Pros: Excellent wages, lots of autonomy.

Cons: Too much turnover. It can be hard to get away from work.

Pros: Lots of transparency and communication. Big focus on inclusivity and psychological safety. Team members are mature and I find have high emotional intelligence. Team leader is great, delegates a lot, and there is no micromanagement. She also challenges us constantly and gives very candid and direct, but always tactful, feedback. I feel like I have a lot of opportunities to improve here.

Cons: I'm really struggling to find any meaningful cons for now, but I've also only worked there for three months. I'm sure my perspective will change over time. I've seen the "freedom and responsibility" motto used as what seemed like a way to avoid looking at a problem deeper, but it hasn't been a major problem.

Pros: Think of the people you've worked with in your career. Now imagine the 5 best of those on one team. That's what working on a team at Netflix is like. Frankly, there are no stupid people here. None. Everyone I've met is damn sharp, very sharing of their knowledge and time, and enjoys what they do. You are treated like an adult. You are not told what to do. Netflix is laissez faire, not command and control. With that comes responsibility and the potential for failure. If you fail often enough, you will not survive. If you don't expose yourself to this risk enough, you won't survive. Some people might consider this a downside; you won't like it at Netflix if you do. The Netflix time off/vacation policy is that there is no policy. They don't track how many hours you take. You take time off when you want to; you don't have to ask for permission or approval. This non-policy is one example of many of how thoroughly Netflix expects you to behave like an adult. I've spent many years at big-name valley companies. Without exception, everyone of them claims that they treat employees like adults. All of them pale in comparison to Netflix in this regard.

Cons: I'm a developer, and the code base at Netflix has warts that demonstrate its laissez-faire culture. There is no architecture group with veto power, so the code evolves organically. I personally think this is great, but it can be frustrating. Luckily, it never stays "ugly" for long, but it frequently feels like a ball of mud. There seems to be quite a bit of turnover. The first month I worked here, I counted at least five "goodbye" emails. At least four of them were not voluntary. This can be disconcerting. But this is also not a company like Cisco, with regular annual headcount reduction quotas.