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      3.7

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (30 total reviews)
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      Joel Gascoigne

      70% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

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      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture and values

      3.1

      Senior management

      3.0

      Career opportunities

      2.7

      Diversity and inclusion

      Buffer has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 30 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Buffer employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      30 reviews
      3.0
      19 Feb 2023

      Great colleagues, culture seems great on the surface but has some serious issues when you dig deeper

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Remote first culture, a lot of empathetic and caring employees, opportunity to travel globally for company retreats, 4 day workweek, good work life balance.

      Cons

      - Typical founder-CEO problems. The CEO has never led a bigger company, has minimal other industry experience, and didn’t bring in or encourage new viewpoints (execs were mostly promoted from within). - The company considers itself very inclusive, but that inclusivity is centered around its white, millennial, mostly male, early employee group who hold and exert most of the power. Outsiders are unlikely to get into the inner circles where the power/influence is. - They’ve fired their last 3 employees in charge of diversity and inclusion, including 2 talented Black women, and have fired or been unable to retain many of their other Black employees. - Limited career growth opportunities due to lack of company growth.

      2.0
      25 Oct 2018

      Don't drink the Kool-Aid...

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Working remotely Seemingly nice people (not all are...some are passive aggressive) Pay is good and transparent Global retreats

      Cons

      People can be fake Upper management can be flaky It is not the "dream" job, other reviews claim it is People can take on too much and not deliver with no consequence CEO can be moody

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      Buffer Response
      7y
      Hey there, thanks so much for sharing so openly the areas where we have room for improvement. It's really helpful to hear that more structure and policy might be something we could benefit from, as well as working on clear communication and feedback (to fix that feeling of passive aggression you noted). Thank you for caring enough to want to improve things, and for the time you have given to Buffer so far. I hope we can turn things around for you.
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