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Netflix’s Reed Hastings Says Companies Aren’t Families. ‘You Would Never Lay Off 2 of Your Kids’

The Netflix cofounder explains why he stopped calling the company a family after a brutal early layoff. Airbnb's Brian Chesky and Shopify's Tobi Lutke reached the same conclusion.

Netflix’s Reed Hastings Says Companies Aren’t Families. ‘You Would Never Lay Off 2 of Your Kids’

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The Netflix cofounder explains why he stopped calling the company a family after a brutal early layoff.

Airbnb's Brian Chesky and Shopify's Tobi Lutke reached the same conclusion.

The Netflix cofounder explains why he stopped calling the company a family after a brutal early layoff. Airbnb's Brian Chesky and Shopify's Tobi Lutke reached the same conclusion.

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The Netflix cofounder explains why he stopped calling the company a family after a brutal early layoff. Airbnb's Brian Chesky and Shopify's Tobi Lutke reached the same conclusion.

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