http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/the-netflix-culture-guide-to/ Management and Creative Thinking Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:45:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/the-netflix-culture-guide-to/comment-page-1/#comment-577701 anonymous Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:23:03 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=2326#comment-577701 re: Steve Mencik's comment. The company is up front in their hiring process that it operates more like a sports team than a family and has no qualms with handing a highly skilled employee a severance package if their skills don't fit the current business needs. A potential hire has the information up front to decide whether they want to be associated with this type of culture. So far, so good. Unfortunately this philosophy becomes quickly marred when it is used more as a "smoke and mirrors" way of kicking someone out the door who doesn't fit the current political climate, was a hiring mistake, or has the unfortunate luck of working for someone who would rather pass the buck than take responsibility for their actions. Enter morale, or lack thereof once the staff sees how things really operate. One of Netflix's values is integrity - interesting, to say the least. re: Steve Mencik’s comment. The company is up front in their hiring process that it operates more like a sports team than a family and has no qualms with handing a highly skilled employee a severance package if their skills don’t fit the current business needs. A potential hire has the information up front to decide whether they want to be associated with this type of culture. So far, so good. Unfortunately this philosophy becomes quickly marred when it is used more as a “smoke and mirrors” way of kicking someone out the door who doesn’t fit the current political climate, was a hiring mistake, or has the unfortunate luck of working for someone who would rather pass the buck than take responsibility for their actions. Enter morale, or lack thereof once the staff sees how things really operate. One of Netflix’s values is integrity – interesting, to say the least.

]]> http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/the-netflix-culture-guide-to/comment-page-1/#comment-577542 The culture at Netflix | Pagerank Checker Tools Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:53:36 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=2326#comment-577542 [...] Scott Berkun has some good thoughts on the slide deck, including nice references to Zappos’ “pay to quit” idea and [...] [...] Scott Berkun has some good thoughts on the slide deck, including nice references to Zappos’ “pay to quit” idea and [...]

]]> http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/the-netflix-culture-guide-to/comment-page-1/#comment-575967 Steve Mencik Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:53:37 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=2326#comment-575967 It seems to me that Netflix treats people like any other commodity. It will pay top dollar to get the best of that commodity. When that commodity is not as ripe anymore, throw it away and get a new one. I for one don't want to work for a company like that and essentially be a slave to the company owners. Companies need to show a little loyalty to their people if they expect their people to show loyalty to the company. It seems to me that Netflix treats people like any other commodity. It will pay top dollar to get the best of that commodity. When that commodity is not as ripe anymore, throw it away and get a new one. I for one don’t want to work for a company like that and essentially be a slave to the company owners. Companies need to show a little loyalty to their people if they expect their people to show loyalty to the company.

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