Today the aspirations of a lot of jobs have shifted to the new platforms that have appeared with the development of the Internet, so companies like Instagram, Twitter, Apple, Google, Amazon or Netflix appear as a great opportunity to achieve what they want. profession.
work at Netflix; “Great Tech Dream”
Given the expectations that come with working at companies like Netflix and also with a good salary, it might sound like a fantasy, but for Michael Lin, chief software engineer, the dream faded once he started working for the company that would make the move to Blockbuster, so, after a few Years, he decided against all odds, to leave a company “where he no longer had the motivation to work”.
According to an article written by Michael Lane himself for Business Insider, everyone around him thought he was “crazy” when he quit his well-paid job at Netflix.
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His parents didn’t take it well, thinking he was “wasting his hard work immigrating to the United States” as well as being told by his co-workers of a bad idea to quit with no other job in sight.
Lane started working for Netflix in 2017 with a very good salary, 450 thousand dollars annually. The salary wasn’t the only good thing about the job, he also got unlimited paid time off from Netflix and free food at work.
As he put it, working at Netflix was a “great tech dream.” However, after eight months, he considered that he had made the right decision in his career.
“I was happy to get a promotion and go home to San Francisco,” he told Business Insider. “At the time, I thought I’d be on Netflix forever.”
The shine started fading after two years
At first, working at Netflix was a great adventure, learning new things every day, but the “shine started to fade” after two years. “The engineering work started out like copying and pasting.”
With the arrival of the pandemic, Lynn realized that the benefits her work offered simply disappeared, because when offices were closed and without the possibility of socializing, the only thing left was the work she no longer enjoyed.
“When I started using Netflix, I was making money and constantly learning new things. Now, I was just making money, with no progress in my career,” he said.
Little by little, he lost motivation and this affected his performance, something his boss would eventually realize. Then, Lynn spoke with her manager during her April 2021 performance review, as she tried to change her role within the company, but to no avail.
Right decision
He thought about his future for the next two weeks and decided to talk to his manager again. At the meeting, Lynn suggested that Netflix consider a termination package with him. At a recent meeting, Netflix decided to preemptively terminate its service with the company and secured a termination package.
Lin has been an entrepreneur for 8 months and said he was satisfied with his decision and although he doesn’t have reliable sources of income, he said he feels confident in the process, plus if he does work that motivates him, good things will happen.
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