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Netflix Employees Are Happier with Their Job Than Facebook or Google Employees

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Re: Netflix Employees Are Happier with Their Job Than Facebook or Google Employees

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Post by flukus »

jackcnreturns wrote: post #36
shmerl wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. DRM only hurts legitimate users. 2. Netflix claimed it's not their intent to use DRM, but demand comes from film publishers who distribute content through them. 3. Netflix make their own films now, but you can't find them DRM-free (legally). Ergo, it's also their fault DRM was pushed into HTML. Q.E.D.

For whatever reason you seem to be on a puritanical crusade against anything DRM. So tell me again how Netflix subscribers, who are only purchasing the right to be able to stream videos on a limited release cycle, are hurt by Netflix's use of DRM? I followed the massive draconian DRM push by the gaming industry, MPAA and RIAA during the 00s and let me tell you son - this ain't nothing close.

As someone else mentioned, netflix subscribers are hurt because only people using edge can get the 1080p version due to DRM. Non-paying pirates get the good version, paying customers get the low quality one.

Re: Netflix Employees Are Happier with Their Job Than Facebook or Google Employees

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Post by ravenstine »

mikeyouse wrote: post #29
dilemma wrote: post #24

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Netflix is in the red, I believe.

Nah, they reliably make ~$100M per quarter in net income and have a few billion in cash reserves. They're on very stable financial footing.

income =/= profit

Re: Netflix Employees Are Happier with Their Job Than Facebook or Google Employees

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Post by dilemma »

mikeyouse wrote: post #29
dilemma wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Netflix is in the red, I believe.

Nah, they reliably make ~$100M per quarter in net income and have a few billion in cash reserves. They're on very stable financial footing.

Their content production is amortized over 5 years. In reality, they're in the red.

Re: Netflix Employees Are Happier with Their Job Than Facebook or Google Employees

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Post by dmoy »

ravenstine wrote: post #42
mikeyouse wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nah, they reliably make ~$100M per quarter in net income and have a few billion in cash reserves. They're on very stable financial footing.

income =/= profit

Isn't net income == net profit?

Re: Netflix Employees Are Happier with Their Job Than Facebook or Google Employees

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Post by jlesk »

canttestthis wrote: post #27
brailsafe wrote: post #16

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Do they fire quickly based on culture fit or some performance measure?

Their culture is singularly focused on performance... so both.

Netflix employee here. We have a high performance culture, certainly, but it's not the singular focus. I have probably seen just as many people let go for their inability to work well with others as anything performance-related.

From our culture page:

"...there are no “brilliant jerks.” The cost to teamwork is just too high. Our view is that brilliant people are also capable of decent human interactions, and we insist upon that."

https://jobs.netflix.com/culture

Re: Netflix Employees Are Happier with Their Job Than Facebook or Google Employees

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Post by eitally »

baddox wrote: post #21
brogrammernot wrote: post #14

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I also don’t know a single engineer whose total comp is below $300k at Netflix. They get paid well and the caliber of talent is top tier.

I could certainly be wrong! That feels shockingly high as an average, but good on Netflix for valuing talent. Something to aspire to. ;)

It is shockingly high, but it's true. It's also a produce or leave environment where folks don't stick around who aren't, as the previous poster says, "top tier."

Re: Netflix Employees Are Happier with Their Job Than Facebook or Google Employees

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Post by nickonline »

shmerl wrote: post #25
nickonline wrote: post #10

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Pretty minor part of their business though

Still a major impact on the standard itself.

but we're talking about an ethical shell game impacting mental state not the technical standards for the wider internet.

Re: Netflix Employees Are Happier with Their Job Than Facebook or Google Employees

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Post by pmiller2 »

Bahamut wrote: post #3

That Glassdoor reference on Netflix software engineer salaries is wrong/outdated from my understanding - I don’t know a single Netflixer making less than $300k. Netflix seems to have an unusually open culture in general, including topics such as salary - they put their money where their mouth is and basically egg everyone on to beat them. Gotta respect that a company is willing to do that (I don’t work for them, but…

Aren't they also an extremely cutthroat culture? Being open about that doesn't make it any more appealing to me.

Re: Netflix Employees Are Happier with Their Job Than Facebook or Google Employees

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Post by shmerl »

nickonline wrote: post #48
shmerl wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still a major impact on the standard itself.

but we're talking about an ethical shell game impacting mental state not the technical standards for the wider internet.

I'd say being hypocrites about their DRM attitude is unethical enough.
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