Re:Buffer Layoffs
by ErikAugust on Thursday June 16, 2016 @07:31PM
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The problem I have with pro sports analogies is that productivity is much easier to quantify and track in sports than most businesses.
One usually must spend a decent amount of time/energy tracking and making the case for their own productivity, which of course, lowers their actual productivity.
Their whole motto is "we're a professional sports team" so if you can't play ball (or there's no longer a ball for you to play with) then you're cut from the team. This was different from the family viewpoint where a company takes an employee and tries to grow them or find new work for them.
They're not really referring to "culture" fit, team compatibility, or even cutting assholes, just whether or not you can provide value to Netflix at that moment.