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Puck: Netflix insiders say Bajaria firing broke its own “keeper test” code

Puck’s Kim Masters reports that Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos denied to Bela Bajaria that Peter Rice was getting her job days before firing her, then admitted to executives he wasn’t ready to have that talk.

Why it matters. Executives now question Netflix’s “radical candor” culture, giving talent and agents more leverage to demand transparency before accepting senior roles there.

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