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by jedberg 2110 days ago
No, OP means that their friend at Netflix has a salary that is 10 times greater than their own. This is probably a bit of an exaggeration, but with the stock compensation, probably not much of an exaggeration.
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Netflix’s comp model is weird, similar to google but all cash.

The stock program was based on options you purchased with a strike price 2x the current price. You could direct between 0-100% of your salary to it.

If you can wait it’s a great way to make a lot of money.

> The stock program was based on options you purchased with a strike price 2x the current price.

Unless they changed it, the option price was 40% of the strike and the strike was the current price on purchase day, which was monthly. Gave a nice dollar cost average. But you could only put in up to 50% of your salary, plus you got an automatic 5% of your salary put into the stock program.

When I worked there the price was 20% of the strike and you could do 100% of your salary. I had friends who did 100% of their salary, which are now worth tens of millions.