kevanlee

Good question. I lead the marketing team at Buffer, and we've had a couple cases where the computers have failed earlier than the renewal date (every 3 yrs). We reimburse a new laptop if it's needed. Otherwise, I really haven't experienced any "at-fault" scenarios or stolen laptops. My sample size is pretty small though (4 years, 10 marketing teammates).

Good point. We (Buffer) do everything in-house, so there's no additional advertising production cost.

Good one. Buffer is a fully remote/distributed team with no office.

That being said, expenses like Internet go to the admin budget and not marketing.

Thanks for the question. (I work at Buffer and wrote the budget article) :)