As with the rest of the Buffer team, our Advocacy team was thrilled when we first experimented with a four-day work week in May 2020. Unique to this team, though, was a bit of wariness around the success of a four-day work week for a customer-facing team. As a company,…
Caryn Hubbard is Buffer’s VP of Finance
I’m happy to share that Caryn Hubbard was recently promoted to Buffer’s VP of Finance. 🎉 Caryn has been on the Buffer team for over five years now and has made huge contributions in her time on the team, both as the leader of our Finance team and as a…
Tyler Wanlass is Buffer’s VP of Design
I’m happy to share that Tyler Wanlass recently became Buffer’s VP of Design. 🎉 Tyler has been on the Buffer team for over five years now, initially joining as a Product Manager before he transitioned to our first Head of Design. Throughout 2020, while we were hiring for a new…
When Taking Fridays Off Can Help Our Team Get More Done: An AMA on the 4-Day Work Week
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 taking off? How long will we continue this practice? Is everyone really working four-days a week or are some people working more? Some of the…
2021 Pay Analysis: How We’ve Lowered Our Gender Pay Gap From 15% to 5.5%
Buffer has been built on the belief that transparency builds trust, holds us accountable, and can push our industry forward. Our salaries have been transparent since 2013, and for the fifth year in a row, we’re sharing our transparent pay analysis. In this report, we share the difference between what…
How We Decide What To Pay Our Team: Our Salary Formula and Compensation Philosophy
Compensation is an important topic at any company. At a company like Buffer, where our salaries have been transparent since 2013, compensation is a transparent internal discussion where the whole Buffer team can share thoughts and feedback. A lot has changed in our salary formula over the past few years.…
Inside Our Engineering Mentorship Program and How It Helps Our Engineers Grow
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 any large team, we’re keen to make sure no one individual lacks guidance or an opportunity to grow. In this post, I’ll share a little…
Hack-Week: Embedding Our Values and Causes in Our Product
Towards the end of 2020, the Buffer engineering team held a two-day hack event where the team explored ideas that aligned with both our personal and company values. Whilst we strive to bring our personal and company values into the things that we build, sometimes it’s good to take a…
4-Day Work Weeks: Results From 2020 and Our Plan for 2021
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 spread out across the globe) to understand the best way to help them cope with so many things shifting at once. I especially wanted to…
Shareholder Update: Q4, 2020 — 2020 Results and What’s Ahead
Note: This is the quarterly update sent to Buffer shareholders, with a bit of added information for context. We share these updates transparently as a part of our default to transparency value. See all of our revenue on our public revenue dashboard and see all of our reports and updates…