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Onboarding: Is It Better To Have Teammates Start Together Or Stagger Their Onboarding?

Apr 11, 2022 4 min read Open

Here's exactly what three hiring managers at Buffer shared about onboarding folks together or separately, along with some of the advice, conversations, and best practices we hold onto for onboarding in a remote and fully distributed team.

Nicole Miller, Director of People @ Buffer

How We're Helping Our Remote Team Feel More Connected

Mar 21, 2022 7 min read Open

In 2022, we’re diving back into more intentional team-building both asynchronously, synchronously, plus we’re planning the occasional in-person meetup where available. Here’s how we’re approaching all of these events and all of our current initiatives.

Nicole Miller, Director of People @ Buffer

The 10 Questions I’ve Been Asked the Most in 400+ Values Screening Interviews

Feb 28, 2022 7 min read Open

Over the last year, I’ve done at least 400 values screening calls and I always turn the call over to the applicants to ask whatever questions they have for me. Here are the top ten questions I get asked and my responses.

Nicole Miller, Director of People @ Buffer

When Hiring We Screen Candidates for our Values, Here's How and Why

Feb 16, 2022 3 min read Open

The first interview candidates go through at Buffer is a values interview. Here's what it looks like and why we start with values.

Nicole Miller, Director of People @ Buffer

A Year And a Half Later, Here’s How The Four Day Workweek is Going at Buffer

Jan 20, 2022 6 min read Open

When we experimented with a four-day workweek it was initially for one month. As our CEO, Joel Gascoigne [https://twitter.com/joelgascoigne], wrote about in

Nicole Miller, Director of People @ Buffer

How Social Media Can Help You Find and Hire the Right People for Your Business

Dec 6, 2021 4 min read Flow

Hiring via social media should be so much bigger than just using LinkedIn. Read on for some insights from Buffer’s Director of People on how both small businesses and growing ones can create a strategy for finding the best talent via social media.

Nicole Miller, Director of People @ Buffer

4-Day Work Weeks: Results From 2020 and Our Plan for 2021

Feb 18, 2021 7 min read Open

In March and April of 2020, work and life as we knew it was changing. I surveyed our team members (all 84 of whom are

Nicole Miller, Director of People @ Buffer

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, Director of People @ Buffer

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, Director of People @ Buffer

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 [https://buffer.com/resources/mindful-swag/] – the branded merchandise

Nicole Miller, Director of People @ Buffer

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. [https://buffer.com/resources/dependents/] This benefit provides a

Nicole Miller, Director of People @ Buffer

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, Director of People @ Buffer

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 [https://buffer.com/resources/people-team/] spends a lot of time thinking about perks. One of our biggest and most important perks

Nicole Miller, Director of People @ Buffer

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 [https://buffer.com/about#values] is to improve consistently, so we focus a lot on learning. Up until recently,

Nicole Miller, Director of People @ Buffer

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 [https://buffer.com/state-of-remote-work-2019], we found that

Nicole Miller, Director of People @ Buffer

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, Director of People @ Buffer

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Onboarding: Is It Better To Have Teammates Start Together Or Stagger Their Onboarding?

How We're Helping Our Remote Team Feel More Connected

The 10 Questions I’ve Been Asked the Most in 400+ Values Screening Interviews

When Hiring We Screen Candidates for our Values, Here's How and Why

A Year And a Half Later, Here’s How The Four Day Workweek is Going at Buffer

How Social Media Can Help You Find and Hire the Right People for Your Business

4-Day Work Weeks: Results From 2020 and Our Plan for 2021

How We Hold an Engaging All Hands Meeting as a Remote Team

The Evolution of Onboarding at Buffer: How We Welcome New Teammates

Sustainable Swag: Aligning Our Values with Our Merchandise

Introducing Buffer’s Family Support Fund

The 39 Products Our All-Remote Team Can’t Live Without

Here’s Exactly How Much Our Company Spends on Perks & Benefits

Our ‘Growth Mindset’ Fund Gives Every Teammate $800/Year – Here’s How and Why

We Launched a Mastermind Partnership Program To Connect Teammates – Here’s How We Did it

Taming the ‘Fear of Missing Out’: How We Create a Retreat-From-Home Experience For Those Who Can’t Make It

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