You can get similar comp at Google and Facebook, to name just two examples. Why should I choose Netflix if I can get the same pay there, minus the BS?

Also, I won't have to live in Los Gatos.

Huh, immediately then someone will complain Google is evil as it working with Chinese government and FB is evil because it is working Russians who meddled with US elections.

Infact I wouldn't know of many companies who can't be branded evil or full of BS for some or other reason.

Don’t choose them. It sucks I just said that. But working at Google or Facebook is totally different. Netflix has a couple hundred engineers. They aren’t involved in selling ad funded content. I wouldn’t want to work at google or facebook

Netflix had 5,700 employees in 2017, and only a 'couple hundred' of those were engineers?

Yes

I think your stats are off. When I left Netflix in 2015, we already had 1000+ engineers. By 2017 it was probably closer to 2000.

So if 2000 eng, they are paying 300k on avg on the low end. That is like 600 mil/ year???? Omg

180m subscribers x $10 a month = 1.8B per month in income. I think they can deal with it...

Is that total cash compensation (salary + stock + bonuses, or whatever), or just salary? I can never tell with these sorts of statements.

Just cash. Plus another 5% in free options. It’s a ton of money. No bonus, no RSUs or stock, just straight cash salary. And I didn’t write books on the language I used or anything, in my opinion I’m just a regular developer.

Hate to break it to you, but $360k total comp for a senior engineer (the only type Netflix hire) is at best on par with FAANG.

It may be on par, but that's total comp. My understanding is that the 'Flix doesn't do bennies, matching, vesting over time, etc., they just throw straight cash at you.

Reduces their overhead -- no plan administrators, etc. -- and no abstractions or surprise fine print in the 401k matching or classes of stock or whatever.

Netflix has taxable free uber rides for commuting employees, so I would say they definitely have benefits.

Or maybe they have that (dirt cheap) benefit so folks would assume they have great benefits.

How costly and valuable are a few Uber rides per year (that are also justified as a business expense)?

Now compare that to a decent 401k matching program...

It's not dirt cheap, you can take 2 1hr $50 uber X rides a day if you so feel, and I don't think there is a limit? It's actually fairly generous.

Your still paying tax on it although, but it still would cost the company $2000 per month.

A company can also just give you more money without a 401k condition behind that matching program, and you can decide to put the money in. They don't have a large retail staff, so they can also probably do things like the mega backdoor roth too.

Ok. As a senior dev you can make that elsewhere—like Dallas or Austin. And, you don’t have to deal with Silicon Valley COLA.