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Netflix doesn't necessarily pay the best, but they pay well. Read this: http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664 http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/c
by tlinton 11y ago
Netflix doesn't necessarily pay the best, but they pay well. Read this:
http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664 http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664
- steven2012 11y agoThey pay their senior software engineers $350k+ per year.
- mikeryan 11y agoNot according to Glassdoor. Average Senior Software Engineer is $212k per year in total compensation. Directors of engineering are at $328.
- steven2012 11y agoNo it's $350k+. First off, I got this information first hand from someone I know who got a job offer there. Second, go check the H1B salaries from 2015, that shows the real salaries, not glassdoor.
- jedberg 11y agoGlassdoor is wrong. The pay at Netflix is much higher than it shows there. GP is much closer to the truth, but still low. Source: I was a senior engineer at Netflix.
- zerr 11y ago> GP is much closer to the truth, but still low > Source: I was a senior engineer at Netflix. OK, suppose it was $400K+. How do you describe your life (-work) balance? Also, may I ask you - was it your decision to leave Netflix? (and what you didn't like there?) Another thing: as you can see one can have wrong expectations - e.g. on salary negotiations one can ask for 250-300K while as you say, the norm is much higher... So do Netflix propose alternative much higher salary compared to what you've asked?
- jedberg 11y agoWork life balance was great. Sure there were crunch times, but for the most part it was 40 to 50 hours a week. If you were at the office at 7pm, you were there pretty much alone. When I started at Netflix, I asked for what I thought was a crazy salary, almost double what I was making previously. My boss said, "No, that's not high enough, lets give you 10K more". Every subsequent raise after that, my reaction was generally, "oh, that's more than I expected". Netflix knows that there is no point in low balling you, because you will soon find out and then be upset/leave. They never want to lose someone over a matter of money. They only feel good about losing someone because they no longer enjoyed their work.
- IshKebab 11y agoI would describe 40-50 hours a week as "ok", not "great". Great is 35-40 IMO.
- jedberg 11y agoI don't think you'll find a company in the bay area where people work less than 40 hours a week as an engineer.
- morgante 11y ago40-50 hours for a salary over $300k is great. It's practically unheard of in any field. Usually you have to make a severe tradeoff between good pay and good culture. Not so with Netflix.
- zerr 11y agoThanks, really interesting. One more thing to clarify - on top of that "$400K" salary, does Netflix also pays for social/health insurance (including family)? If not, how much you normally pay for such insurance? I mean, I've heard many times that while NET base salary e.g. in Microsoft or Adobe might be lower, when you add up all the benefits, bonuses, stocks - it becomes quite competitive to Netflix compensation. Also factor in the job security and family-friendliness and it becomes much more attractive... What do you think about this?