Netflix being Netflix

Jul 16, 2021 18 Comments

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  • State of Tennessee
    dJCK86

    State of Tennessee

    dJCK86
    The lack of transparency, them communicating in secret on Slack, is what got them fired because it did not align with Netflix culture.

    If an organization has a fun, open, transparent work culture, shutting down side conversations is how they continue to protect it. It wasn't what they said, rather where they said it.
    Jul 16, 2021 2
    • OP
      Obviously the org didn’t promote a culture of transparency so they had to say it privately. Moral of the story: use blind not slack
      Jul 16, 2021
    • Google / Eng
      BlVk54

      Go to company page Google Eng

      BlVk54
      Even blind is not fool proof you can dox yourself. If you’re saying something in writing I think you should be prepared for the fact that it lives for ever and can be used against you. If you’re a VP and use company slack to diss your boss then idk. I think you should at least couch it in a more palatable manner or better yet just do it in person where you have plausible deniability
      Jul 16, 2021
  • Netflix
    purplemid

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    purplemid
    When you're on the inside it's easy to see how unverified info and badly written articles can affect the narrative, interesting.
    Jul 16, 2021 4
  • New / Eng
    tubornotub

    New Eng

    tubornotub
    Netflix Chief Content Officer on LinkedIn:

    "Very early on at Netflix, Reed Hastings wrote a culture memo for the company with Patty McCord, then our head of talent. At its heart was the notion of integrity and feedback, which they described as “You only say things about fellow employees you say to their face”.

    What happened here was unfortunately not simply venting on Slack or a single conversation. These were critical, personal comments made over several months about their peers (not their management as suggested by The Hollywood Reporter) - including during meetings when those peers were talking or presenting. This is entirely inconsistent with those values, which is why their manager fired them. It's also worth noting that we don't proactively monitor Slack or email. The Slack channel was open so anyone could access the conversations even though the employees concerned thought it was private.

    These decisions are always tough and always sad. But having a healthy culture requires hard decisions, which is why managers don't shy away from them at Netflix."
    Jul 20, 2021 0
  • NVIDIA
    lotun

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    lotun
    Whatever happened to just talking to people? Why are Slack and Blind the only options?
    Jul 16, 2021 2
    • New
      PfIU87

      New

      PfIU87
      You cannot express any concerns about bosses at netflix. You will always get fired. This included Directors who had issues with their VPs. Just to note, the VPs got fired later but the VPs fired the directors first. Check my other post.
      Jul 18, 2021
    • Netflix
      not an eng

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      not an eng
      +1 to this ⬆️
      Jul 29, 2021
  • Netflix
    wolf6547

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    wolf6547
    They were talking shit on a public slack channel, not private chats. Anyone at any company would get fired for that.
    Jul 19, 2021 2