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Re:Working at Netflix by tw04 on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @05:07PM (#8919987)
I don't think that counters what OP is saying. Netflix is publicly traded. Their CEO, who sets the cultural tone, only lasts as long as the shareholders allow him to last. If they start floundering for enough consecutive quarters, I guarantee you Reed will be gone and a PHB who will "maximize shareholder value" will replace him.

If the Mikes can be ousted from RIM, you can bet your rear that Hastings can be ousted from Netflix. And once "maximizing shareholder value" becomes the goal, "culture" becomes an afterthought.

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Re:Working at Netflix by richardking on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @05:41PM (#8920173)
Well, yeah, if the company isn't doing well and leadership changes, obviously that'll trickle down to employees and culture. No one said it'll be like this forever at Netflix, but it does sound like they put a heavy emphasis on "culture" now.
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Re:Working at Netflix by svachalek on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @07:38PM (#8920732)
Exactly. Because anything can happen, Netflix could be a terrible place to work in the future, and therefore it is definitely not a good place to work now.
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Re:Working at Netflix by tw04 on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @09:06PM (#8921068)
That's not the point, and not what OP or I said. He said that the benefits Brendan describes are more a result of being a growing company than "being Netflix". He didn't say it wasn't a good place to work now, and he didn't say it would be a terrible place to work in the future. You did.
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