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Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise

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Re: Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise

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I am not sure how old he was, but I would guess he was under 40 and relatively inexperienced. Part of the purpose of these exercises is to train management, especially executives, to remain fully focused and make decisions solely on performance and the business, even when someone asks them to show emotion. Anyone who is in executive management position should understand that. He failed the test.

He was born in 1978 (source: IMDB). He was a VP and other articles say his annual salary was $1.1MM.

He was not a beginner.

Edit: Also, “under 40” is ridiculous for a bar of being experienced / mature.

Re: Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise

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post #22

So he was fired for sharing he had ketamine based therapy for depression? Why? Like is it promoting drug use or something?

isn't this highly illegal, since it is used for medical purpose (mental health) ?

its like firing a person who was sedated by professional Anesthesiologist with Fentanyl during surgery (A friend of mine had a surgery and was administered fentanyl)

Re: Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise

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Your company, your coworkers, are not your friends. HR is not there for you, it's to protect the company from you. Do not disclose personal information to those who control your livelihood. Once you leave or if you build up a personal relationship with a coworker, outside of work, then maybe. Even still. I will never divulge what I have been through simply because corporate wants to be "inclusive".

Re: Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise

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post #20

Make shit up. Don't talk about your personal life at a company function, ever. Hell, lie and make an embarrassing but completely legal story. Or something stupid like you were totally embarassed in HS or college. But, never ever share your actual personal lives in a corporate setting. Not one time.

You can also politely decline to share. You are not obligated to share personal stories to your coworkers and employer for camaraderie’s sake, and they should have no reasonable expectation that you will. Sure, it may be difficult to overcome the peer pressure in the moment, but it is your right, so fight for it.

Re: Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise

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post #22

So he was fired for sharing he had ketamine based therapy for depression? Why? Like is it promoting drug use or something?

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It's not, although rules vary by state. Medical professionals can prescribe it even though it's a Schedule III drug. I get ads for these presumably legitimate therapy services online all the time on major social networks.

Re: Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise

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post #22

So he was fired for sharing he had ketamine based therapy for depression? Why? Like is it promoting drug use or something?

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Firing someone for taking a prescribed therapeutic medication for a medical condition? Yeah, that’s illegal.

Re: Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise

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post #22

So he was fired for sharing he had ketamine based therapy for depression? Why? Like is it promoting drug use or something?

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It's not illegal if it's through a licensed channel.

Re: Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise

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I wonder if this is a generational thing. I grew up before social media and have long taken the position that I never post anything to the Internet that I wouldn't want public. I don't have a secret Reddit account or anonymous Twitter profile where I post stuff that could be fired, charged or worse.

This goes moreso for work. I assume anything you do can and will be used against you. I have zero trust. You're being a sanitized version of yourself. Do people not know this?

It's part of the reason I hate these working bonding activities. Well, that and being neurodivergent. There are fiarly standard questions and I have prepared answers that may or may not be the truth. Just like with interview questions. Sorry, but none of you are my friends or can be trusted. You might be shocked how often confiding in a coworker is used against you.

The trick with coworkers is saying just enough so they think they can trust you without saying anything that might get you fired or have other consequences. You can't say nothing. That's almost worse. But you have to basically invent a persona, particularly if you're neurodivergent because the default position of neurotyhpical people is to not like you.

And at the end of the day so much of your work life is governed by whether or not people like you. And I hate it.

So for a trust exercise, I'd come up with something everybody has likely done or is at least sympathetic to. Like, nothing to do with stealing. That might get you fired. Here's an example: "when I was in high school, I lied to my parents and drove to another state for a party and got drunk with my friends".

It's better to base your sanitized answer on the truth but I'm not above wholesale lies. They're just harder to remember so you have to be light on details but not too light.

Re: Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise

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post #41
post #31

I am not sure how old he was, but I would guess he was under 40 and relatively inexperienced. Part of the purpose of these exercises is to train management, especially executives, to remain fully focused and make decisions solely on performance and the business, even when someone asks them to show emotion. Anyone who is in executive management position should understand that. He failed the test.

He was born in 1978 (source: IMDB). He was a VP and other articles say his annual salary was $1.1MM. He was not a beginner. Edit: Also, “under 40” is ridiculous for a bar of being experienced / mature.

I guess he just failed the test. Maybe the bar should be 55.
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