Please add your holidays for each year by the end of the previous year. | ‣ ‣ | | PTO (Vacation, personal time) | Use this category for days of rest or personal time away from work.

We recommend including a minimum of at least one 2-week vacation!

Your manager will need time to consider and discuss or approve your request, so please submit them in advance; we recommend at least a month’s notice when possible. | ‣ | | Sick Leave | Days off for physical recovery. This can be planned, for a scheduled procedure, or unplanned, due to illness.

We do not require doctor's notes for sick days. Please just document it in Timetastic, and also let your manager and team know in Slack about unplanned absences due to sickness. | ‣ | | Conference | Use this category when you attend a non-Buffer-hosted professional event.

These also need to be approved, so please give your manager at least a month’s notice. | ‣ | | Bereavement or Caretaking Needs | Bereavement or Compassionate Leave is applied when you are grieving the loss of a loved one.

This does not need to be approved in Timetastic, but please communicate with your manager about your expected timeline, if and when you can. | ‣ | | Family or Long Term Leave | Family leave is most often used when teammates add a new child to their family (including for adoption).

This type of leave may also be used in cases of extended caregiving needs.

This category requires approval and planning conversations with your manager. | ‣ ‣ | | Work Travel | Use this category for team meetups, retreats, or any Buffer-related travel! | ‣ | | Team Time Off | This category covers the time during which “Buffer is Closed.” This is assigned at the company level. Some teams develop on-call schedules, so please communicate with your team in advance. We usually do a week of Team Time Off in the last week of the year. | ‣ | | Sabbatical Leave | Teammates may take a 6-week sabbatical after reaching 5 years at Buffer. Please start planning and connect with your manager at least 6 months in advance. | ‣ | | Working | Teammates use this to mark days that they’ll be working, especially if it falls outside of their usual scheduled work days. This is usually used by Advocacy or on-call teammates. | ‣ | | Jury Duty | Please use this category when you’re assigned Jury Duty! | ‣ | | Other | For any situations that don’t fit into our other leave types. | ‣ |