It was also because Netflix understood that if you found a better job, it was better for both you and Netflix to leave and take that job, because it meant that you weren't truly happy at Netflix and may not be doing your best work.
It was truly an enlightened way to think about talent, and I've never seen anything as good since.
> Each piece of work comes from someone spending millions of dollars a year
You can afford to hire, you have the work. Where's the bottleneck? I'm hearing lots about unemployed people, especially on here.
Further in some corporations, interviewing for other positions is a bright shiny red flag for that person to be let go or fired. Even if they accept the counter offer.
If I could get the same amount of money from my current job I would probably stay unless I'm sure I would love the other job more. Because when money is a constant, it's either do I want to keep doing what I'm good at, or jump into something possibly different (and riskier).