Author: Hailley Griffis

[ad_1] I’ve been lucky that we have closed down for the final week of the yr for the final seven years that I’ve been at Buffer. We kicked off this on the finish of 2016 and have stored up yearly since then.Closing down for the final week of the yr is a chance to pause and recharge. It’s like a reset, besides throughout the entire firm. I like telling folks about this follow at Buffer as a result of they’ve so many questions on how we proceed to function whereas closing down for every week.As we work with many small…

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[ad_1] Beginning and operating your individual enterprise could be extremely hectic. One survey of small enterprise homeowners from Capital One discovered that 42 % of them are at present experiencing burnout or have skilled it throughout the previous month. Because of this having an excellent assist system is invaluable for entrepreneurs. Having an area to share the ups and downs of small enterprise possession and having folks round you who perceive your challenges may also help make you extra resilient and in a position to climate the storm that’s small enterprise possession.We spoke to a number of unimaginable small enterprise…

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[ad_1] As a wholly distant workforce of greater than 80 individuals, how we talk is crucial to how we function as an organization, collaborate, and construct a stable distant tradition. As they are saying, clear is type. So we purpose to be clear in our communication with one another throughout the workforce, and clear as an organization what these expectations for communication finest practices are so everybody could be aligned. We did not all the time have communications expectations written down. After I joined Buffer in 2016, it was one thing I discovered by way of others whereas onboarding. On…

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[ad_1] In July and August of this yr, I had the unimaginable expertise of taking seven weeks off of labor — totally paid. I benefited from our beneficiant sabbatical coverage (extra on that under) to take a break from work. It had been a very busy yr, and I had two new teammates take part February after which a 3rd in April who all reported to me— so the timing was tight right here to get everybody onboarded and operational earlier than I went on sabbatical. I used to be fairly nervous about taking such an prolonged interval off of…

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[ad_1] Do you ever want there was a shortcut to raised understanding everybody you labored with? I particular have.At Buffer, we have had assorted paperwork to speak work preferences through the years. Some of us have kicked off particular paperwork known as working manuals or management blueprints. Nonetheless, we have by no means had something centralized or standardized, which is usually a superpower for this sort of inner communication and collaboration, particularly as a completely distant group. Earlier this yr, we determined it was time to make a easy template that any teammate may copy and reference in a single…

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[ad_1] For the primary time since we began analyzing the gender pay hole at Buffer, our unadjusted gender pay hole is under one p.c. Though this quantity will definitely fluctuate with crew modifications, we're proud and blissful to see this progress. ❤️As a reminder, unadjusted implies that we’re evaluating all salaries throughout Buffer. Adjusted is evaluating two individuals in the identical function, we don’t have an adjusted pay hole as we use a wage components to find out compensation.Right here’s a better have a look at our pay evaluation from 2022 and a few of the components from this previous…

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