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Inside Our Product Process at Buffer: 6 Week Cycles and How We Run Them

Until pretty recently, we didn’t have a “product process” at Buffer when it came to how we built the product. Initially, we were proud of...

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This is Exactly Why And How We Do Customer Research at Buffer

It’s pretty difficult to get excited about research, right? It’s not exactly the most flashy subject and I don’t really know any kids who dream...

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We’ve Never Calculated How Long People Stay at Our Company Until Now – Here’s What We Learned

Imagine working at a company where on your first day the CEO says: “We are really excited to have you here. Now, how can I...

Company Culture

We Reversed Course on Performance Reviews – Here’s Why

The ability to change one’s mind, change course and try again is one of the things I like most about working at Buffer. It’s totally...

Company Culture

The Best Way We’ve Found To Get Employees To Take More Vacation Time (And It Isn’t Unlimited Vacation)

Like many other tech companies, we used to have an unlimited vacation policy as a way to encourage employees to take vacation days when it...

Company Culture

We’re Retiring The ‘Buffer Bootcamp’ Period For New Teammates – Here’s Why

The “Buffer Bootcamp” is a rite of passage that’s long been a staple of our culture at Buffer. This is the 45-day period that all...

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Learning Sabbatical: How Existing Employees Are Developing New Skills for Different Roles

We believe in constant experimentation and self-improvement at Buffer. You might know this if you’ve followed along with our trying self-management or making regular changes...

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The Research Behind How Brand Names Impact Customers and What Name We’ve Changed at Buffer

Names create an identity that people can associate with, they create perceptions and they let customers know what to expect. There is a lot of...

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The Next Step in Buffer’s Social Media Journey

Can you remember where you were seven years ago? I was in my apartment in Birmingham, UK, coding up the very first version of Buffer...

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Why We Decided To Give All Employees $20 per Month for Learning and Development

One of the 10 Buffer values we aspire to is constant self-improvement, which includes learning new skills, new information, new everything. Little did we know...

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The Buffer Teammate Protection Pledge: How We Protect Our Team When A Customer Is Abusive

Our whole team engages with many people online every day across various platforms. Most of these experiences are happy, positive, thought-provoking, and often quite funny....

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Batman and Robin: How We Describe Teammate Responsibilities

Have you ever worked on a project where it was unclear who — if anyone — was leading? ✋? I have. And it made me...

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