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Feel free to attack my knowledge of Netflix, but the opinions left by employees in that link I posted are pretty damning. That said, you base your argument sole

Feel free to attack my knowledge of Netflix, but the opinions left by employees in that link I posted are pretty damning. That said, you base your argument solely on the perks advertised without acknowledging the nuance and politics of large companies, and what they advertise is never quite as rosy as it sounds. Frankly, it sounds to me like you don't know much about Netflix either. A small sample of reviews: "Work life balance is a joke at times but it depends on team and manager" "High turnover rate, culture of fear" "most managers are stressed out all the time and encouraged to weed out employees no longer useful or not performing to "high standards" "Culture is a lie" "Take the good salary with the risk it gives. You will be let go, it's just a matter of when."

remote_phone 8y ago
Do you even live in Silicon Valley? Netflix is known to pay top of the market and the ones who work there love it. And Glassdoor is known to produce “ratings” biased by disgruntled employees. Go on blind and talk directly to Netflix engineers. The ones that fit the culture are universally happy. The ones that are unhappy are the ones who likely aren’t good fits and will get let go soon. My friend said he saw 20 people let go in 2 years. But he’s genuinely happy being there and makes over $600,000/yr.
- dang 8y ago
  Some of your comments were probably downvoted because you began them with personal swipes. Could you please edit those out when posting here? They break the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. It's a pity, because it does sound like you know something about this topic.
- save_ferris 8y ago
  Not sure how where I live factors into this argument at all. > The ones who work there love it. Again, this clearly isn't true based on what's posted on Glassdoor. Many people have written about being blindsided and fired without any warning or indication. That kind of environment gets toxic, clearly not everyone who works there is happy. There's a reason the word "cult" gets dropped constantly. Are you saying those people who claimed to be fired despite good performance are just trolls who've never actually worked there? If anything, Glassdoor review bias tends to skew towards companies because HR departments send out internal emails asking employees to fill out positive reviews to counter the negative reviews. I've been asked to fill out positive employment reviews by my employer on multiple occasions throughout my career, but perhaps my experience is unusual. > My friend said he saw 20 people let go in 2 years. But he’s genuinely happy being there and makes over $600,000/yr. How he doesn't wonder when they're going to axe him is beyond me, but I'm not privy to his situation. In most companies, turnover like that dramatically destabilizes the culture and retention of truly outstanding employees.
  - hopler 8y ago
    If you double my pay and axe me after half my otherwise expected tenure, I'll thank you.

remote_phone 8y ago

Do you even live in Silicon Valley? Netflix is known to pay top of the market and the ones who work there love it. And Glassdoor is known to produce “ratings” biased by disgruntled employees. Go on blind and talk directly to Netflix engineers. The ones that fit the culture are universally happy. The ones that are unhappy are the ones who likely aren’t good fits and will get let go soon. My friend said he saw 20 people let go in 2 years. But he’s genuinely happy being there and makes over $600,000/yr.

dang 8y ago
Some of your comments were probably downvoted because you began them with personal swipes. Could you please edit those out when posting here? They break the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. It's a pity, because it does sound like you know something about this topic.
save_ferris 8y ago
Not sure how where I live factors into this argument at all. > The ones who work there love it. Again, this clearly isn't true based on what's posted on Glassdoor. Many people have written about being blindsided and fired without any warning or indication. That kind of environment gets toxic, clearly not everyone who works there is happy. There's a reason the word "cult" gets dropped constantly. Are you saying those people who claimed to be fired despite good performance are just trolls who've never actually worked there? If anything, Glassdoor review bias tends to skew towards companies because HR departments send out internal emails asking employees to fill out positive reviews to counter the negative reviews. I've been asked to fill out positive employment reviews by my employer on multiple occasions throughout my career, but perhaps my experience is unusual. > My friend said he saw 20 people let go in 2 years. But he’s genuinely happy being there and makes over $600,000/yr. How he doesn't wonder when they're going to axe him is beyond me, but I'm not privy to his situation. In most companies, turnover like that dramatically destabilizes the culture and retention of truly outstanding employees.
- hopler 8y ago
  If you double my pay and axe me after half my otherwise expected tenure, I'll thank you.