{"id":6581,"date":"2019-01-31T15:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=6581"},"modified":"2019-04-11T00:53:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T00:53:24","slug":"culture-showdown-netflix-vs-hulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/culture-showdown-netflix-vs-hulu\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Showdown: Netflix vs. Hulu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix\u00a0<\/b>and Hulu\u00a0<\/b>are the two most popular streaming services in the U.S. Netflix leads with 58.5 million subscribers in the country, while Hulu comes in 2nd<\/sup>with 25 million subscribers. But the cost of both services\u2019 basic plans are going in opposite directions. Netflix subscriptions are getting more expensive, with its standard HD streaming plan now priced at $12.99 per month. Hulu keeps getting cheaper, with its own standard plan dropping to $5.99 a month on February 26th<\/sup>of this year.<\/p>\n

Both services are supported by most devices. Netflix offers a 4K streaming option, Hulu does not. Netflix has a reputation built mostly on their original material like Bird Box<\/em>and Tidying Up with Marie Kondo<\/em>. Hulu has The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>(but not in 4K.) On Netflix, you can watch \u201ccomfort TV\u201d reruns of Friends<\/em>and The Office<\/em>. Hulu, however, has cornered that market with exclusive streaming rights to major TV classics like The Simpsons, South Park<\/em>, Seinfeld<\/em>and quite a few more.<\/p>\n

In the near future, Disney, AT&T, and Comcast will all debut dedicated streaming services, so these two companies\u2019 time at the top may be coming to an end. But right now, Netflix and Hulu are the 800 pound gorillas of the streaming market.<\/p>\n

So how do employees of both rate their company\u2019s culture from the inside? What\u2019s it like to work for Netflix or Hulu?<\/p>\n

Company Culture<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Netflix<\/p>\n

\u201cThe culture really lets you be yourself and often even celebrates it,\u201d says one worker of Netflix\u2019s company culuture. \u201cSelflessness, passion, impact, integrity, judgment, inclusion. These are just some of the things we expect every day from our teams.\u201d Women, however, ranked the company\u2019s culture a full five points lower at 78.<\/p>\n

One Hulu employee writes of Hulu\u2019s company culture, \u201cIt is a tremendously low-performing culture. Over time Hulu has acquired folks resistant to change and only willing to do the bare minimum\u2026 Far too much talking and not enough doing.\u201d Another calls the culture at Hulu \u201ca \u2018romper room\u2019 environment that encourages inappropriateness.\u201d<\/p>\n

CEO<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Netflix<\/p>\n

\u201cReed Hastings is a great CEO and I think the sentiment is pretty much positive across the board,\u201d reports a Netflix employee of the company\u2019s general sentiment towards its chief executive.<\/p>\n

A Hulu employee says of company\u2019s leadership is \u201cpassive and inexperienced,\u201d and that the executive suite is plagued by \u201ca lot of infighting and empire building.\u201d<\/p>\n

Compensation<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Netflix<\/p>\n

Netflix employees say of their compensation, \u201cWhen they say they pay \u2018top of market,\u2019 they mean it.\u201d Women rate Netflix\u2019s compensation eight points lower at 69.<\/p>\n

Of their pay, a Hulu worker reports, \u201cHulu totes \u2018competitive compensation,\u2019 but that\u2019s only the case if you\u2019re a director or above.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perks and Benefits<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Netflux<\/p>\n

Of Netflix\u2019s time-off policy, an employee writes, \u201cWe get unlimited vacation which means some people take advantage and some people don\u2019t take enough time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hulu offers unlimited PTO as well, but also has \u201cbad tuition reimbursement program\u201d as well as \u201cno mentorship program\u201d and \u201cbad internal development programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diversity<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Netflix<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re broadly diverse, not only in terms of gender and race, but also work and education backgrounds,\u201d writes one Netflix worker of the company\u2019s diversity.<\/p>\n

A Hulu employee describes their company\u2019s diversity situation, however, as \u201ca bunch of white dudes from Amazon and Microsoft who came to Hulu (and) continue to hire more white dudes from Amazon and Microsoft.\u201d<\/p>\n

Female participants rated Netflix eight points lower at 74, and Hulu five points higher and also at 74.<\/p>\n

Gender<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/p>\n

Another Hulu employee adds, \u201cHR deflects questions about diversity, and thinks having a couple of women in mid-level leadership positions constitutes diversity. Tragic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Netflix\u00a0and Hulu\u00a0are the two most popular streaming services in the U.S. Netflix leads with 58.5 million subscribers in the country, while Hulu comes in 2ndwith 25 million subscribers. But the cost of both services\u2019 basic plans are going in opposite directions. Netflix subscriptions are getting more expensive, with its standard HD streaming plan now priced … Read full-story <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,4,3],"tags":[11,86,331,210],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6589,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6581\/revisions\/6589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}