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I feel like Netflix understands how to keep morale high, and that's paying top of market and firing people who don't deserve that pay. Free lunches, massage roo

I feel like Netflix understands how to keep morale high, and that's paying top of market and firing people who don't deserve that pay. Free lunches, massage rooms, etc are all marginally important compared to good pay. Perhaps Yahoo could innovate further by offering private offices. This isn't the panacea for innovation or a large company, but if the goal is to raise morale and hire top talent - I know those two things combined would get some experienced candidates to consider joining Yahoo.

kylec 11y ago
Or, you know, allow remote work. There are lots of talented programmers that don't live in the SF Bay area.
jedberg 11y ago
Those were some of the things that they did first. In her first month she made the meals free and gave raises to the top folks. Then she authorized management to hire new people at top of market. I had a few friends leave Netflix for Yahoo because they actually got raises and believed in the vision. Many have subsequently left when they realized the problems run deeper than that.