Genuine question. Do they just not believe in mentoring or training someone? Are there other tech companies that hold this stance too?
Grads shouldn't just jump to the high ladder. If you do then there's no higher up & you're stuck. Get into other companies, learn and use that to move up
I know some orgs are talking and putting efforts in starting internship programs.
It's not strictly ability that's the issue. Emotional maturity and self awareness too, there's a lot of management overhead that comes from handholding and mitigating 'drama'. Organizationally, a lot of the netflix culture maxims like unlimited time off, internal cultural openness around documentation and freedom and responsibility would break down if hiring was not selective.
Also, by hiring senior — we can operate organizations very flatly. It’s a culture of no micromanagement of work, empowered decision making and little “approval” process. Typically, only senior level coworkers can navigate and thrive in that environment. I wouldn’t have been able to handle it right out of college.
^^^Agree. At that level they don't want to babysit bunch of kids ans deal with their new age drama
I’ve seen plenty of people hired in their early/mid-20s, some with no experience and some with a couple of years. Maybe depends on the role.
I’ve worked at a company where majority of new hires were recent grads. Place felt like a college campus. They did get shit done though.
We have a contractor straight out of college working at Netflix. Let’s just say a lot of our employees aren’t the happiest with her work.
Netflix doesn't f* around! They're hardcore and they're only looking for full power. They dont have the time to train newbies
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It’s addressed in the culture deck... But the usual analogy is that Netflix hires like a sports team: every player should be great at their position and play well with others.