Man, this one is amazing. Netflix talks the talk and walks the walk about a high performance culture. TechCrunch did a great job of commenting on the meaning, so it’s only fair to link back to the August post where they brought it out.
The presentation, which you can see for yourself below, is as interesting as any 128-page document can be. If you read it over, about half-way through, you’ll probably start wishing you worked for Netflix. This was meant to be an internal document for employees to read, but it’s also one hell of a recruitment pitch.
Early on, a lot of it deals with workplace efficiency, and not being afraid to let someone go if they’re not doing their job. The idea is that if someone just wants to do mediocre works, that’s fine, they’ll get a nice severance package. It extends this into an emphasis on effectiveness over effort — the company doesn’t want to necessarily reward people who stay late versus those who don’t, but get the same amount of work done. It then turns to some internal policies including management best practices. And then to retention practices — making sure the company pays the top people a high enough salary that they’ll never want to leave.
The “Reference Guide on Our Freedom & Responsibility Culture” is meant for reading, not presenting, so go right to Slideshare and get started.
The fact that this type of human resources manifesto could get released into the wild is a sign of the times of course.