Publications Open How We Hold an Engaging All Hands Meeting as a Remote Team May 28, 2020 7 min read Open Many companies have a regular All Hands meeting. Generally, this is a company-wide gathering for all employees (‘all hands on deck’) to hear from the Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
Publications Open The Evolution of Onboarding at Buffer: How We Welcome New Teammates Apr 10, 2020 7 min read Here’s a look at how we’ve evolved the process of onboarding teammates at Buffer -- what we've stopped, started, and are doing next. Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
Publications Open Sustainable Swag: Aligning Our Values with Our Merchandise Apr 10, 2020 4 min read 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, Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
Publications Open Introducing Buffer’s Family Support Fund Apr 10, 2020 6 min read 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 Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
Publications Open The 39 Products Our All-Remote Team Can’t Live Without Nov 25, 2019 6 min read Back in 2016, we shared the tech, bags and products that our team found essential for remote work. This year, it’s time for an Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
Publications Open Here’s Exactly How Much Our Company Spends on Perks & Benefits Sep 30, 2019 5 min read Workplace of the future Buffer’s People Team spends a lot of time thinking about perks. One of our biggest and most important perks is maybe the toughest to Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
Publications Open Our ‘Growth Mindset’ Fund Gives Every Teammate $800/Year – Here’s How and Why Sep 2, 2019 3 min read Workplace of the future One of our values at Buffer is to improve consistently, so we focus a lot on learning. Up until recently, a Buffer perk we were Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
Publications Open We Launched a Mastermind Partnership Program To Connect Teammates – Here’s How We Did it Aug 19, 2019 7 min read Workplace of the future Isolation can be a persistent challenge for distributed teams. In our most recent State of Remote Work report, we found that loneliness was the second Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
Publications Open Taming the ‘Fear of Missing Out’: How We Create a Retreat-From-Home Experience For Those Who Can’t Make It Jul 22, 2019 6 min read Workplace of the future Our annual in-person working retreats are a highlight of the year for many on our team. It’s the one time of year our fully Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
Publications Open I Used to Call My Coworkers “Family.” Here’s Why I Stopped. Feb 28, 2019 7 min read Workplace of the future There was a time where I wholly embraced calling our team — our company — a family. I’ve written cards to our community members and called Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
Publications Open On a Scale of 1-10: Why Tracking Your Team’s Satisfaction Matters Dec 17, 2018 6 min read Workplace of the future Here at Buffer, we believe that what gets measured, gets managed. That’s important because with effective management and oversight, we have the tools and Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
Publications Open We Updated Our Core Values For The First Time in 5 Years, Here’s How We Did It Jun 28, 2018 8 min read “We believe that it’s really important to come up with core values that you can commit to. And by commit, we mean that you’ Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
Publications Open How We Approach And Support Coffee Shop Working Mar 21, 2018 5 min read Working at Buffer takes many forms. For some, it’s working from home (sometimes surrounded by kids and/or animals), from a coworking space or Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
Publications Open What A Team Survey Revealed About The Way We Live Our Company Values May 25, 2017 7 min read Our company values are the foundation upon which our team has grown and our product has developed. They emerged in the early years of Buffer Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
Publications Open The 3 Types of Activities & 1 Gameshow That Helped Our Remote Team Bond on our 8th Retreat Mar 16, 2017 6 min read The chance for in-person time is precious for a remote team. It had been over a year — 392 days to be precise — since saw each Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
Publications Open When Goals and Plans Are Eclipsed by Survival Mode Mar 1, 2017 5 min read Self-Improvement I worked myself into a lovely pickle at the end of 2016. I gave my manager feedback that I’d love to have a session Nicole Miller, Team Buffer
