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0 pointsneilv1y ago0 comments

Were they not able to hire enough top-skilled people? If not, why not?

Or did they have a lot of needs that they decided didn't require top-skilled people?

Or was this a beancounter thing, of someone deciding that the company was paying more money on staffing than they needed to, without understanding it?

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jpalawaga1y ago

Combination of 2 and 3. The business changed. Streaming was more or less a solved problem for Netflix. They needed money for content, not expensive engineers. Ted is co-ceo… you can see where the priority is.

AtlasBarfed1y ago

My observation is that Netflix is one of those places that brags about how they do so much with so little employees.

dboreham1y ago

Few. Little employees would be...small.

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