I'm a Boomer who has been in IT consistently for 37 years. I'm also a avid poker player who has learned to bluff & never show your hand if not required. Asking these types of questions to your manager/employer definitely exposes your hand & weakens your position because you are giving them free information about your insecurities & thought process. It's simple people, if your employer isn't giving you raises and/or promotions at regular intervals they either don't feel your performance is up to par or they are using you as cheap labor. Either way it's time to find a new job.
True but you would end up with what 2 paychecks after 10 years? I get the issue with unlimited PTO, but if you have suitable nature of work then unlimited PTO works like a charm. I work 4 days a week with my unlimited PTO in addition to my vacations.
Unlimited PTO at my company, and the understanding is if you leave without taking vacation, you still get paid out a minimum of 2 weeks (pro rated). That being said I don't see much people actually taking that much vacation
@@lmao6 understandings, also known gentleman’s agreements, mean nothing if something doesn’t work for the corporation. If it’s not in a legally binding agreement, it’s not real
@@TheWefikus might be different in Canada vs the states, but legally you get. 2 weeks of vacay. The advantage to the company for unlimited PTO is they didn't have to keep all the extra cash for people that were banking vacation over several years.
Boomers to their employees: stay here for 30+ years and be rewarded. Also boomers: fire their lifer-employee a day before his/her retirement, so the company won't have to pay them pension
@@GregsStoneYard you work for someone that promises you a pension if you put in at least 20 years. you put in 20 years and get a pension. is that not how pensions work
@@OurBros He is probably not from US. In EU for example each month you work the employer pays money to your pension fund, that's made to avoid blatant bs like that. Sure there are still loopholes and shenanigans but it's at least illegal. Firing you the day before you would be entitled to get a pension in the US is legal
To tangent a bit here, the unlimited PTO gets me every time. I want someone who is about to quit their job to pursue a side business or something to really test this out. Start taking a week off every month. Or even take off every Friday. I just want to see how that goes and exactly what the company will say. I know they won't be happy about it, but they've already said you can do just that! Unlimited PTO! The most subtle way to deny this would be "it's not fair to your team to take off this much." But then you just convince your entire team to take off every Friday as well lol
It's a meme already, but I just started to ignore it, it's just a "marketing trick", a lie but not really. It's the same as "unlimited minutes" in cell phone service providers, we all know it's not unlimited, since there is generally a limited number of minutes in typical human lifespan.
The best test for "unlimited" if that person is about to leave anyways is just to take vacation indefinitely lol. Unlimited means I don't have to work at all :)
That sounds like me as a teenager "would you fight for me?" "would you be sad if leave?" -___- it`s really incredible how HR can project their emotional bullshit at an entire company.
Next thing these business administration gurus will try is a new hiring technique where they only hire employees they think they can change. You know, the way some women date bad boys so they can fix them?
HR is mostly useless, so they have to be "creative" to keep their jobs... NO surprise that every year they come up with something new that treats work as kindergarten homework...
@@guilhermeferreirabr worse than useless - harmful to the whole of society. When the right people are not doing the work the whole world begins to fall apart. Bank machine menus no longer have correct text on guiding you about what to do. When small things like that cannot be kept straight its the end of the world close at hand..
Employer branding has reached the level of cult culture where working for an top IT company is like being accepted to enter a holy temple and be present to the divine itself. But in reality it is working at least 12 hours per day in an international multi-timezone environment where you start getting trauma from the sound of message notifications from Teams, Slack, Outlook etc.
@@embatbr definitely agree. If a company wants you to get notifications on a handheld device they should give you a company phone. Having company email on a personal phone messes up work/life balance. It prevents you from fully being away from work when you’re not working. Also for certain fields where information is protected (either legally or by company policy) I could see this being a compliance issue
@@philcooper9225 maybe. But you’d be surprised how many people I’ve met wanna be a good little employee and voluntarily sign into their work email on a personal device or take they’re work laptop on vacation so they can be aware of work happenings 24/7. They’re basically choosing to be on call and signing away their peace of mind. Could not be me.
I’m surprised the cinematography of a Netflix employee series isn’t better. Tripod shots and A/B over-shoulder dialogue are both very 1990s. Handheld, Steadicam and dolly shots are more 2021. Did they insist on a Director of Photography with an Emmy for Infomercials?
@@ZodiacEntertainment2 Ι mean when they try to come up with witty tactics to show that they value employees more than other companies, and end up looking stupid and wasting time and resources
Well Joshua...I for one am staying loyal to you ... even when your camera focused on your mic instead of you:) In all seriousness, I think you should keep doing what you are doing. As an old Gen Xer (Office Space and The Big Lebowski were our favorite movies back in the day), it does my heart so much good to see folks in the 20's and 30's focused on deconstructing toxic, harmful, and ultimately ineffective workplace and corporate practices. Oh, and I would love to hear your take on this idea of "leadership" and "leadership development". Its been all the rage lately, and for me something about these terms just doesn't smell right.
they dangle the carrot of becoming a C suite in front of you. You sell your soul, work your ass off with the work load of C suite but a salary of a normal employee
"You can leave at any time" Yep, you would be amazed at how many people dont realize that is what at will employment means. When you get a job and the HR person is giving you the speech about how it is at will employment and you can be terminated at any time with or without notice look at them and reply "Yep, that also means that if the manager treats me poorly I can walk out without notice and go find another job." It is always funny how HR reacts to that statement, they normally stammer, say "What?" and even ask "Do you intend to do that?" (To which I reply "Does management intend to treat me poorly?") I swear most managers think that is a one way deal, they can terminate you but you cant walk out when they treat you badly. It is amazing how much power that puts in your hands, especially when there are tight deadlines and the managers bonus is at stake.
Most Americans are very proud if they live in a "right to work state." They apparently like that they have the right to be fired for no cause because their employer had a bad fiscal outcome last quarter.
One thing that I think you rushed through maybe without grokking the exact words: "But unconditional allegiance to a stagnant firm, or to a merely-adequately-performing employee, is not what we are about." Isn't there a new definition of "adequate" that I'm not aware of? Why would an "adequately-performing" employee be a problem? This just another phrasing of the "above and beyond" and "rockstar" cliches that we all make fun of.
There are ultra competitive people out there who always have to wake up earlier, show up in the office earlier, work longer hours, have more degrees from more superior schools, have met far more famous or important people, and who run the best businesses with only the top employees who always give "110%." If you are not in the top 2%, what good are you? Seriously! That's not even perfection. Why can't you meet this bare minimum?
It's Netflix's company culture. Personally I don't mind it as it's not exactly something that is hidden. They are looking for rockstars. They have mentioned that you are B in performance but A in effort, you will get a nice severance package (which is actually quite generous). Netflix engineers get paid extremely well. They pay ~225k for new graduates ~500k for senior engineers. They are not looking for people who merely perform adequately and that's fine - it's their company, and people who choose to work their should know this.
He says "we don't have a vacation policy"... but he names the vacation policy right after. "Act in Netflix's best interest" clearly means "don't take any time off", because netflix is obviously not interested in paying you for not being at work.
@Pîñned J0shuä Fluke.. What is this dumb shit? If you're too stupid of a scammer (or whatever dumb garbage you're trying to do on the off chance its something else) to even copy his name somewhat correct and actively put in stuff that looks like warning signs you should just give up. Its not the career for you. On the chance this isn't a bot, please reconsider your life choices.
I love the way they sit around and bob their heads up and down like drones. It reminds me of the shoppers channel sellers or the sycophant facade audiences you sometimes see. The over the top smiling and nodding of agreement (whatever the topic) as if it is the most amazing thing ever.
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If a manager has to "fight" to keep a staff who wants to leave, it's pretty much too late. Good managers (if they stay actively engaged with their staff) already know who are likely to stay or leave. If workers have autonomy and freedom to do what they need to do, have clear objectives and targets to work towards to, are given the right tools and training to do the job (and clear paths for development), and of course paid well (and not overworked to death), they wouldn't want to leave. It's as if these managers are blindly oblivious to common sense. This "Keeper Test" is no better, just a reverse threat/hostage situation. If my staff were to come up to me and ask me that question, I would say "No". If I am not doing what I am doing to already keep you on the job, then you are free to go and I respect your position.
7:00 or in other words, for normal employees, as soon as they suddenly take a "dip" in their work efficiency, netflix immediately fires them??? Damn that merciless.
This is interesting, I work at a major movie studio and Netflix has been cherry picking people form all the studios in town for the new studio they have been setting up in the past few years. I have had several people I work with leave and go to Netflix and every single one has ended up going back to one studio or another. They have not found Netflix to be a great working environment. Maybe it's just too different from working at the studios, being that Netflix operates more like a tech company than a movie studio, but I think their turnover is high.
That "test" is literally the most insecure high school relationship test. I wouldn't be surprised if some douchetubers made videos doing that kind of stuff to their girlfriends.
Average Netflex exec: takes 3 week vacation to come up with brand new ideas. Comes back with new and revolutionary ways to either ruin beloved franchises or promote something controversial.
I can see having candid conversations with managers on things like quarterly reviews and stuff but having that thought throughout your entire work life seems really unhealthy. At some point, you need to have some self assurance that you're valuable but I don't think it should be initiated by the employee. Rather a well placed "good job" from your manager would be better.
If a manager asked me this question on Monday, by Wednesday I will have answered the question for myself and decided that this was a clumsy hint and on Friday I would resign because I found a better job. When they *do not* fight to keep me, ironically, I will believe my conclusion was correct.
We're not stupid, and we could certainly guess that the staff were curated to deliver this message. Making matters worse, these are managers fighting for their jobs, as opposed to line employees having to figure out whether they still have jobs.
You became my new favorite channel and I found you searching things about interviews and first day impressions with the sole goal of avoiding red flags and toxic people for my next work place. 👍
I hate agonizing over where I stand. I'm always doing the best I can, if it's not working out just let me go. Don't put me through the psychology torture of having to receive a ton of criticism and try to figure out how to please my boss better. I don't think my self esteem can take this kind of culture.
Several intelligent people are terrible investors because they face the market with untrained psychology and untamed emotions. . You need to keep raw, irrational emotion under control.
It's something a needy girlfriend or boyfriend asks their partner.... It's needy and gross when people to do it in that situation, it makes you look week and insecure. It's even weirder to hear people say it to their boss.
Only an employee who is not confident in their job performance would ever go to a manager or supervisor and ask, what do you think of me. To ask, "Would you fight for me" is an inappropriate question. An employee's main concern should be how well they do their job, and that's the purpose of job performance feedback and annual reviews, which should be given so an employee know how they're doing and what needs improvement. So, why doesn't the conversation evolve around feedback and job performance reviews.
I take full advantage of my unlimited PTO and took about 5 weeks last year, not including holidays. No one said anything and most of my coworkers/bosses take lots of time off too!
LOVE your stuff. Just subscribed. Cried for you after watching the videos about your "family", and the cheating GF. Here's some unsolicited advice: - Seek counseling to work on you and what you went through. Counseling never hurt anybody. - Work on yourself. But, it sounds like you are already doing that. - The first two will help you become more confident in yourself. - Women like confident men. They need (biologically wired btw) someone that can protect and provide for them, and that keeps them around. But... - Work on you first. Good luck! I really appreciate what you are doing.
Never gave them a dime...never going to give them a dime. That table of people represent every type of person I would go out of my way to avoid interacting with at work.
They're talking out of both sides of their mouth on the loyalty thing. They want you to (subjectively) go above and beyond and be extra special performance quality saved up over a period of time (what, like company scrip?), and they'll (on paper) do you favors. But you need to be patient with whatever bumps in the road they'll experience as a publicly traded and likely overlevereged company. We used to call this "brofessionalism." And if you simply do your job and keep your head above water ("adequate" usually means "not flagrantly f'ing up" and doing what was asked of you), that's not enough to warrant their largesse (read: decency) in fending off the sharks. Which in the end are themselves.
...Granted, not everything is horrible on that list. Some are pretty decent. It's just mind boggling why they'd then go and slip in those weird little touchy-feely nebulous statements. I guess everyone wants to be a Steve Jobs production.
Hi Josh, what they mean by "you are free to leave" is that they don't pay in RSUs. At my company they give bonuses in stock that you will forfeit if you don't stay at the company for a certain amount of time. e.g.: AT my company after the annual performance review you might get a bonus 25-40k in stock that vests over 3 years(at 1/6 of the grant per half year). If you quit then you will forfeit any remaining RSUs you got from your bonuses or grants. Also, presumably Netflix doesn't have a non-compete clause. I live in CA where non-competes are illegal, so companies will do stuff like this.
riiiiight actors in an acted scene with preacted dialogues adressing prescripted struggles of people they want never to be in the first place, live next to nor be around with. Yes, I am so much going to watch it
Because managers are well known for knowing which employees are most valuable to the company as apposed to the myth that managers value the employees that they consider friends.
Genius. These guys cultivate an environment in which the employee is always questioning "am i good enough? have i done a good job?" Then add the whole "take as many days as you want! (p.s _I dare you_ ) " Its *Genius* ! _Evil_ but Genius. From a legal standpoint, they are not only in the clear. They are *generous* even! (on paper). I mean they give out as many days as anyone wants right? From a practical standpoint, they keep the employee scared enough to never actually take any of those days.
Do HR make those mandatory group interview with shit like mimic and dancing and other stupid shit in US? 'Cause in brazil things can get really ridiculous at a group interview, last time I participate the HR lady had us to mimic a movie so the other group could guess what it was, that shit literally lasted 3 seconds. So fast that the HR had to thing something out to do, and I'll never forget the :/ face she did KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Damn I didn't know Netflix was so cringe with this crap. No PTO or expense policy is basically we're not giving you perks and you're not getting training or go to conferences on our dime.
"You seek what is best for Netflix rather than what is best for yourself" CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPYYYY~~~
Bit late post, but in my company (large IT one that have branches in half countries in world) actually asked people to go on some interviews for some reason since they wanted to probe job market.
It's funny because I have personally dealt with Ageism in workplaces, and these types of conversations always bring up these types of biases, because when you are the youngest or one of the youngest employees at the company you're almost always the first to go when the company has hard times. So of course if your boss is constantly questioning your standing at the company that's a bad sign.
I purposely don’t share my age. It makes the older ladies jealous and possibly the older men think they can take advantage of you. Both will start trying to put you down because they realize (think) youre young, ambitious, and impressionable. They don’t want someone new and young outperforming them. They rather believe you had years of experience or some shit. Just be humble, but aware of legalities. So If they say you look so young say “thank you, now I really don’t want to share my age.” Some shit like you got complimented as looking younger than you are. Never share your age. Never helps a young professional. I even dress uglier on purpose cause workplace women do get jealous and I don’t want more reasons for the men to “accidentally” brush against you. Love remote working, obviously. Less BS.
I’ve actually approached my boss privately about my status at a job before” hey where do I stand, how am I doing?” “ your an asset” BUT my boss was a cool dude and I read the room before I did it. Eventually my boss got canned by the mutants in upper management and the one by one we all got canned. This was back in the day when I was in NYC
I have unlimited PTO now and it’s encouraged to take at least 4 weeks off a year. And I don’t need to worry if I need to take a morning off to go to appointments or whatever. So it can be an amazing benefit.
I'm not thinking about how to make the company I work for better while I'm on vacation. I don't get paid for that. Most companies (if not all) own whatever ideas you come up with while you're working. Now they want you to give them ideas you have outside work? Nope. If I have ideas of how to make the company better I'm going to take those ideas and start my own company.
I've had many managers who were largely neutral on the issue of employees leaving. A good manager isn't going to stop you from moving onto what you think is good for you. Yea I guess in a certain light a good manager would certainly try to convince you to stay certainly you're important in some capacity.
Even giving everyone all the benefits of all the doubts... this still isn't the best way to approach things. It's kind of like this: If I was the manager of my team at work, there's a number of people on my team that if they came to me and told me they're pursuing another position at another company, I'd do everything within my power to help them make that happen, because they as a person deserve so much than my team and my company have to offer. I also know some of those individuals don't have the self-confidence to hear that, and would read into it in all the wrong ways, hearing it as "You're a hit worker and I don't have the balls to be honest with you."
Look, I'm all about loyalty. In fact, I feel like part of what I'm being paid for here is my loyalty. But if there were somewhere else that valued loyalty more highly… I'm going wherever they value loyalty the most. - Dwight Schrute
Thank you for so accurately debunk all those corporate sectarian bullshit. I'm surprised you didn't finally draw the lines between sectarian mental manipulation tricks and this.
I'm a Boomer who has been in IT consistently for 37 years. I'm also a avid poker player who has learned to bluff & never show your hand if not required. Asking these types of questions to your manager/employer definitely exposes your hand & weakens your position because you are giving them free information about your insecurities & thought process. It's simple people, if your employer isn't giving you raises and/or promotions at regular intervals they either don't feel your performance is up to par or they are using you as cheap labor. Either way it's time to find a new job.
Thats a good tip! Thanks
Thx Boomer :) great point about having that pokerface. Your employer is an employer not your friend. Certainly no good in showing your cards openly
It is written in Netflix's CEO book that every employee should ask this question.
Unlimited PTO means it is not tracked and companies don't have to pay you for your PTO when you leave.
True but you would end up with what 2 paychecks after 10 years? I get the issue with unlimited PTO, but if you have suitable nature of work then unlimited PTO works like a charm. I work 4 days a week with my unlimited PTO in addition to my vacations.
Unlimited PTO at my company, and the understanding is if you leave without taking vacation, you still get paid out a minimum of 2 weeks (pro rated). That being said I don't see much people actually taking that much vacation
@@lmao6 understandings, also known gentleman’s agreements, mean nothing if something doesn’t work for the corporation. If it’s not in a legally binding agreement, it’s not real
@@TheWefikus might be different in Canada vs the states, but legally you get. 2 weeks of vacay. The advantage to the company for unlimited PTO is they didn't have to keep all the extra cash for people that were banking vacation over several years.
@@Halz0holic I got paid my PTO when I left other jobs but it confused the stable geniuses working at the unemployment office.
Boomers to their employees: stay here for 30+ years and be rewarded.
Also boomers: fire their lifer-employee a day before his/her retirement, so the company won't have to pay them pension
I don't think you understand how pensions work.
@@GregsStoneYard you work for someone that promises you a pension if you put in at least 20 years. you put in 20 years and get a pension.
is that not how pensions work
@@OurBros In theory yes in practice not always.
@@OurBros pension is paid every month by the employer.
@@OurBros He is probably not from US. In EU for example each month you work the employer pays money to your pension fund, that's made to avoid blatant bs like that. Sure there are still loopholes and shenanigans but it's at least illegal. Firing you the day before you would be entitled to get a pension in the US is legal
To tangent a bit here, the unlimited PTO gets me every time. I want someone who is about to quit their job to pursue a side business or something to really test this out. Start taking a week off every month. Or even take off every Friday. I just want to see how that goes and exactly what the company will say. I know they won't be happy about it, but they've already said you can do just that! Unlimited PTO!
The most subtle way to deny this would be "it's not fair to your team to take off this much." But then you just convince your entire team to take off every Friday as well lol
Yes
Obviously it's not in Netflix's best interest.
It's a meme already, but I just started to ignore it, it's just a "marketing trick", a lie but not really. It's the same as "unlimited minutes" in cell phone service providers, we all know it's not unlimited, since there is generally a limited number of minutes in typical human lifespan.
The best test for "unlimited" if that person is about to leave anyways is just to take vacation indefinitely lol. Unlimited means I don't have to work at all :)
When I was 16 I was so excited when we upgraded to "unlimited" internet. One month later they throttled our service for high use.
That sounds like me as a teenager "would you fight for me?" "would you be sad if leave?" -___- it`s really incredible how HR can project their emotional bullshit at an entire company.
Next thing these business administration gurus will try is a new hiring technique where they only hire employees they think they can change. You know, the way some women date bad boys so they can fix them?
HR can't stop pulling stuff from the kids books it seems.
hahaha
yeah well what can we do about it lol ?
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HR is mostly useless, so they have to be "creative" to keep their jobs... NO surprise that every year they come up with something new that treats work as kindergarten homework...
@@guilhermeferreirabr worse than useless - harmful to the whole of society. When the right people are not doing the work the whole world begins to fall apart. Bank machine menus no longer have correct text on guiding you about what to do. When small things like that cannot be kept straight its the end of the world close at hand..
Employer branding has reached the level of cult culture where working for an top IT company is like being accepted to enter a holy temple and be present to the divine itself. But in reality it is working at least 12 hours per day in an international multi-timezone environment where you start getting trauma from the sound of message notifications from Teams, Slack, Outlook etc.
PRAISE GOOGLE!!! PRAISE THE OMNISSIAH!!!
@@embatbr definitely agree. If a company wants you to get notifications on a handheld device they should give you a company phone. Having company email on a personal phone messes up work/life balance. It prevents you from fully being away from work when you’re not working.
Also for certain fields where information is protected (either legally or by company policy) I could see this being a compliance issue
That's because Luciferianism is a real religion and controls tech and medicine!
@@ricand5498 well yeah legally they have to provide a cell phone if they want to utilize cell tech to contact ya
@@philcooper9225 maybe. But you’d be surprised how many people I’ve met wanna be a good little employee and voluntarily sign into their work email on a personal device or take they’re work laptop on vacation so they can be aware of work happenings 24/7. They’re basically choosing to be on call and signing away their peace of mind. Could not be me.
Corporate propaganda at its finest
E Corp would be proud.
I’m surprised the cinematography of a Netflix employee series isn’t better. Tripod shots and A/B over-shoulder dialogue are both very 1990s. Handheld, Steadicam and dolly shots are more 2021. Did they insist on a Director of Photography with an Emmy for Infomercials?
Legendary comment from a legendary man.
Aww found the man of culture I see
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Chocolate raiiiiin!
Garbage 2021, nice to see old culture setup with the cameras
The more "progressive" companies try to become, the less serious they look
There's nothing progressive about what was shown here, they operate the exact same as other large corporations by the looks of things.
@@ZodiacEntertainment2 Ι mean when they try to come up with witty tactics to show that they value employees more than other companies, and end up looking stupid and wasting time and resources
@@maxemore absolutely, extreme levels of cringe. To the point it have become a red flag on itself.
Well Joshua...I for one am staying loyal to you ... even when your camera focused on your mic instead of you:) In all seriousness, I think you should keep doing what you are doing. As an old Gen Xer (Office Space and The Big Lebowski were our favorite movies back in the day), it does my heart so much good to see folks in the 20's and 30's focused on deconstructing toxic, harmful, and ultimately ineffective workplace and corporate practices. Oh, and I would love to hear your take on this idea of "leadership" and "leadership development". Its been all the rage lately, and for me something about these terms just doesn't smell right.
Leadership development is a course in narcissistic abuse tactics guaranteed
they dangle the carrot of becoming a C suite in front of you. You sell your soul, work your ass off with the work load of C suite but a salary of a normal employee
I definitely would not fight for this condescending group of muppets.
"You can leave at any time" Yep, you would be amazed at how many people dont realize that is what at will employment means.
When you get a job and the HR person is giving you the speech about how it is at will employment and you can be terminated at any time with or without notice look at them and reply "Yep, that also means that if the manager treats me poorly I can walk out without notice and go find another job." It is always funny how HR reacts to that statement, they normally stammer, say "What?" and even ask "Do you intend to do that?" (To which I reply "Does management intend to treat me poorly?")
I swear most managers think that is a one way deal, they can terminate you but you cant walk out when they treat you badly. It is amazing how much power that puts in your hands, especially when there are tight deadlines and the managers bonus is at stake.
Most Americans are very proud if they live in a "right to work state." They apparently like that they have the right to be fired for no cause because their employer had a bad fiscal outcome last quarter.
@@PhilLesh69 must protect the rich, that's what makes you american
@@marcogenovesi8570 must virtue signal against evil wealthy people, that's what makes you college-educated
fascinating stuff.
When HR tells you that they can fire you at any time with or without cause, run for the hills as fast as you can!
"don't be selfish, only think about me!" - netflix, the irony of selfishness
pornhub > netflix lol
haha 😀
p.s I don't watch either ( anymore) ..
One thing that I think you rushed through maybe without grokking the exact words: "But unconditional allegiance to a stagnant firm, or to a merely-adequately-performing employee, is not what we are about."
Isn't there a new definition of "adequate" that I'm not aware of? Why would an "adequately-performing" employee be a problem? This just another phrasing of the "above and beyond" and "rockstar" cliches that we all make fun of.
There are ultra competitive people out there who always have to wake up earlier, show up in the office earlier, work longer hours, have more degrees from more superior schools, have met far more famous or important people, and who run the best businesses with only the top employees who always give "110%."
If you are not in the top 2%, what good are you? Seriously! That's not even perfection. Why can't you meet this bare minimum?
It's Netflix's company culture. Personally I don't mind it as it's not exactly something that is hidden. They are looking for rockstars. They have mentioned that you are B in performance but A in effort, you will get a nice severance package (which is actually quite generous). Netflix engineers get paid extremely well. They pay ~225k for new graduates ~500k for senior engineers. They are not looking for people who merely perform adequately and that's fine - it's their company, and people who choose to work their should know this.
He says "we don't have a vacation policy"... but he names the vacation policy right after. "Act in Netflix's best interest" clearly means "don't take any time off", because netflix is obviously not interested in paying you for not being at work.
Wouldn't they not pay when you talk leave then?
@Pîñned J0shuä Fluke.. What is this dumb shit? If you're too stupid of a scammer (or whatever dumb garbage you're trying to do on the off chance its something else) to even copy his name somewhat correct and actively put in stuff that looks like warning signs you should just give up. Its not the career for you. On the chance this isn't a bot, please reconsider your life choices.
I love the way they sit around and bob their heads up and down like drones. It reminds me of the shoppers channel sellers or the sycophant facade audiences you sometimes see. The over the top smiling and nodding of agreement (whatever the topic) as if it is the most amazing thing ever.
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If a manager has to "fight" to keep a staff who wants to leave, it's pretty much too late. Good managers (if they stay actively engaged with their staff) already know who are likely to stay or leave. If workers have autonomy and freedom to do what they need to do, have clear objectives and targets to work towards to, are given the right tools and training to do the job (and clear paths for development), and of course paid well (and not overworked to death), they wouldn't want to leave.
It's as if these managers are blindly oblivious to common sense. This "Keeper Test" is no better, just a reverse threat/hostage situation. If my staff were to come up to me and ask me that question, I would say "No". If I am not doing what I am doing to already keep you on the job, then you are free to go and I respect your position.
7:00 or in other words, for normal employees, as soon as they suddenly take a "dip" in their work efficiency, netflix immediately fires them??? Damn that merciless.
They would probably get thrown on the PIP train so Netflix can CYA
Netflix is like a toxic relationship. Good analogy. I'm happy to say I've never worked for any of FAANG.
You are doing God's work man
This is interesting, I work at a major movie studio and Netflix has been cherry picking people form all the studios in town for the new studio they have been setting up in the past few years. I have had several people I work with leave and go to Netflix and every single one has ended up going back to one studio or another. They have not found Netflix to be a great working environment. Maybe it's just too different from working at the studios, being that Netflix operates more like a tech company than a movie studio, but I think their turnover is high.
That "test" is literally the most insecure high school relationship test. I wouldn't be surprised if some douchetubers made videos doing that kind of stuff to their girlfriends.
The wording of it is so weird. Why not just ask your manager "hey, is anything wrong with my performance lately?"
LMAO @ 'douchetubers'..
Average Netflex exec: takes 3 week vacation to come up with brand new ideas.
Comes back with new and revolutionary ways to either ruin beloved franchises or promote something controversial.
Netflix needs some serious relationship counselling lmfao. This is taken from the gaslighting/abusive partner playbook.
It is so refreshing to hear a voice of reason. I love how you see through the crap!🎉
You've been helping me find my confidence, man. Love your videos
Every single scene of Office Space has aged well
I can see having candid conversations with managers on things like quarterly reviews and stuff but having that thought throughout your entire work life seems really unhealthy. At some point, you need to have some self assurance that you're valuable but I don't think it should be initiated by the employee. Rather a well placed "good job" from your manager would be better.
I agree
If a manager asked me this question on Monday, by Wednesday I will have answered the question for myself and decided that this was a clumsy hint and on Friday I would resign because I found a better job.
When they *do not* fight to keep me, ironically, I will believe my conclusion was correct.
and some pay bonuses.
"Selflessness"
In other words:
"You should give us your everlasting soul and not complain."
We're not stupid, and we could certainly guess that the staff were curated to deliver this message. Making matters worse, these are managers fighting for their jobs, as opposed to line employees having to figure out whether they still have jobs.
Netflix: what type of new BS I can invent??🤷🤡
those netflix work channel videos just give me uncanny valley vibes. no idea why, just feels dystopian and disgusting. oof.
I wouldn't work at Netflix since Reed Hastings doesn't like his workers to do their day-to-day remotely. Wants everyone back to the 9-5 robot grind.
"is it good for the company" how about "is it good for the employee"? oh yeah nevermind "netflix>you" - netflix ceo
"People are free to leave at any time"
They would really want this to not be the case.
You became my new favorite channel and I found you searching things about interviews and first day impressions with the sole goal of avoiding red flags and toxic people for my next work place. 👍
I hate agonizing over where I stand. I'm always doing the best I can, if it's not working out just let me go. Don't put me through the psychology torture of having to receive a ton of criticism and try to figure out how to please my boss better. I don't think my self esteem can take this kind of culture.
Things are getting worse, it's so bad that having a job doesn't mean financial security
Several intelligent people are terrible investors because they face the market with untrained psychology and untamed emotions. . You need to keep raw, irrational emotion under control.
It's something a needy girlfriend or boyfriend asks their partner.... It's needy and gross when people to do it in that situation, it makes you look week and insecure.
It's even weirder to hear people say it to their boss.
That’s a creative use of the apostrophe
You will never catch me working at Amazon/Apple/Netflix/Twitter none of these faangs lol
You are spot on, it’s very manipulative and really does nothing to help either employees or the employer.
Only an employee who is not confident in their job performance would ever go to a manager or supervisor and ask, what do you think of me. To ask, "Would you fight for me" is an inappropriate question. An employee's main concern should be how well they do their job, and that's the purpose of job performance feedback and annual reviews, which should be given so an employee know how they're doing and what needs improvement. So, why doesn't the conversation evolve around feedback and job performance reviews.
How to encourage codependency in your employees
Ah, I remember naively thinking that everyone's words were congruent with actions. I was 6.
Great video. Theres definitely some weird stuff in their policies.
I've had managers who have no idea what's going on. How the hell would they know anything.
My keepers test usually goes: "How many problems have you solved, last month? 10? Yup, that's a keeper!"
I take full advantage of my unlimited PTO and took about 5 weeks last year, not including holidays. No one said anything and most of my coworkers/bosses take lots of time off too!
That Netflix thing is super weird. This is definitely going to cause issues.
A RUclips channel run by Netflix about working at Netflix? That can't POSSIBLY be biased!
"Unlimited" PTO also makes valuation look better - it's less of an accounting liability.
I had a strange feeling when i heard about it last month. Thanks for making this video
LOVE your stuff. Just subscribed. Cried for you after watching the videos about your "family", and the cheating GF. Here's some unsolicited advice:
- Seek counseling to work on you and what you went through. Counseling never hurt anybody.
- Work on yourself. But, it sounds like you are already doing that.
- The first two will help you become more confident in yourself.
- Women like confident men. They need (biologically wired btw) someone that can protect and provide for them, and that keeps them around. But...
- Work on you first.
Good luck! I really appreciate what you are doing.
This reeks of masquerading as stack ranking
Never gave them a dime...never going to give them a dime. That table of people represent every type of person I would go out of my way to avoid interacting with at work.
I'm so glad my country has a 28 day mandatory minimum for time off, I can't deal with unlimited PTO scams
Not sure when you changed it but I'm vibing to the outro music and visualiser!
Lynx would be proud.
("Hardspace: Shipbreaker" reference)
would be fun to see Joshuas reaction to the games opening.
Some companies replace "family" by "team", but the nonsense and toxicity is the same.
Great analysis, sir!!!
They're talking out of both sides of their mouth on the loyalty thing. They want you to (subjectively) go above and beyond and be extra special performance quality saved up over a period of time (what, like company scrip?), and they'll (on paper) do you favors. But you need to be patient with whatever bumps in the road they'll experience as a publicly traded and likely overlevereged company.
We used to call this "brofessionalism."
And if you simply do your job and keep your head above water ("adequate" usually means "not flagrantly f'ing up" and doing what was asked of you), that's not enough to warrant their largesse (read: decency) in fending off the sharks. Which in the end are themselves.
...Granted, not everything is horrible on that list. Some are pretty decent. It's just mind boggling why they'd then go and slip in those weird little touchy-feely nebulous statements. I guess everyone wants to be a Steve Jobs production.
I had a short Stint at Netflix for about 5 months earlier this year, as a second IT gig. Not worth my time and effort working there for me.
Hi Josh, what they mean by "you are free to leave" is that they don't pay in RSUs. At my company they give bonuses in stock that you will forfeit if you don't stay at the company for a certain amount of time. e.g.: AT my company after the annual performance review you might get a bonus 25-40k in stock that vests over 3 years(at 1/6 of the grant per half year). If you quit then you will forfeit any remaining RSUs you got from your bonuses or grants. Also, presumably Netflix doesn't have a non-compete clause. I live in CA where non-competes are illegal, so companies will do stuff like this.
riiiiight actors in an acted scene with preacted dialogues adressing prescripted struggles of people they want never to be in the first place, live next to nor be around with.
Yes, I am so much going to watch it
lmao at telling your boss you're interviewing, so they can start looking for your replacement.
My 5 word principle is "Act in my best interest".
I bet they have a whipping room in the back somewhere. “Whip me and tell me you would fight for me!”
Big companies always have strange policies
Because managers are well known for knowing which employees are most valuable to the company as apposed to the myth that managers value the employees that they consider friends.
Genius. These guys cultivate an environment in which the employee is always questioning "am i good enough? have i done a good job?" Then add the whole "take as many days as you want! (p.s _I dare you_ ) "
Its *Genius* ! _Evil_ but Genius.
From a legal standpoint, they are not only in the clear. They are *generous* even! (on paper). I mean they give out as many days as anyone wants right? From a practical standpoint, they keep the employee scared enough to never actually take any of those days.
High managers/directors discussing this. They use a different playbook.
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Do HR make those mandatory group interview with shit like mimic and dancing and other stupid shit in US? 'Cause in brazil things can get really ridiculous at a group interview, last time I participate the HR lady had us to mimic a movie so the other group could guess what it was, that shit literally lasted 3 seconds. So fast that the HR had to thing something out to do, and I'll never forget the :/ face she did KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
That battlefield poster is life!
Damn I didn't know Netflix was so cringe with this crap. No PTO or expense policy is basically we're not giving you perks and you're not getting training or go to conferences on our dime.
If I have to fight for an employee to stay, that means I have a codependency issue to that employee. So it’s actually an _abuse test_ .
"You seek what is best for Netflix rather than what is best for yourself"
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Netflix should create a Snyder cut of this where they all have to fight for their roles...
Ty for all your hard work.
In my experience, the best way to get someone in power to lie to you is to have an honest conversation with them.
Isn't the average turnover 1 year there?
I'm sure that the unlimited PTO must be approved before you can take any time off.
"Papa" I would ever so love a personal review on my performance! I could not.
Bit late post, but in my company (large IT one that have branches in half countries in world) actually asked people to go on some interviews for some reason since they wanted to probe job market.
It's funny because I have personally dealt with Ageism in workplaces, and these types of conversations always bring up these types of biases, because when you are the youngest or one of the youngest employees at the company you're almost always the first to go when the company has hard times. So of course if your boss is constantly questioning your standing at the company that's a bad sign.
I purposely don’t share my age. It makes the older ladies jealous and possibly the older men think they can take advantage of you. Both will start trying to put you down because they realize (think) youre young, ambitious, and impressionable. They don’t want someone new and young outperforming them. They rather believe you had years of experience or some shit. Just be humble, but aware of legalities.
So If they say you look so young say “thank you, now I really don’t want to share my age.” Some shit like you got complimented as looking younger than you are. Never share your age. Never helps a young professional. I even dress uglier on purpose cause workplace women do get jealous and I don’t want more reasons for the men to “accidentally” brush against you. Love remote working, obviously. Less BS.
Ok...usually this goes the other way arround. The oldest are getting laid off.
I’ve actually approached my boss privately about my status at a job before” hey where do I stand, how am I doing?” “ your an asset” BUT my boss was a cool dude and I read the room before I did it. Eventually my boss got canned by the mutants in upper management and the one by one we all got canned. This was back in the day when I was in NYC
Thanks for analysis.
The Tim Ferris podcast interview with the founder of Netflix was really good for what it's worth
Isn’t Netflix supposed to pay REALLY well? They also have unlimited vacation days and great benefits. I would love that job lol
The pay is good, the rest is eh, deal with it if you want I guess.
364 days a year vacation, 1 day of work. And thats remote.
yeah, look forward to never getting a job ever again with that approach Sean 😃
I have unlimited PTO now and it’s encouraged to take at least 4 weeks off a year. And I don’t need to worry if I need to take a morning off to go to appointments or whatever. So it can be an amazing benefit.
Oh you have MFPallytime in your sidebar! a man of good taste!
Awesome vid as always dude
This reminds me of the diilbert where the boss says all nonessential personnel can go home early so he can figure out who to lay off.
When feedback is disabled, it's a pretty sure sign the video is bullshit, and they know it.
I'm not thinking about how to make the company I work for better while I'm on vacation. I don't get paid for that. Most companies (if not all) own whatever ideas you come up with while you're working. Now they want you to give them ideas you have outside work? Nope. If I have ideas of how to make the company better I'm going to take those ideas and start my own company.
I've had many managers who were largely neutral on the issue of employees leaving. A good manager isn't going to stop you from moving onto what you think is good for you. Yea I guess in a certain light a good manager would certainly try to convince you to stay certainly you're important in some capacity.
Even giving everyone all the benefits of all the doubts... this still isn't the best way to approach things. It's kind of like this: If I was the manager of my team at work, there's a number of people on my team that if they came to me and told me they're pursuing another position at another company, I'd do everything within my power to help them make that happen, because they as a person deserve so much than my team and my company have to offer. I also know some of those individuals don't have the self-confidence to hear that, and would read into it in all the wrong ways, hearing it as "You're a hit worker and I don't have the balls to be honest with you."
Look, I'm all about loyalty. In fact, I feel like part of what I'm being paid for here is my loyalty. But if there were somewhere else that valued loyalty more highly… I'm going wherever they value loyalty the most. - Dwight Schrute
Thank you for this video.
Thank you for so accurately debunk all those corporate sectarian bullshit.
I'm surprised you didn't finally draw the lines between sectarian mental manipulation tricks and this.