Netflix – “Pay was great, leadership was horrendous..”
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Great Pay
Decent health plan
Great amenities
Building was well maintained/clean
Decent Swag
Plenty of parking
That's about all for the "pros' and that was a stretch.
Cons
Netflix is an HR driven company. As far as I am concerned they are the "bullies" of Netflix. Nothing is confidential. Be prepared, whatever you discuss with an HR employee will be leaked out to nearly everyone at Netflix. They will take confidential information and turn it into the joke of the day. Senior/Executive HR staff is crass and they seem to think cursing in front of others and telling lewd jokes is appropriate workplace etiquette.
No-vacation policy (As far as I am concerned, it is a scam). They work you so hard you feel guilty about taking time off. Between the blackberry they "give" you as soon as you walk through the door, and the laptop you will receive, you are never off the clock.
The revolving door in this place will literally make you dizzy. During my time at Netflix I can't even begin to count how many employees were terminated or resigned on a daily basis. Senior management even seemed to be desensitized to the large number of terminations.
No job security. You can be doing a fantastic job one day and the next day you are "re-structured"
Reed - Do yourself a favor.. Hire senior staff who truly understands the values that you believe in and who want their employees to embrace them. Currently the values are about as clear as mud. If one truly tries to abide by every aspect of what it reads, they will be fired. Wake up buddy, you are smarter that? Aren’t you?
Advice to Senior Management
Stop having meetings about having more meetings. A lot of managers at Netflix seem to be good at doing that. What amazed me is that even though all they do is seem to be locked in conference rooms all day, nothing good ever comes out of them. Perhaps they are plotting who to fire next??
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Sour grapes.........naw.
Don't judge those that have gone before you as you may be next.
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That said, for the investor this is a very well run company. During my stint there I gleaned everything I could about operations, marketing, customer usage and product strategy. One thing they were good at was keeping employees appraised of company strategy. I loaded up on NFLX because I knew it intimately and knew it was very well run, from an investor's perspective. It counterbalanced my portfolio's big losers during the economic downturn. I'm concerned about the transition to streaming but so far, so good.
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This thread has been great, I wish I had read it before accepting their job offer.
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by Gone forever-Thank GOD: