T H I N G S T H AT A R E D IFFERENT

U N I Q U E C O M PA N Y C U LT U R E S A R O U N D T H E T E C H S PA C E

Freedom & Responsibility

H O W

• No limit for vacations

• No expense limit & approval when “Act in Netflix’s best interests”

• Hard work is not relevant

“If you trust and empower people and give them a chance to rise to the higher

expectations, the vast majority of people are able to do it”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/27/netflix-culture-deck-success_n_6763716.html

A company where everyone is equal

H O W

• Cabals : Spontaneous group formed by employees

• Hiring & Firing without hierarchy

• Moving furnitures

“I don't report to anybody and people don't report to me”

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-24205497

Optimizing for developer happiness

H O W

• even dogs are expected to commit code

• make it easy to push your code

“Connect engineers to their work, by making it easy to ship, with the support of community”

http://www.slideshare.net/chaddickerson/optimizing-for-developer-happiness

How GitHub (no longer) Works

H O W

• 60% Remote work

• Has no managers

• Asynchronous communication

“Your company should change. Your values shouldn’t”

https://speakerdeck.com/holman/how-github-no-longer-works

O T H E R C U LT U R E S

• Buffer : Keep no secrets.

• LinkedIn : Food Truck Fridays

• Dropbox : Hack Week

http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-coolest-startup-culture-hacks-youve-heard-of

“Thank You”