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Great place to work, but not for everyone

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Netflix for 6 years
September 17, 2014
Los Gatos, California
4.0
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Pros

Little to no micromanagement.

Control and ownership of software components you are responsible for.

Exceptional compensation.

Incredible vacation policy.

Cons

Not for everyone - developers who like working independently and without much guidance will thrive here.

Developers who are used to being given specific assignments and lots of structure might crash and burn (and get fired).

Extremely stressful working situations at times as you will be responsible for a lot and might not have backup, and potential for very long hours.

If you don't have the courage to ask for your vacations, you might not get any (no formal vacation policy).

Advice to Management

Finding the right balance between an unstructured work environment and micromanaging everything is hard, but it's possible that management at NFLX keeps things too much on the unstructured side.

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