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male_salmon
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Comment #10262538
This New York Magazine article might help: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/they-were-quirk...
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Comment #3012350
I might agree with you if Netflix ran their DVD business in a few other countries. That is not the case however. The DVD business is still profitable. Reed said it's unlikely he'll…
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Comment #3012286
With billing, most of us already maintain different accounts with different e-commerce sites. One more is not that bad. Ratings on either Qwikster or Netflix will benefit you becau…
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Comment #3012273
As Reed says, the streaming business is global, but the DVD business is US-only. Maintaining code that services functions that apply in some locales but not others will slow down N…
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Comment #3012255
Just out of curiosity, why would maintaining two accounts be so painful? If that were so, wouldn't it be equally painful to maintain different social network accounts (assuming you…
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Comment #2297869
In Singapore, the drinking age is 18, so he actually would've been fine.
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Comment #2030369
Not true. You can opt for family coverage but there are more out-of-pocket costs for the employee. I don't know how this compares with other companies though.
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Comment #2030335
You can watch instantly using a variety of browsers including Firefox and Chrome on Windows and OS X.
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Comment #2029932
Not true. I have health benefits (incl. dental and vision), FSA, free lunch, coffee, snacks, soda, etc.
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Comment #2029923
Not true. I have health benefits from Netflix.
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Comment #2029839
I work at Netflix and I cannot say that my experience reflects this particular review. I like working here because my coworkers are intelligent and I get to work on exciting projec…
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Comment #1462543
Neil Gaiman also took a lot of flack when it was revealed how much he charged for speaking engagements. But when he explained his reasoning, I came to see how his high fee rate was…
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Comment #1385366
I have no direct knowledge of how we use that survey, but I suspect that an outlier such as yourself would not affect the results of the survey. If there is a wide-spread drop in q…
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Comment #1385304
Also, we're hiring: http://www.netflix.com/Jobs