--- title: Netflix is Hiring a Binge Watcher description: Netflix is hiring someone to be a tv show and movie binge watcher canonical: https://time.com/2963052/netflix-is-hiring-a-professional-binge-watcher/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-07T16:54:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:26.641Z og:title: Netflix is Hiring a Professional Binge Watcher og:description: Dream job alert og:url: https://time.com/2963052/netflix-is-hiring-a-professional-binge-watcher/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f47c96cc71f27d5/69869ab7169ab0256027a3d4/464222705.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Netflix Illustrations Ahead Of Earnings og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Netflix is Hiring a Professional Binge Watcher twitter:description: Dream job alert twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f47c96cc71f27d5/69869ab7169ab0256027a3d4/464222705.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Netflix is Hiring a Professional Binge Watcher > Sponsored content. 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Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jul 7, 2014 4:54 PM UTC You can now turn binge watching all seven seasons of _The West Wing_ — and by that we really mean all seven seasons of _Toddlers & Tiaras_ — from your bed into a real, paying job. [Netflix is on the hunt for a UK/Ireland “tagger”](http://jobs.netflix.com/jobs.php?id=NFX01466) looking to turn pjs into the new office chic. According to the job listing, successful applicants will watch and “deconstruct” TV shows and movies, objectively giving them the proper tags. Like [“Coming-of-age Animal Tales” ](http://www.buzzfeed.com/hunterschwarz/23-oddly-specific-netflix-categories-that-only-have-one-show)and “Gritty British Prison Movies.” Even without salary specifications, this may or may not be better than the[ panda nanny dream job.](http://time.com/109179/now-hiring-panda-nannies/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2963052/netflix-is-hiring-a-professional-binge-watcher/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2963052/netflix-is-hiring-a-professional-binge-watcher/"},"headline":"Netflix is Hiring a Professional Binge Watcher","datePublished":"2014-07-07T16:54:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:26.641Z","description":"Dream job alert","url":"https://time.com/2963052/netflix-is-hiring-a-professional-binge-watcher/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Netflix","job","Business topic","binge-watching"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f47c96cc71f27d5/69869ab7169ab0256027a3d4/464222705.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f47c96cc71f27d5/69869ab7169ab0256027a3d4/464222705.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Netflix Illustrations Ahead Of Earnings","caption":"Netflix Illustrations Ahead Of Earnings","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2963052/netflix-is-hiring-a-professional-binge-watcher/","name":"Netflix is Hiring a Professional Binge Watcher"}}]}] ```