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This reminds me of a slide deck allegedly about Netflix's company culture, that I think I first came across on reddit. https://igormroz.com/documents/netflix_c

This reminds me of a slide deck allegedly about Netflix's company culture, that I think I first came across on reddit. https://igormroz.com/documents/netflix_culture.pdf https://igormroz.com/documents/netflix_culture.pdf In particular, this part rubbed many people off negatively: We’re a team, not a family We’re like a pro sports team, not a kid’s recreational team Coaches’ job at every level of Neflix: to hire, develop and cut smartly, so we have stars in every position The Keeper Test Managers Use: “Which of my people, if they told me they were leaving in two months for a similar job at a peer company, would I fight hard to keep at Netflix? The other people should get a generous severance now, so we can open a slot to try to find a star for that role

mirkules 8y ago
What really rubbed me the wrong way is the Planet Money podcast about Netflix called “Hard work is irrelevant”. If how Netflix is portrayed in the podcast is true, the environment is really toxic and these allegations unsurpring. Here’s an excerpt: > When I was initially hurt and I needed some time away, I just went into Patty and said, I to take a break. They don't want me to type. They don't want me sitting - all this kind of stuff. She's like OK. That's all she said - OK. Let me know when you're feeling better. > I was out for weeks, and I kept checking in. Like, I'm thinking, they going to fire me. They're going to find somebody else. And I'd just send her a note saying, they still want me to rest. She'd write back, OK, hope you feel better. > Six weeks, eight weeks, 10 weeks - I finally went to her and I said, you know, maybe we should formalize this. Maybe I need to go on short-term disability or something like that. And she goes, if that's want you want to do. I said, well, I'd love to come back. She goes, yeah, kiddo, I don't know. And I'm like, OK. And I knew it immediately. It's like, OK, they've already pivoted. https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=435583328 https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?stor...
- pxue 8y ago
  That was a scary and sad read.

mirkules 8y ago

What really rubbed me the wrong way is the Planet Money podcast about Netflix called “Hard work is irrelevant”. If how Netflix is portrayed in the podcast is true, the environment is really toxic and these allegations unsurpring. Here’s an excerpt: > When I was initially hurt and I needed some time away, I just went into Patty and said, I to take a break. They don't want me to type. They don't want me sitting - all this kind of stuff. She's like OK. That's all she said - OK. Let me know when you're feeling better. > I was out for weeks, and I kept checking in. Like, I'm thinking, they going to fire me. They're going to find somebody else. And I'd just send her a note saying, they still want me to rest. She'd write back, OK, hope you feel better. > Six weeks, eight weeks, 10 weeks - I finally went to her and I said, you know, maybe we should formalize this. Maybe I need to go on short-term disability or something like that. And she goes, if that's want you want to do. I said, well, I'd love to come back. She goes, yeah, kiddo, I don't know. And I'm like, OK. And I knew it immediately. It's like, OK, they've already pivoted. https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=435583328 https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?stor...

pxue 8y ago
That was a scary and sad read.