
You are humble and open-minded about others’ great ideas.You seek what is best for Netflix, not yourself or your team.You make decisions mostly based on their long term, rather than near term, impact.You look beyond symptoms to identify systemic issues.You use data to inform your intuition and choices.You make wise decisions despite ambiguity.

If these values describe you, and the people you want to work with, you’re likely to thrive at Netflix. Below are the specific behaviors and skills we care about most. We believe a company’s actual values are shown by whom they hire, reward or let go. But with our people-first approach, we can be more flexible, creative and successful in everything we do. Of course, any growing business requires some process and structure. That’s why our core philosophy is people over process, and why we try to bring great people together as a dream team. The thing we most value is working with talented people in highly creative and productive ways. Share information openly, broadly and deliberately.

What makes Netflix special is how much we:

This document is about that culture, and how we can continuously improve as a team so that we can better serve our members. To help us succeed, we’ve created an unusual employee culture. Ever since humans learned to speak, storytelling has been essential to our happiness.Īt Netflix, we aspire to entertain the world-creating great stories from anywhere and offering greater choice and control for people everywhere. It sparks laughter, tears, gasps and sighs, stirring our emotions and nourishing our spirit. Great entertainment thrills and inspires.
