Posts Tagged ‘Netflix’

What We Can Learn from Netflix about Company Culture

Posted by • August 6th, 2009 • 1 Comment

Yesterday, Hacking Netflix, a blog dedicated to discussing all things Netflix, got a hold of an internal company report that was designed to explain the company’s philosophy to its own staff. As TechCrunch blogger MG Seigler suggests “other companies should have to read this.” But how do Netflix employees respond to corporate values and how much do they like working at the company?

Netflix Reviews – Glassdoor Review

Netflix was recognized in the Glassdoor 2009 Best Places to Work list, an employees’ choice award that was announced in late 2008. But does this mean that Netflix employees still love getting up every morning and heading to the office? Do they enjoy their job and the company? Included below are some recent comments from Netflix employees that perhaps teach the rest of us some lessons and practices we can apply or hope to have applied within our own companies:

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Movie Magic? Netflix Reports Profit

Posted by • January 28th, 2009 • 3 Comments

Amidst today’s regular news reports of home foreclosures, sinking corporate profits and high unemployment rates, Netflix breaks away from the pack and posts a quarterly profit increase of 45 percent this week.

So what’s the “secret sauce” that has this company doing so well in a down economy? Well, maybe many people are foregoing trips to the movie theatre and are instead watching DVDs on their couch, but you won’t get a detailed economic analysis from us. What we have seen from the Netflix reviews on Glassdoor.com is that Netflix is mixing their own recipe for success in creating a great work environment. The company is known as a great employer in Silicon Valley and currently has an overall rating of 4.1 on Glassdoor.com with a slightly higher rating of 4.4 at the company’s headquarters location in Los Gatos, Calif.

A culture rich in collaboration and teamwork is one key ingredient to the company’s great work environment, according to many employees. Here’s what an Netflix Engineering Director had to say:

Netflix is a great place to work with an extraordinary group of people – There’s no micro managing here and everyone is allowed to take responsibility for their own projects. There’s an amazing ...

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Employees’ Choice Unveiled: Glassdoor Announces Top Best Places to Work

Posted by • December 29th, 2008 • 6 Comments

Since launching early this year, nearly 75,000 employees have come to Glassdoor to anonymously contribute salary information and share opinions about their company’s work environment and rate their overall satisfaction. We decided to tabulate the results and see who rated highest… and lowest. We are proud to announce the ultimate Employees’ Choice Awards for Workplaces in our first annual Best Places to Work Top 50¹ list.

Congratulations to General Mills, which topped the list of companies rated by their employees with a 4.5 company rating (on a 5-point scale) while giving General Mills CEO Ken Powell a 96% approval rating. It’s not hard to see why when looking at reviews². One employee writes “I’m proud to work for GMI! They are good community partners, they genuinely care about diversity, and they are well respected as a company. They are consistently ranked among the best companies to work for and their pay/benefits are competitive. The headquarters…is rather impressive as well boasting an impressive cafeteria, health facility…You could probably live on campus if you wanted to. These amenities go a long way into making the real life more manageable so that you can focus on performing well at your job.”

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