Netflix

Great pay

Beautiful office

Free food

Process is streamlined

• Onboarding process
• Deployment process etc.

Everyone is operating with a fear of losing their goodwill with the manager.

People take fewer risks and do not encourage anyone who wants to accomplish great things, which comes with calculated risks.

Their 360 feedback encourages staff to write at least 40% improvement areas. This forces colleagues to search for not-ok stuff, which generally goes unspoken or unwritten. This gives rise to a blaming culture.

The manager keeps quoting the one exceptional mistake you probably made during your onboarding at every chance they get.

Too much micromanaging.

They talk about freedom and responsibility, but actually, there is very little freedom compared to other companies. You are expected to get thumbs up and convince colleagues who were on the team for longer before deploying your changes.

This culture of fear cannot blossom employee's potential. People operate to just keep their jobs rather than exploring, discovering and taking risks. Great ideas and output cannot come out of your toxic culture.