Netflix reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(2,515 total reviews)

Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters

85% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Netflix has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,515 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Netflix employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Jan 14, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free food, lots of swag and watching TV while you work.

Cons

Favoritism gets you everywhere! Performance doesn't matter as much as kissing supervisor behind. They aren't EOE like they claim, if you get on their radar they'll nit pick looking for any reason to let you go. People disappear and are never spoken of again. You're treated like a drone.

1.0
Sep 8, 2015

Treated like a GrownUp?

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A very nice building in Beverly Hills.

Cons

If you interviewed with Netflix and didn't get the job, be happy. Boredom and fear are the only feelings around. You will walk in every single day fearing that it's your last day there, no matter who you are, contractor or full time. It's not worth it. The pressure, the anxiety, the fear. They have been massively hiring and now they are firing, for no reason. Well, from what I have seen it's either because they thought they needed you but they really don't, or because you are about to become too expensive after roughly 2-4 months with health insurance etc..The bottom line is you are not treated like a grown up but just as a tool and management is completely useless.

5.0
Nov 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I have worked for Netflix for 3 years. As most of reviews say, it is incredible to see how open and honest the culture is. The company is still pretty flat for its size, and you can feel your impact on initiatives you work on. Development moves very fast and our cycles are short and iterative. Multiple 6-month long projects in other companies get out the door in a matter of a few weeks. I definitely feel like reviews on Glassdoor do not make justice to the Netflix environment. Yes, there is a lot of work, but I do not feel people get let go all the time, or that anyone would feel scared of being fired without reason. People do not get let go without fair warning. Everyone I know that has been let go so far saw it coming and recognizes it is the best for both them and the company. I find it hard to believe sometimes we have to overcome people's fears in that aspect. And newcomers realize very fast there is a myth and feel great to have joined. In short, it is a remarkable, fair and candid company and I am thrilled to have joined and I plan to go nowhere in the next 5 years.

Cons

I agree there is no career plan or defined development, but then again, this translates into a lot of freedom to forge your own path. Plus, people who are hired are usually senior, so I feel there is less of a need for a strict career plan. When you work at Netflix, you are exposed to so much that it is easy to explain why you grow so much in a short period of time.

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