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A Wall Street Journal article on Netflix’s radical transparency among employees and firing traditions has sparked discussion on what it is like to work at the streaming giant, and most outlets suggest it must be a terrible place to be employed. Many of the anecdotes provided do raise eyebrows (e.g., firings happen with absolutely no warning, with the purported reason intricately detailed and emailed company-wide), but some argue there are just a lot of deadweights and softies out there.
“At a Netflix Inc. corporate retreat in July, Chief Executive Reed Hastings teared up as he addressed some 500 executives. Mr. Hastings had recently fired his chief communications officer for saying the ‘N-word’ in full form. The executive in question, Jonathan Friedland, ‘sunshined’ his misdeed—Netflix lingo for an apology or act of transparency in front of colleagues—in the hopes it would blow over. It didn’t.” [Friedland was fired.]
“At a Netflix Inc. corporate retreat in July, Chief Executive Reed Hastings teared up as he addressed some 500 executives. Mr. Hastings had recently fired his chief communications officer for saying the ‘N-word’ in full form. The executive in question, Jonathan Friedland, ‘sunshined’ his misdeed—Netflix lingo for an apology or act of transparency in front of colleagues—in the hopes it would blow over. It didn’t.” [Friedland was fired.]