Lots of competent colleagues; you will work with good engineers who can get things done. The infra is pretty good which enables you to be productive. Perks are great and all-cash compensation is pretty nice too.
Management in engineering is so-so from my experience, really good explicit communication but also not willing to put the right process in place to make planning and execution as efficient as it could be. The company is changing a lot right now as it transitions from the old no-level world to a more typical organization with lots of juniors, fair number of seniors, and a few staff+. I think the change will be for the best in the long run but the culture hasn't quite adapted yet.
I have been a sr-level / director-level Product Manager at various smaller / non-big-tech companies and have been trying for 3+ years to break into Meta, only to get rejected for a 3rd consecutive time and again at the on-site round. I feel my efforts will be better spent trying to break into a diff...Read more
Is it foolish to pick Netflix? Not staying at LinkedIn because the culture sucks and TC will cliff next year. My instinct is to join Netflix but higher level and TC at Pinterest is making me second guess. Both are remote positions doing data infra. Similar workloads (40-50 hrs) but Netflix has a m...Read more
25% of US population have Netflix subscription. 4% of US population is unemployed. So 16% of unemployed population will watch Netflix. But let’s say unemployment reduces next year to 3%. Only 12% of unemployments population will watch Netflix. The remaining are employed, so streaming will decrea...Read more
Considering two offers: Netflix: $575k all cash - no levels. But position and responsibility sounds a lot like Staff at companies like Twitter, Square, LinkedIn Stripe: Offer for L3(Sr Swe). Total comes out to $440k/year. Stripe’s RSU grant is determined each year so no 4 year grants anymore. Thi...Read more
Netflix does not hire senior people outside management. If they do, they are hired despite their experience, because managers are the only team leads. All of the high salaries are people who have been there for a few years because the raise is 100k a year up to about 600. Netflix doesn't hire anyon...Read more
Hey Blind, I have a standing offer from Netflix for a team that I really like. However, due to all the recent layoffs and introduction of levels, the offer is significantly lower than what I was expecting. I am being offered $450k all cash with no bonus, no sign-on for an L5 role. Even though this ...Read more
Folks, how bad is this : 1 year company A 1 year company B 1 year company C Switch to Company D Should I instead be like 1 year company A 1 year company B 2 year company C Switch to Company D My current company pays peanuts, been here for a year I have meta and Netflix reaching out
Current: Microsoft L63, 7YOE, 265k TC (Joined 1 year ago) Up for Promo to L64 this coming cycle. Would it make sense to join Netflix at E4 and work hard towards promo to E5? Also Netflix can be remote and MS is currently hybrid. TC will be more at Netflix (~400k). Is it a down level? Is it worth...Read more
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/23/netflix-nflx-earnings-q4-2023.html https://www.wsj.com/business/media/netflix-wins-wwe-raw-rights-in-livestreaming-push-a0a73542 - Added 13M subs, higher than expected - "posted revenue of $8.83 billion for the quarter, up from $7.85 billion in the year-ago quarter....Read more
https://www.wsj.com/articles/netflix-plans-to-cut-spending-by-300-million-in-2023-7940b06a "Netflix plans to reduce its spending by $300 million this year, according to people familiar with the matter, as the streaming giant continues its push to improve profitability in a competitive market. The ...Read more
Happy New Year! Former TPM from Meta with 23 YOE. Looking for a referral for a TPM (L6) opening at Netflix. Any assistance would be much appreciated. #netflix #netflixhiring #tpm
what do you do if you are in such a dilemna? Say you knew the person for about 1 year #google #netflix #zeality
Netflix lost 430,000 subscribers in the US and Canada in the second quarter and issued weaker than expected forecasts for later in the year, rekindling investor doubts over how the streaming group will fare after the economic reopening. The company predicted it would add 3.5m subscribers in the thi...Read more
Hello. I just recently graduated with a bachelors in software engineering few months ago. Is it possible to get into Netflix with right after college? I do have years of experience but in medical field. Like Netflix is the biggest dream for me. If I have to do a 1000 application a year at Netflix, ...Read more
Anyone here at Netflix come directly from Spotify? Would seem to me the cultures would be very different. I’ve been at Spotify for about a year but recently saw a role similar to mine at Netflix and know the hiring manager and hiring manager’s boss. I would imagine far more compensation upside ...Read more
, Yohanes S. Kidane's family says he disappeared Monday. The 22-year-old recently moved to San Jose just two weeks ago to work for Netflix as a software engineer, according to his family. https://www.ktvu.com/video/1265889 Damn I hope he is found. Feel sorry for his family.
The days of competing offer bidding wars and resetting the TC bar are over. It was a good 1.5 year run. Meta - cutting costs, hiring freeze Amazon - CFO said the company is overstaffed in Q1 earnings call Netflix - cutting costs, slowing down hiring Uber - cutting costs, hiring freeze Twitter - E...Read more
I had a really fantastic year at AWS. Joined as an L6 PMT-ES. Wrote 2 PRFAQs from scratch and launched 2 big products (launched at re:Invent) and a few iterative features as well. I am now feeling that I won’t be able to grow more next year. Too early for promo to L7. This makes me want to look for...Read more
Which offer should I take? Role is for a tech non-SWE role slightly lower band than SWE, slightly anonymized here. Airbnb is a higher level role. Airbnb offer may be negotiable. Airbnb has refreshers and stock growth potential to increase TC so overall yearly target TC is slightly higher for first 4...Read more
I had 3 yoe from msft as a machine learning engineer. cvs pharmacy offered me more money so I moved there and stayed there for one year working on generative ai applications. recently started job searching again. I got a cisco offer for staff mle, but got rejected from apple, Netflix, and adobe ev...Read more