The Ugly Truth About Working for Netflix

When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. How could there possibly be anything wrong with Netflix's unlimited vacation policy? Find out in today's video that puts the streaming service under the microscope.

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[jtcasey]

The vacation day thing is crazy smart for Netflix😭😭😭 whoever created that need a raise

[solrinin]

If your job is expecting you to answer emails or think about work while on vacation, you don't get vacations at that job.

[TheCosmicFreeway]

This just goes to prove that if companies treated their employees well, they'll get more back.

[pleasedontsub]

Netflix Employers: you have unlimited vacation
Netflix Employees: I don’t want unlimited vacations
Employers: ok
Employees: wait!?

[RonoTron]

I gotta say, this video is 200% true. I used to work for NVIDIA, and it's the same. You have to ask your manager for vacation/time-off. "Work it out with your managers." They said. So between hardware/software launches; peer pressure; begging for permissions; engineering passive personalities; hardworking lifestyle. Not many were taking vacations. What this policy DOES, is giving executives and managers more vacation time. Without a tracking system, and without asking for permissions. Also for California, the company is not obligated to save that vacation money for you since there's no time tracking. This is a total scam system.

[jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku]

Solution to this problem: mandatory minimum vacation days. This way, everyone gets at least some vacation time and they should be encouraged to take actual time off during these mandatory "holidays". That way, working vacations can feel different from the ones that should be exclusively for recharging the old batteries.

[reyalexandro]

I work for Honeywell.. I'm salary and we also get "unlimited vacation".... The culture for our business unit is to be a workaholic though. Everyone takes their work laptops to their "vacations". Almost everyone I know logs in and does some work on vacations.

[animationsage]

Interviewer: So why do you want to work here?
Me: Let's just say I want unlimited vacations

[xdlollygamer]

I can already imagine all of the employees working in Disney straight up quitting and joining Netflix 😂

[akul]

My company has the exact same policy (unlimited leaves) and every second of this video is so true. Since we don't have any sort of balance of leaves I actually don't know how many leaves should I take that would look decent to my manager. I was asking my friends in other companies about the no. Of leaves they get to get some idea. Also feel peer pressure when taking leaves plus my manager is a workaholic making it even tougher to ask for timeoff. Infact in the last 4 months I've just taken 2 leaves. It actually creates alot of office stress if you're team is discouraging towards vacations.

[crescentusagi]

my friend worked for netflix and she legit cried on like a monthly basis from working there due to the highly competitive and stressful environment. she only held on bcus netflix has an extremely generous mat leave policy (1 year fully paid), many companies only offer 3-6 if you're lucky enough to land a job w one who even offers that

(unless you're in Europe. *Cries in American)

[JeanAlesiagain]

I have unlimited vacations at my company. I work as a Software Engineer.
I never took a real vacation. Always worked even when traveling.
But I love the flexibility of being able to go wherever I want, whenever I want.
I used to work for a company that counted our vacation days. They never counted the Saturdays and Sundays I worked

[taylorlee]

Things are getting worse, it's so bad that having a job doesn't mean financial security

[Kiwbh]

My dad got a promotion as an electrical engineer, one of the perks was unlimited vacations he asked for one thing and they agreed to it. So he never worked another Friday again for that company yes for every Friday to be a vacation day they said shure.

My roommate is a software engineer, she's also bipolar, she works for 75 in one sitting starting Tuesday 10:00 a.m. she only works for 3 days the rest of her week is hers it's not unlimited vacation but it was something that she negotiated with her boss. If there's an issue with what she does then they can call her but each call is considered overtime.

[davidranney]

Unlimited vacation is a scam. It sounds great but it usually winds up that people take fewer vacation days. Also the company doesn't have to track your vacation balance and pay it out when you leave. It's a benefit for the company 100%.

[nomanor]

You don’t want to be that guy at Netflix. The place is super cut throat.

[itscal]

Netflix: We have unlimited vacation and people can always go on vacation!
Pilots: That’s our *job*

[jjtheth]

That reverse psychology with the leave days, I saw back in high school, when a teacher who already had 2 lessons earlier took the class of another teacher who was absent.

We'd all start groaning, then he'd allow anyone who didn't want to learn, to leave the class. "I only want to deal with the ones who want to learn, I can deal with even 5 students." She said. First, There was that fear of unknown consequences, maybe it's a trap and u will be on the wrong for taking up the offer.

Maybe the teacher will keep a grudge and kick u out of class next day. Maybe she'll get u in trouble with ur parents.

Maybe it's genuine, but the second issue was peer pressure. People were looking at each other, for someone to take point and lead the way. Nobody wanted to be the one who goes against the grain, so everyone got stuck there, with the keys to the jail cell, but elected to lock themselves in.

[frostyglock]

I mean it's not a hard concept. Work hardand just be efficient. If you're taking 3 months but your job has been done to standards you're worth paying for that job compared to someone who takes less time and worse results

[YellowravenRS]

I worked at Netflix for 2 years, and at that office (not based in the U.S.) the solution was simply to give salary bonus to whoever did not take vacation during the busiest times.
We also had unlimited snacks including popcorn, free lunches and breakfast, free taxi rides home when working late and a bunch of things other companies just don't do. The only reason I left was because I was very unhappy with the management which I've heard later has improved at least.