Buffer
Social media management platform
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Social Media
- Pacific Heights, San Francisco, CA
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Company mission
To provide essential tools to help small businesses get off the ground and grow. Through exceptional customer service and uplifting content, helping businesses believe they can succeed and do good along the way.
15% employee growth in 12 months
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Our take
Buffer is a social media management platform helping businesses and individuals drive meaningful engagement on their social media accounts. With a suite of products designed for publishing, engagement, analytics, and team collaboration, Buffer is integrated with some of the biggest social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok.
It acts as an all-in-one stop for social media planning, scheduling and managing, and when comparing the platform to its competitors, Buffer claims to offer the most value for money, making it the perfect platform for creators of all sizes looking to manage their social media and grow their audience without draining their time.
Buffer is a private and independent company that's now been operating for over 14 years. True to their philosophy of doing things a little differently, Buffer has been remote since its early years, it also intentionally maintains a small team of around 75 employees, publishes all employee salaries publicly, and operates on a four-day work week.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- 4-Day workweeks: Our schedule is four workdays, with a flexible, meeting-free fifth day for overflow tasks or personal time as you see fit
- Health insurance: We offer health insurance for all of our team members, international or US
- Home office setup: Get a laptop + $500 to set up your home office!
- 'Growth mindset' fund: Extra money for learning and development
- Minimum vacation: At least 3 weeks/year!
- Working smarter stipend: Get some extra cash for a co-working space or a coffee shop work
- Profit sharing: When the company does well, all team members share the profits!
- Family leave: 16 weeks of family leave for all parents, fully paid
- Retreats: When we can, we meet in person for company get-togethers
- Free books and Kindle: Get a free Kindle and all the free books - digital, physical, and audio - you like, anytime
- Work remotely: Live and work wherever you like!
- Sabbaticals: Take a 6-week break, fully paid, after every 5 years with Buffer
Company values
- Default to transparency
- Improve consistently
- Be a no-ego doer
- Show gratitude
- Choose optimism
- Reflect to unblock
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2014
$3.5m
SERIES A
Dec 2011
$0.4m
ANGEL
Total funding: $3.9m
Leadership
Joel Gascoigne
(CEO)Graduated from the University of Warwick with a Masters of Engineering and Computing Science.