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Buffer’s Salary Calculator

An easy way for anyone to see what they’d make at Buffer.

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#5 Product of the DayDecember 06, 2017

Using Buffer's newly designed and improved salary calculator, anyone can see what they'd make with Buffer's latest salary formula no matter where they live in the world.

The salary calculator takes into account a person's role, experience level, and the cost of living in the city they're in.

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The Next Evolution of Transparent Salaries: Our New Remote-First Formula and Updated Salary Calculator - OpenFour years ago we introduced transparent salaries at Buffer. The practice has in many ways come to define us. We're proud of this, and the positive impact that it has had both within the team and in the wider community. A growing company brings change and new learnings.
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  • Arjun Krishna VasishtCo-founder and CTO at TapChief
    Pros: 

    Tells me the salary based on two very simple inputs

    Cons: 

    An explanation of why the role multiplier and cost of living is is used is missing.

    An explanation of whether the value shown is the CTC(Cost to the Company) or the Cash in Hand would be helpful

    Arjun Krishna Vasisht has used this product for one day.
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Soumitra Sengupta@soumitrasen · Marketer
Big fan of Buffer's transparency. I think this is a great idea for talent acquisition.
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Paul Thomson@thomsonaus · Customer Advocate at Buffer
Woohooo! So proud of the incredible work y'all are doing! 😍
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Tom Benattar@tombenattar · Co-founder @PixelMe
BOOOOMMM amazing! 🙌
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Vishal D@vishaldwivedi9 · Marketer, Invariably Late
Big fan of buffer and their transparent strategy .. govt. organisations should follow the same specially for all their projects and people/companies involved with it
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Josh Lewis!@joshlewis
Does it seem weird to anyone else that (at least for software engineers) they're aiming at the 50th percentile for salary? That seems like a great way to get mediocre engineers.
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Timelinr@gotimelinr · The most fun you've ever had planning!
@joshlewis Not if everything else lines up. Benefits, etc.
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