Culture of Fear
Culture of Fear
Pay is amazing, and the kitchen is well stocked.
Hiring is a joke. There is a culture of fear you will get fired, so everyone tends to hire people who are less talented than they are. So you are starting out with B-level players hiring C-level who hire D-level. And all live in fear they will get canned. The codebase is blogged about and presented very well, but it's a streaming company. Their value is content, and your technology doesn't matter. Rarely do we hire anyone away from a real tech company (Google, Apple, Facebook, etc.). Those who work here want the money and then stay to defend their employment status because they now spend more and change their lifestyle, versus changing their skills by being better engineers.
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Senior Software Engineer
Summary: Netflix seems to be an awesome place to work. Everyone I talked to seemed like a top performer and also appeared to make every effort to keep their culture in line with what they have published publicly. I am one of those individuals who cal
Senior Software Engineer
I was mostly interested in how I would fit into the "Netflix Culture". There was lots of emphasis on hitting the ground running and being aware that firing is very easy. One person did dig into my skill set. Nothing outrageous, but pertinent to the
Senior Software Engineer
Applied directly and the recruiter responded after about a month. They had a video chat with me where it was clear they were screening for culture fit. This is absolutely a step where you could get disqualified; it's a part of the interview. After t
Senior Software Engineer
Los Gatos, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2016Summary: Netflix seems to be an awesome place to work. Everyone I talked to seemed like a top performer and also appeared to make every effort to keep their culture in line with what they have published publicly. I am one of those individuals who cal
Senior Software Engineer
Los Gatos, California, United StatesApril 1, 2011I was mostly interested in how I would fit into the "Netflix Culture". There was lots of emphasis on hitting the ground running and being aware that firing is very easy. One person did dig into my skill set. Nothing outrageous, but pertinent to the
Senior Software Engineer
Los Gatos, California, United StatesApril 1, 2022Applied directly and the recruiter responded after about a month. They had a video chat with me where it was clear they were screening for culture fit. This is absolutely a step where you could get disqualified; it's a part of the interview. After t
