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Reed Hastings: Netflix’s Success Strategy Includes Firing Employees with Adequate Performance
The executive chair and co-founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings, discussed the five essential components of the successful company’s corporate culture. He discussed how Netflix’s corporate culture operates, including performance criteria, eliminating performers based only on their work, pursuing references, and encouraging people to speak up.
According to Reed Hastings, these are the top five reasons why Netflix is successful:
1.Team but not family
According to Reed Hastings, Netflix seeks to appoint the most qualified candidate for each role based on their ability to work effectively with others. This is what he called “the energy driver,” he stated, “because you attract other amazing people, you learn so much, and everyone around you is amazing.”
2. Saying bye often
“A generous severance package is the reward for adequate performance,” stated Reed Hastings. ‘I’m working really hard and I’m going give my all and if it doesn’t work out, I have a parachute,’ is what we want people to feel.’
The management will find it simpler to fire that employee and try to recruit someone else who will be a rock star in that position because there is a sizable severance package, he added.” The corporation offers a minimum of four months’ severance in the US and above-average packages in other nations.
3. References please
Recommendations from potential applicants are contacted by Netflix. Finding common connections on LinkedIn is the first step in the process, according to Reed Hastings. He said, “People are far less likely to lie to me while they are using Zoom. There’s a suitable intimacy as well as a degree of semi-anonymity when I ask a few questions and they don’t feel like it’s being recorded.
4. Keeping or letting go
He said, “If we wouldn’t fight to keep someone, we should proactively give them a generous severance package and try to find someone that we might well fight to keep.” Netflix forces managers to take the “keeper test” once every quarter or so.
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5. Remain open and honest
According to Reed Hastings, “to disagree silently is disloyal.” “There are times when I have to be willing to argue with my manager in order to help them grow,” he continued.