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Re:Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level by city41 on Monday January 06, 2020 @10:46AM (#21969967)
Netflix is a little different from other companies. Netflix pays entirely in cash plus a small stock option bonus on top. You can opt to get any amount of your salary as stock options if you choose. There are no vesting schedules, you get everything immediately (including 401k). Netflix has unlimited vacation.
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Re:Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level by zerr on Monday January 06, 2020 @12:35PM (#21971068)
I wonder how unlimited is that - how common is that people take e.g. 60+ days off (not including sick leaves of course)? I guess most self-impose 30 days limit (or 15, considering US culture).
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Re:Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level by city41 on Monday January 06, 2020 @12:56PM (#21971276)
It varies a lot from team to team and person to person. In general I would say that Netflix encourages healthy work/life balance and people do use vacation a good amount.

And just to be clear, I currently work at Netflix.

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Re:Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level by segmondy on Monday January 06, 2020 @02:00PM (#21971960)
Why would you take 60+ days? Why not go for 600+ days?

The idea of unlimited is that it's not 14 days or 21days. Take as many as you honestly reasonable need to. Everyone's life is different, you might get sick, have a sick family member, have a new child. There might be things that come up that requires you to take time off without you having to grovel to your manager. If you also need to take time off for the good times, a wedding, a party, to go see a world cup, Olympic, whatever, do so. So long as you're contributing, not holding your team and peers back and your impact is constant.

p/s. I don't work for Netflix, but that's what I imagine anytime I hear "unlimited".

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Re:Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level by laurencerowe on Monday January 06, 2020 @02:10PM (#21972062)
I was advised ~30 days/year was normal. Only downside is you don't get paid out accrued vacation days when you move on.
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Re:Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level by senordevnyc on Monday January 06, 2020 @02:11PM (#21972074)
60+ is ridiculously high. Isn't the upper end of European countries only like 30 days (6 weeks)?

For what it's worth, the company I just started at is "flexible", but the average is around 25 days per year.

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