Netflix

Netflix's top management has a simple and well-thought-out strategic vision, which they communicate well to employees. The company is consistently profitable, and salaries tend to be substantially above market rates.

Netflix pays well to get the best person for the job. The downsides of this are that often people are overqualified for what they are doing, which can lead to a lack of challenge for them.

Worse, Netflix quickly and unceremoniously fires anyone whose skills no longer match the available work, or even whose manager doesn't especially like them. Retraining people for different jobs just doesn't occur.

If the immediate work fits your professional goals, Netflix can be a good place to work, but don't plan on a long career there.

Your former start-up has become a somewhat dysfunctional large organization. It would behoove you to attend to your middle-management structures.