It just occurred to me Netflix has a great history of finding ways to screw workers. They famously are the first company to go with “unlimited vacation” so as to not have any money on the books and also screw employees from taking a vacation. They also found ways to not share any revenue with writers and not reveal engagement numbers either
> They famously are the first company to go with “unlimited vacation”
I took more vacation at Netflix than anywhere else I ever worked, and so did most of the people around me. Management would make it a point to remind you to take your vacation, and would always make sure they all took vacations more than a week at a time so you knew it was ok.
Unlimited vacation was a huge benefit to me as a worker at Netflix. Other companies have ruined it by using it as a stick instead of a carrot.
> They also found ways to not share any revenue with writers and not reveal engagement numbers either
They paid up front, before the show was even created. For most writers this worked out better than residuals. It was only the writers on the most popular shows that got screwed by this, and only after Netflix got really popular. The system needed changing and it was good that they went on strike for it, but they all seem to forget that it was actually advantageous for them at the beginning.
The writers didn't get screwed, though. By paying upfront Netflix completely absorbed all the risk. The writers just decided they wanted to have their cake and eat it too.
