[neilv]

Were they not able to hire enough top-skilled people? If not, why not?

Or did they have a lot of needs that they decided didn't require top-skilled people?

Or was this a beancounter thing, of someone deciding that the company was paying more money on staffing than they needed to, without understanding it?

[jpalawaga]

Combination of 2 and 3. The business changed. Streaming was more or less a solved problem for Netflix. They needed money for content, not expensive engineers. Ted is co-ceo… you can see where the priority is.

[AtlasBarfed]

My observation is that Netflix is one of those places that brags about how they do so much with so little employees.

[dboreham]

Few. Little employees would be...small.