Workplace of the future

A collection of 316 posts

When Taking Fridays Off Can Help Our Team Get More Done: An AMA on the 4-Day Work Week

Apr 20, 2021 9 min read Workplace of the future

Since we first kicked off a 4-day work week in May 2020, people have had a lot of questions about it. What day are we

Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer

Inside Our Engineering Mentorship Program and How It Helps Our Engineers Grow

Mar 10, 2021 6 min read Open

Our Engineering team is the largest team at Buffer. It has a lot of moving pieces and is composed of several smaller teams. As with

Ivana Zuber, Engineering Manager @ 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, Team Engagement Manager @ Buffer

Reflecting on 10 Years of Building Buffer

Nov 30, 2020 19 min read Open

Today marks ten years since I launched the first version of Buffer. What started as a landing page to gauge interest, and then a very

Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer

When We Need to Move Quickly We Work in Task Forces. Here’s How We Set Them Up

Jul 30, 2020 4 min read Open

Making and communicating decisions across an organization can be a challenge anytime. Making decisions during a pandemic is a whole new level of challenge. When

Carolyn, Chief of Special Projects @ Buffer

Why Transparent Email Stopped Working For Us and What We Do Instead

Jul 2, 2020 6 min read Open

We used to have a system called "transparent email" for all internal communication at Buffer. That stopped working for us, here's what we do now.

Hailley Griffis, Head of Public Relations @ Buffer

When Taking Fridays Off Can Help Our Team Get More Done: An AMA on the 4-Day Work Week

Apr 20, 2021 9 min read Workplace of the future

Since we first kicked off a 4-day work week in May 2020, people have had a lot of questions about it. What day are we

Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer

Inside Our Engineering Mentorship Program and How It Helps Our Engineers Grow

Mar 10, 2021 6 min read Open

Our Engineering team is the largest team at Buffer. It has a lot of moving pieces and is composed of several smaller teams. As with

Ivana Zuber, Engineering Manager @ 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, Team Engagement Manager @ Buffer

Reflecting on 10 Years of Building Buffer

Nov 30, 2020 19 min read Open

Today marks ten years since I launched the first version of Buffer. What started as a landing page to gauge interest, and then a very

Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ Buffer

When We Need to Move Quickly We Work in Task Forces. Here’s How We Set Them Up

Jul 30, 2020 4 min read Open

Making and communicating decisions across an organization can be a challenge anytime. Making decisions during a pandemic is a whole new level of challenge. When

Carolyn, Chief of Special Projects @ Buffer

Why Transparent Email Stopped Working For Us and What We Do Instead

Jul 2, 2020 6 min read Open

We used to have a system called "transparent email" for all internal communication at Buffer. That stopped working for us, here's what we do now.

Hailley Griffis, Head of Public Relations @ Buffer

Introducing Our New Podcast: Buffer CultureLab

May 16, 2016 4 min read

Whenever I’m working on a new challenge and keep getting stuck, there’s one post that I seem to return to again and again.

Courtney Seiter, Former Director of People @ Buffer

Buffer Is Moving to a 4-Day Workweek for the Rest of 2020

Jun 17, 2020 5 min read Open

We’ve decided to conduct a long-term pilot of the 4-day workweek. See our results so far and what we're adding next.

Courtney Seiter, Former Director of People @ Buffer

We’re Trying a 4-Day Workweek for the Month of May

May 30, 2020 3 min read Open

As April comes to a close, and we look ahead to another month where our global team is living in various forms of lockdown and

Joel Gascoigne, CEO and co-founder @ 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, Team Engagement Manager @ Buffer

Is Remote Work Greener? We Calculated Buffer’s Carbon Footprint to Find Out

Apr 24, 2020 10 min read Open

I have always assumed that a remote company must have a lower carbon footprint, but is that true?

Juliet Chen, Team Buffer

Business as Abnormal: Every Message We’ve Shared With Our Team (So Far) During COVID-19

Apr 13, 2020 3 min read

No one knows how to work during a pandemic, and we’re all grappling through it together. So in the spirit of sharing, here are all of the internal messages we’ve shared with our team and shareholders during this time.

Courtney Seiter, Former Director of People @ Buffer