Case Study: GasBuddy achieves inclusive parental leave and dedicated nursing support with Dwolla

GasBuddy - Customer Case Study

GasBuddy, featured on Dwolla’s blog, confronted a workplace inclusion challenge when CEO Sarah McCrary returned to work as a new mother and found pumping breast milk during the day disruptive, uncomfortable and stigmatized. The company used her experience to audit its support for new parents and identify gaps in policy, facilities and culture that were making it harder for nursing parents to balance work and family.

Dwolla highlighted GasBuddy’s response: the company implemented a paid parental leave policy (12 weeks for the birthing partner combining short‑term disability at 60% with paid leave, and seven weeks for the non‑birthing partner), encouraged leaders and the board to model and endorse leave, and built a dedicated mothers’ room with a sink, fridge, storage and supplies. Those changes let McCrary stay engaged on her own terms, normalized parental leave across genders, improved day‑to‑day experiences for nursing employees, and left the business “fine, maybe even better” — concrete results Dwolla used to showcase how inclusion can be made real.

GasBuddy

Sarah McCrary

Chief Executive Officer