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I have mixed emotions with Buffer's shtick. On the one hand there's something fresh and unique about it. On the other, I think: just put your heads down and get to work serving customers!

I'm guessing the main benefit of the open-ness is marketing. I doubt it helps the company much beyond that.

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Well, except for hiring. When they get to that again.

Sometimes just vocalizing things came lead to new insight. I like their approach, minus the salary transparancy.

> When they get to that again.

Looks like they're still hiring: https://buffer.com/journey/full-stack-developer

> Looks like they're still hiring: https://buffer.com/journey/full-stack-developer

Yeah that's what I was going to say, there's a link to the we're hiring page on the new salary formula spreadsheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l3bXAv8JE5RB9siMq36-...

Same logic goes for hiring. If you need to use this kind of gimmicky tactic--which is obviously bad for the company in the long run--to find new hires, it probably means you need to focus more on the core product to turn it into something that is naturally attractive for potential employees.

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