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- "Netflix is staffed with great people and those that are not so great get terminated." (in 127 reviews)
- "Culture of freedom and responsibility is taken seriously and results in an productive and mature working environment." (in 92 reviews)
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Return to all Reviews- 5.0Jan 22, 2011Engineering ManagerCurrent EmployeeLos Gatos, CA
Pros
* 'Freedom and Responsibility Culture' = Lots of individual control (Read Reed's slide deck) * If you're part of a well-run team, you'll love it - Excellent compensation - Unique stock option program with personal choice for $$$ allocated - Fast-paced environment with lots of challenges - It's the largest streaming movie service in the world and it's just getting better - Extremely open with corporate information sharing (no internal culture of secrecy like Apple) - Incredible execution over the last couple years - the methods can be controversial, but you can't argue with the quarterly/annual results
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* "High Performance Culture" = You can hang yourself easily and get canned (Read Reed's slide deck) * If you join a mis-managed group, you'll be posting a negative review on here soon. :-) - Average benefits programs - Inexperienced managers can mis-apply the "high performance culture" philosophy and lead to the "culture of fear" some people have complained about in certain organizations - Double-standard for performance: VP/C-level staff appear immune from "high performance culture". Reed rocks, but some of the others are average/good, not exceptional.
23 - 5.0Feb 13, 2012Anonymous EmployeeCurrent EmployeeLos Gatos, CA
Pros
Excellent co-workers and leadership. Culture of freedom and responsibility is taken seriously and results in an productive and mature working environment.
Cons
The culture leads to a necessity to communicate. Folks who do not want to communicate honestly will falter. It also critical to take initiative. Those with a lack of initiative will struggle.
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