015 that suddenly changed. The more I grew as an engineer and…
You can’t improve something if you don’t know that it needs to be improved. That was very true for us four years ago when we first started looking into equal pay at Buffer. We have long used a salary formula to determine all of our salaries – the same role in the same part of…
With transparency as one of our defining values at Buffer, we’re always seeking opportunities to share more information with the world. In addition to: ….we’ve also tried to remain open about our financial progress by sharing our revenue metrics with the world. We’ve done this through monthly blog posts, Tweetstorms, and more. Most recently, we…
One of the most conversation-provoking perks we’ve ever launched at Buffer is our Dependents Grant. This benefit provides a $3,000 USD stipend to teammates for each person who depends on their salary (including spouses, partners, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.). When it first launched in 2016, the grant was designed to show support for Buffer…
This team communication regarding COVID-19 is part of our COVID-19 Response Series. You can see all the messages in the series here. Shared: March 4, 2020 Posted by: Courtney Seiter, Director of People Title: We are postponing our planned June retreat in Athens We are postponing our planned June retreat in Athens Hi team; I…
This team communication regarding COVID-19 is part of our COVID-19 Response Series. You can see all the messages in the series here. Shared: April 3, 2020 Posted by: Joel Gascoigne, Buffer Founder and CEO Title: Launching the COVID-19 Customer Assistance Program Launching the COVID-19 Customer Assistance Program Hey team, I’m glad to be sharing an…