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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 skybrian »

flukus wrote: post #41
jackcnreturns wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Who are these videophiles who actually care about 1080p? It seems like if the show is any good, you don't need 1080p to enjoy it.

Okay, I'm old, but we watched movies on VHS and it was a lot better than broadcast signal in a rural area. DVD's are very clear in comparison. HDTV is just icing on the cake.

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

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Post by shmerl »

skybrian wrote: post #51
flukus wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Who are these videophiles who actually care about 1080p? It seems like if the show is any good, you don't need 1080p to enjoy it. Okay, I'm old, but we watched movies on VHS and it was a lot better than broadcast signal in a rural area. DVD's are very clear in comparison. HDTV is just icing on the cake.

If you have a high resolution display, you'll get grainy video if the source is not high resolution enough.

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

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Post by fro0116 »

eitally wrote: post #47
baddox wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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."

By "top tier", do you also mean people who are willing to put in longer than normal hours and deal with a super-competitive culture and the office politics and drama that come with it?

Or am I reading too much into the quotations? I'm honestly just interested in hearing more about what the culture at Netflix is like.

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

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Post by CaptSpify »

analognoise wrote: post #35
pmoriarty wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"If you want to steal shit that's your prerogative, but don't pretend like you have moral high ground." Whether making a copy of a sequence of numbers without depriving the "owner" of those numbers of anything is theft is debatable.

That sequence of 0s and 1s cost money to make.

But it's free to distribute. So instead of charging customers for distribution, they should be charging customers the up-front cost of production.

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

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Post by CaptSpify »

skybrian wrote: post #51
flukus wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Who are these videophiles who actually care about 1080p? It seems like if the show is any good, you don't need 1080p to enjoy it. Okay, I'm old, but we watched movies on VHS and it was a lot better than broadcast signal in a rural area. DVD's are very clear in comparison. HDTV is just icing on the cake.

And TV is a luxury, so you should be grateful that you get any at all. Back in my day, we didn't have nearly as many kids on our lawns, and we were happy for it.

/sarcasm

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

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Post by flukus »

skybrian wrote: post #51
flukus wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Who are these videophiles who actually care about 1080p? It seems like if the show is any good, you don't need 1080p to enjoy it. Okay, I'm old, but we watched movies on VHS and it was a lot better than broadcast signal in a rural area. DVD's are very clear in comparison. HDTV is just icing on the cake.

I do and I'm far from a videophile, but I do have a nice big TV that I sit rather close too. It's a nice to have, but at times it's a really nice to have, especially for things like blockbuster movies.

Two other areas I find it really critical are sports (not a favorite topic around these parts), watching the silky smooth world cup stream in 1080p a few years was breathtaking, another one is animated shows. It seems unintuitive and I have no idea why, but something like futurama is much better in 1080p.

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

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Post by jlesk »

pmiller2 wrote: post #49
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.

As a Netflix employee, I wouldn't really describe our culture as cutthroat at all. My experience in 5 years has almost entirely devoid of politics.

For example, from our culture page: "We have no bell curves or rankings or quotas such as “cut the bottom 10% every year.” That would be detrimental to fostering collaboration, and is a simplistic, rules-based approach we would never support."

https://jobs.netflix.com/culture

Our culture can feel intimidating, especially if you have any degree of imposter syndrome, but with very few exceptions, my colleagues and managers have always been supportive and really great to work with.

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

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Post by icelancer »

pmiller2 wrote: post #49
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.

Almost every business that pays their producers $300k+ is going to be cutthroat.

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

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Post by ravenstine »

dmoy wrote: post #44
ravenstine wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

income =/= profit

Isn't net income == net profit?

A person can have an income of $300k a year but spend every penny of it on debt and necessities. That's generally not considered making a profit.

EDIT: Sorry, I misunderstood something. Netflix has indeed been making a profit.

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