What We’ve Learned Launching a New Product as an 11-Year-Old Company
75% of product launches fail according to HBR. But you can weigh the odds in your favor. Read the lessons we’ve learned about releasing a new product as an 11-year-old company.
Join us as we share what we’re learning as we build a company that approaches work from a fresh perspective. We write about workplace culture, our finances, and our business decisions and strategies.
Why We Increase Our Team’s Salaries Every Year
Every year we increase our entire team’s salaries to keep up with market rates. Here's our why we do this and how it impacts operating expenses.
How We Offer Async Training To Our Fully-Distributed Customer Advocacy Team
At the beginning of this year, we had a chance to explore new asynchronous training ideas for our remote team. Here's how we formatted it and encouraged participation.
Onboarding: Is It Better To Have Teammates Start Together Or Stagger Their Onboarding?
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.
We Included Every Member of This Team in their New Teammate's Onboarding, Here’s Why
We tried including every member of our Advocacy team in onboarding for new Advocates. Not only did this new approach facilitate the new team member’s integration into our close-knit team, but it brought some surprise benefits, as well.
How We're Helping Our Remote Team Feel More Connected
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.
