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Behind the scenes at NetFlix

post #1 of 14
4/2/09 at 4:12pm
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http://www.boston.com/business/techn...08/23/netflix/
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post #2 of 14
4/2/09 at 4:15pm
I'm surprised the work is all manual. I would have expected some automated processes.
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post #3 of 14
4/2/09 at 4:17pm
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Originally Posted by BrettChaotix View Post

Steps 2 and 4 are the most important. I've gotten some of those disks and white sleeves and they've been really gross.
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post #4 of 14
4/2/09 at 4:26pm
Is there a reason the warehouse and trucks are unmarked?
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post #5 of 14
4/2/09 at 4:42pm
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Is there a reason the warehouse and trucks are unmarked?
Probably so someone doesn't steal a million DVDs...
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post #6 of 14
4/2/09 at 5:03pm
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Probably so someone doesn't steal a million DVDs...

I'm not a smart man.
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post #7 of 14
4/3/09 at 4:25am
You'd think robots could do this by now.
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post #8 of 14
4/3/09 at 1:29pm
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You'd think robots could do this by now.

Like picking fruit or washing dishes, this is a job that robots won't do.
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post #9 of 14
4/4/09 at 12:43am
it suprises me they only make 10$ an hour and there is not some sort of piece work incentive.
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post #10 of 14
4/4/09 at 2:37am
I tipped $5 dollars once.
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post #11 of 14
4/5/09 at 9:03pm
You'd think they'd have some more incentives like zappos does, but in this economy $10 in other states isn't too bad for repetitive work. I love Netflix and use it all the time. Eventually everything will be streaming though. I'm watching MacGyver over broadband as we speak.
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post #12 of 14
4/5/09 at 9:05pm
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You'd think they'd have some more incentives like zappos does, but in this economy $10 in other states isn't too bad for repetitive work.
They got those dashing red shirts didn't they?
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post #13 of 14
4/5/09 at 9:06pm
I wonder if they get stock options. . .
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post #14 of 14
4/5/09 at 10:19pm
If the average person can sort 7-800 an hour, you'd think they'd give 2-3 dollars extra for each 100 over 800 sorted or something.

I don't know. I worked a shit job sorting cardboard for mckee foods and we were paid piece work so it served as an incentive to get as much work done in the time alotted.

robbie
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