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Cynic in me wonders if this post is tied to the recent frenzy around traders shorting Netflix? Even a few of the supporting comments feel scripted. Say this because Netflix seems to have great luck attracting people that I respect personally and their culture building and HR practices are fairly lauded elsewhere . . .
Perhaps this explains one of the most ridiculous posts I've seen from a corporate blog in a long time? http://blog.netflix.com/2009/06/closed-captions-and-subtitle... Essentially them complaining it will take a year to implement closed-captioning because silverlight can't process SAMI files automatically (basically glorified text bolding/syncing) After I read that I guessed there was something wholly wrong with their…
Are you suggesting they should migrate away from Silverlight? That they should choose a different data format? That they are probably lying about implementation time, and just don't want to do it?
This review doesn't jive with the apparent performance of the company in the market. They're the front-runner in an extremely tough space with hostile partners, and even more amazingly, they did this while starting as a company that ships physical goods around the country. There aren't too many things that are harder than moving away from a successful business model, but they've done it really well. They don't appear…
Many tech companies perform well despite the (poor) treatment they give their employees. Amazon is not particularly well rated on Glassdoor, and I've heard plenty of horror stories about EA (and other game companies) from people I trust.
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Then perhaps I'm missing something. Clarify for me, were you ever an employee there? The reason I ask is because it's on a website for employees to review their own company -- which is how most people interpret those reviews. Moreover, the review says it's from a Netflix employee -- specifically a Netflix Manager. I guess it's fine if you have an opinion and want to post it, but if none of the above is true, why not…
ardit33 did not write the glassdoor review.
Perhaps this explains one of the most ridiculous posts I've seen from a corporate blog in a long time? http://blog.netflix.com/2009/06/closed-captions-and-subtitle... Essentially them complaining it will take a year to implement closed-captioning because silverlight can't process SAMI files automatically (basically glorified text bolding/syncing) After I read that I guessed there was something wholly wrong with their…
I'm not sure what your point is regarding something being wrong with their management. Are you suggesting they should migrate away from Silverlight? That they should choose a different data format? That they are probably lying about implementation time, and just don't want to do it?
No health benefits, really? That should be really easy to verify objectively. Can someone here corroborate that?
Not true. I have health benefits from Netflix.
The part about "fear", or the high pay and low benefits, shouldn't be surprising if you are familiar with Netflix's values. They place employee performance above all else and strive to create a place where high performers want to work - which means getting rid of anyone who isn't one. Their values are to give employees huge amounts of freedom and responsibility and to let the individual's decide what to do with that,…
Agreed. Purely from my experience as a heavy user of their streaming product I would not have guessed that the programmers are afraid to innovate or spend all their time watching their rear. They have in my opinion one of the best if not the best streaming product on the market. They must be doing something right.
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Agreed. Purely from my experience as a heavy user of their streaming product I would not have guessed that the programmers are afraid to innovate or spend all their time watching their rear. They have in my opinion one of the best if not the best streaming product on the market. They must be doing something right.
I've been a Netflix customer since 2005. Last time I tried to use their "streaming service," it demanded that I use IE instead of Firefox to watch a movie. I never tried it ever since. Yet I'm still renting DVDs from them.
http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664
You might discover why there might be a "culture of fear" among the average performing employees, and why they might throw off a good bit of negativity in their hiring/firing cycle.