I find it pretty honest. Very to your face, instead of that whole big family thing where everyone pretends to love each other, which you pointed out is worse.

Netflix treats employment as a contract, they will pay you a lot and are very clear that the contract may end at any time. This is how adults should act. There’s minimal emotional manipulation which is almost never the case with corporate culture. Corporations generally try to get you to act against your best interest for the “sake of the company”.

This type of high-pay contract-style work is extremely common in industrial construction. You’ll get paid $500k+ / year when you get attached to a project, and you are unemployed when that project ends until the company gets another project. It’s referred to as “breathe in, breathe out” and people genuinely enjoy it. High pay when there is work, and lots of free time between projects.