Being that its Netflix whose office is in California, it is American work culture we are talking about so yes this is considered disrespectful.
Work culture varies hugely from company to company. If that's considered ok at Netflix that's their choice, if the the guy doesn't like it just don't work there.
I find the "standard (American) work culture" wildly disrespectful. I mean, expecting people to wear standardized clothes and having them clock in and out? Are we in prison?
>I mean, expecting people to wear standardized clothes and having them clock in and out? Are we in prison?
Um, neither of those are true in any companies I worked at in the US except for a job in high school as a cash register attendee.
There are a finite set of cultures. "Can be" isn't a particularly productive claim.