Netflix Los Gatos HQ: Office Photos & Benefits

THE HEADQUARTERS · LOS GATOS

A Los Gatos headquarters that grew 24-fold

Netflix has been in Los Gatos since at least 2002, when it leased 25,000 sq ft. By 2016 the headquarters had grown to about 600,000 sq ft, including a new campus across Highway 17. In Los Angeles, the company runs its Hollywood offices.

≈ 600,000 sq ft (2016)
Albright Way campus
Los Angeles offices

The Albright Way building — Albright Way, 2019 · Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

100 Winchester Circle, 2019 · Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Earlier view of the HQ — Los Gatos HQ, earlier · Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Inside the Los Gatos campus (Form4 Architecture)

Open lounge with a large red circular ceiling — A lounge under a red ring · Photo: John Sutton / Form4 Architecture

Café with hanging red lights and lounge seating — The café · Photo: John Sutton / Form4 Architecture

Open area with whiteboards and blue stools — Open workspace · Photo: John Sutton / Form4 Architecture

Dining tables by tall windows — Dining room · Photo: John Sutton / Form4 Architecture

Yellow sofa by a glass rail overlooking trees — A sitting area over the stair · Photo: John Sutton / Form4 Architecture

Slatted wooden screens beside a dining area — Wood screens and dining · Form4 Architecture

Red sofa by a fireplace and a red-ringed meeting area — Fireplace and meeting spaces · Form4 Architecture

The buildings

Glass office buildings at sunset — The campus at sunset · Photo: Frank Paul Perez / Form4 Architecture

Outdoor tables under a bridge between buildings — The courtyard and bridge · Photo: Frank Paul Perez / Form4 Architecture

Three-storey glass building at dusk — A building at dusk · Photo: Frank Paul Perez / Form4 Architecture

Building with a glass bridge — Bridges between buildings · Photo: Frank Paul Perez / Form4 Architecture

Office building corner at blue hour — Corner of the campus · Photo: Frank Paul Perez / Form4 Architecture

Facts: Form 10-K 2002, 2015 and 2016, Item 2. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each photo. Los Gatos photos: Form4 Architecture project page (form4inc.com), photographers credited on each photo.

Los Gatos and Los Angeles

Building	Address
Headquarters	121 Albright Way, Los Gatos, CA 95032
Original HQ building	100 Winchester Circle, Los Gatos

Source: eciffo office records · Wikimedia Commons captions · See them on the map ↓

HQ space (2016)≈ 600,000 sq ft

HQ space (2002)≈ 25,000 sq ft

HQ architectForm4 Architecture

Second hubLos Angeles

Source: Form 10-K 2002 and 2016, Item 2 · eciffo office records

Office tour videos

NETFLIX HQ Tour @ Los Gatos, Californiaairistokyo · 2017 · YouTube ↗

Benefits (United States)

Time off (salaried)Flexible

Immediately entitled to flexible time off.

Time off (hourly)35 days

Accrued each year for vacation, holidays and sick time.

401(k)Match

Retirement plan with employer match.

Stock options10-year

Fully vested; you choose the cash/options mix.

Parental leaveYour call

Agreed with your manager and talent partner.

Family formingGlobal

Fertility, surrogacy and adoption support.

Mental healthFree sessions

Free counseling and coaching sessions.

GivingMatched

Donations and volunteer time matched.

Source: Netflix job postings (2026) · jobs.netflix.com, “Work Life Philosophy”

How Netflix keeps people, in its own words

TopOf personal market

Netflix aims to pay each employee at their personal top of market, with no annual raise pool.

Your mixCash or stock options

Employees choose each year how much to take as salary and how much as stock options.

10 yrsOptions kept

Options are 10-year, fully vested, and kept if you leave.

FlexibleTime off

Salaried employees have flexible time off; there is no set vacation schedule.

Your callParental leave

“Take care of your child and yourself” — agreed with your manager.

MemoThe culture memo

Netflix's published culture memo, updated in 2024, sets the rules.

Source: jobs.netflix.com, “Work Life Philosophy” · Form 10-K 2025, Human Capital

Who works here

Where they work · 2025 (≈ 16,000)

US & Canada 68%EMEA 16%APAC 12%LatAm

≈ 16,000

full-time employees (Dec 31, 2025)

10,900

in the U.S. and Canada

28

cities with Netflix offices (2022)

1997

founded, August 29

Source: Form 10-K 2025 · Netflix Tudum (25th anniversary)

Pay at Netflix

Median employee · total compensation, 2025$211,201

Each co-CEO earned about 250 times this amount.

Source: Proxy statement 2026

Market range · Software Engineer, Los Gatos

Software Engineer 4$250,000 – $413,000

Software Engineer 5$388,000 – $619,000

Source: Netflix job postings 790315764701 and 790312429328 (2026). Netflix calls these “the range for this role”; pay can be taken as salary or stock options.

Pay by ageNot published

Netflix doesn't publish pay by age.

Office history: Los Gatos, 25,000 to 600,000 sq ft

1997
Founded
Netflix was founded on August 29, 1997. Netflix.com went live on April 14, 1998 and shipped its first DVD, Beetlejuice; streaming began in 2007.
Source: Netflix Tudum, “Netflix celebrates 25 years”

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2002
Executive offices in Los Gatos
Netflix leased about 25,000 sq ft in Los Gatos for its executive offices, plus about 50,000 sq ft in San Jose for customer service and IT.
Source: Form 10-K 2002, Item 2

Netflix HQ, Los Gatos · Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2005
80,000 sq ft
The Los Gatos corporate office had grown to about 80,000 sq ft.
Source: Form 10-K 2005, Item 2

100 Winchester Circle, 2019 · Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2015–16
A new campus across Highway 17
In 2015 Netflix signed leases to add about 260,000 sq ft; by the end of 2016 its Los Gatos headquarters was about 600,000 sq ft. It also planned a move from Beverly Hills to new offices in Los Angeles in 2017.
Source: Form 10-K 2015 and 2016, Item 2

Albright Way, 2019 · Coolcaesar / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Annual report	HQ space (sq ft)	m²	As described
10-K 2002	25,000	2,323	Executive offices, Los Gatos (leased)
10-K 2005	80,000	7,432	Corporate office, Los Gatos
10-K 2015	370,000	34,374	HQ, leased; +260,000 sq ft signed
10-K 2016	600,000	55,742	HQ, leased

Map: how the headquarters moved

Netflix has grown in place: its Los Gatos buildings sit a few hundred metres apart, on either side of Highway 17.

1 · 2000s–100 Winchester Circle, Los Gatos
2 · 2016–Albright Way campus, Los Gatos

Addresses: eciffo office records · Wikimedia Commons captions · Locations: OpenStreetMap · Basemap © Esri

What Netflix does

Netflix is a subscription streaming service for series, films and games. It earns its money from memberships, reported by region below.

One operating segment; revenue reported by region.

Where the money came from · streaming revenue by region, 2025

U.S. and CanadaUCAN

$20.0B

Europe, Middle East and AfricaEMEA

$14.5B

Latin AmericaLATAM

$5.4B

Asia-PacificAPAC

$5.4B

Source: Form 10-K 2025, Streaming revenues by region

Revenue, 2025$45.2Bup 16% in a year

Net income, 2025$11.0BGAAP

Revenue per employee$2.8M$45.2B ÷ 16,000

Profit per employee$0.69M$11.0B ÷ 16,000

Source: Form 10-K 2025 · SEC XBRL · per-employee figures calculated by eciffo

Growth: revenue vs. people

38×revenue, 2007 → 2025
$1.2B → $45.2B

10×employees, same years
1,542 → 16,000

YearRevenueEmployees

FY2007

$1.2B

1,542

FY2008

$1.4B

1,644

FY2009

$1.7B

1,883

FY2010

$2.2B

2,180

FY2011

$3.2B

2,348

FY2012

$3.6B

2,045

FY2013

$4.4B

2,022

FY2014

$5.5B

2,189

FY2018

$15.8B

7,100

FY2025

$45.2B

16,000

Calendar years. Revenue: SEC XBRL. Employees: Form 10-K, full-time (2015–2017 and 2019–2024 not shown because of changing definitions). Multiples calculated by eciffo.

Chief executives

2020 – today

Ted Sarandos

Co-CEO.

No free-to-use photo.

2023 – today

Greg Peters

Co-CEO.

1997 – 2023

Reed Hastings

Co-founder; CEO, then co-CEO; now Chairman.

Co-founders: Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph.

Source: Proxy statement 2026 · ir.netflix.net

Hear it from the CEO

2025 · StratecheryAn Interview with Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters About Strategy and ExecutionInterview · subscriber article ↗

Netflix's official social accounts

Netflix's official accounts.

X (Twitter)@netflix ↗Instagram@netflix ↗YouTubeyoutube.com/@Netflix ↗LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/netflix ↗Newsroomabout.netflix.com ↗

Netflix: questions people ask

Where is Netflix's headquarters?

Los Gatos, California, with a second major hub in Los Angeles.

Source: Form 10-K 2025

How many people work at Netflix?

About 16,000 full-time employees at the end of 2025, 68% of them in the U.S. and Canada.

Source: Form 10-K 2025

How much do Netflix engineers make?

2026 Los Gatos postings give a range of $250,000–$413,000 for Software Engineer 4 and $388,000–$619,000 for Software Engineer 5. The median employee earned $211,201 in 2025.

Source: Netflix job postings · Proxy statement 2026

Does Netflix have unlimited vacation?

Salaried employees have flexible time off with no set allowance. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days a year for vacation, holidays and sick time.

Source: Netflix job postings · jobs.netflix.com

When was Netflix founded?

August 29, 1997.

Source: Netflix Tudum

Netflix Headquarters & offices · Los Gatos, California

Flexible time off from day one, free counseling sessions, and a Los Gatos headquarters that grew 24-fold.