Corporate Culture

Netflix sells people that they're mutually exclusive things: apolitical and ruthlessly competitive.

Netflix likes to pitch themselves as only taking the best. "If you're in the top 10%, we'll help you find a job elsewhere. We want the top 1%". And that they're apolitical -- as if in such a hyper-competitive environment that you won't get cutthroat politics. Of course they burn people out quickly, and they have high turn-over. And most of the people there will say it's great. Most that leave will talk it down as miserable.

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~ Aristotle Sabouni
Created: 2022-02-08

They have a slide deck (there was a video) when hired where they give you a pitcher of Grape Kool-aid, and see if you drink it. They put the cult in corporate culture.

I've known a lot of people that worked there for a while. They're hyper-aggressive alphas that say they have no politics, bureaucracy, or bullshit: just performance. And if you're below the top 5%, goodbye Felicia (you're gonna get fired). It's oxymoronic. You can't have aggressive stack ranking and NOT have people backstab or try to trip each other up, or NOT help others.

All companies have good teams and bad teams. While working there, they're all fanboys (or they're out). But I've talked to dozens after they left: and while they had some good experiences or friend, few have good things to say about the culture long term. I don't begrudge them that. But if you want things like work-life balance, longevity, institutional memory, or team members that aren't stressed and looking over their shoulders? Look somewhere else.

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A wacky corporate culture, far left programming, some interesting shows, and some silly corporate policies/actions.

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