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Netflix’s Firing Culture Works for Netflix
Sure, the fast-growing tech company probably hurt some feelings, but the grown-ups it hires can handle it.
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Do you know the story of Patty McCord, Netflix’s original human relations chief? It’s legendary, and worth recounting in the wake of Thursday’s Wall Street Journal story on the company’s culture.
McCord was one of Netflix Inc.’s earliest employees. She was chief executive Reed Hastings’s neighbor in Santa Cruz, California, and the two of them often carpooled to work.