Comcast Reviews

Pros

Excellent Company Growth
Great Benefits
Longevity
Growth within the company
Perks and discounts

Cons

Internal Hiring/transferring process extremely long
pay verses competitors is low

Advice to Senior Management

speed up the internal transfer process

Pros

Great benefits, complementary video & internet service and discounted telephone service.

Cons

The organization is so large I believe it is losing is core values and service is suffering as a result. Employee moral for non-exempt staff seems less sufficient than that of exempt staff.

Advice to Senior Management

N/A

Pros

Excellent benefits offering.
Employee stock options.
Leading company in a growing industry.
Tuition reimbursement available to employees.
Career and location mobility.

Cons

Fast paced and constantly evolving work environment may not suit every ones career goals. Highly competitive structure may be stressful for some individuals.

Pros

Comcast promoted independence and contribution of professional staff. I enjoyed collaborating with team members and management. Overall, it was a good experience for a technical writer.

Cons

No opportunity to obtain permanent employment even when given high recommendations. Most of staff are contractors also with little opportunity for permanent employment.

Advice to Senior Management

Use contract employment as a step to hire permanent employees. There are too many excellent professionals who are let go for no apparent reason.

Pros

Superior Upper Management - extrememly smart, personable, easy to work with/for
Professional growth opportunities
Great place to learn from others / network
Morale is high
Management communicates in several ways to make sure employees are informed

Cons

For some, it's very difficult to move around within the company. You get stuck.
Some lower level positions at the mercy of inconsistent Management

Advice to Senior Management

Discuss career paths often with your employees. This company is filled with the best of the best. Help your people move around to areas that build their expertise and grow them as employees / people. Comcast offers classes and various opportunities for growth. Some Managers are the obstacle holding people back.

Pros

Own Hours
Friendly Co-Workers
Good Meetings
Commission Pay On Sales Not Bad

Cons

No Paid Training
After Training No Pay Until First Sale
Strictly Commission Work
No Hourly Pay

Advice to Senior Management

Hourly Pay for effort would be nice...

Pros

Clout, solid, stable company; stays in front of technology, very well connected politically and respected in the industry. Employees get free cable, internet, and telephone services!

Cons

Sometimes held accountable for actions over which had no control - hard to precisely predict/manage bureacrats, political figures, legislation, for example.

Advice to Senior Management

Overall, doing very well - sometimes need more leeway in "soft" job functions such as developing community relationships, third parties, etc.

Pros

Free cable, phone, internet. Frequent interactions with customers and co-workers. Occasional office parties and cookouts make the work-life balance more enjoyable

Cons

Angry customers can sometimes be difficult to deal with. Frequent encounters with these customers as a result of going door to door

Pros

Work/Life balance, the product audience scale and access to progressive technology

Cons

Bureaucracy, lack of vision, hierarchical management, culture focused on reporting structure, lack of maturity in product development

Advice to Senior Management

Stop getting in your own way. Allow for innovation and take advantage of opportunities.

Pros

-opportunity and benefits that come from working for a large organization
-when paired with a successful manager, it's often quite easy to favorably stand out-what it takes is the willingness to involve yourself in organizational improvement tasks and to take on the corresponding additional work and responsibility

Cons

-at this level, success is tied to the competence of your manager
-unrealistic metrics goals, which are often moving targets
-difficult to replace poorly performing supervisors, though their poor performance is detrimental to your own

Advice to Senior Management

listen to HR feedback with regard to senior management competence.