Netflix fires three executives for criticising bosses on Slack, report says
Company’s website says workers expected only say things about others ‘that you say to their face’
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Your support makes all the difference.Netflix has reportedly fired three senior film marketing executives for venting about upper-level management on Slack,The Hollywood Reporter has said.
Sources purportedly told the outlet that those dismissed represent about half of the streaming giant’s staff at that level.
Netflix reportedly told The Reporter that messages weren’t critical “of marketing leadership”. The company declined to comment further when contacted by The Independent.
A webpage on Netflix’s official jobs website outlines how employees are expected to “only say things about fellow employees that you say to their face” under the subheading “integrity”.
“This attribute is one of the hardest for new people to believe — and to learn to practice,” the company writes on the page.
“In most situations, both social and work, those who consistently say what they really think about people are quickly isolated and banished.”
In this circumstance, The Reporter said that a whistleblower discovered months' worth of messages from the marketing executives and reported them.
“Their culture is all about transparency and giving feedback,” a source told the outlet. “It would make sense that there should be no need for private conversation.”
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