NBC Reviews

I have been working at NBC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Getting to work in TV.

Cons – The Entertainment Industry doesn't attract many moral people. There are a lot of liars and back stabbers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at NBC as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Great place for self-motivated people who can work independently.

Cons – Large corporation mindset, with offsite leadership.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn what others do to better understand the business

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at NBC

Pros – Great learning opportunities and plenty of people willing to answer questions.

Cons – Any unpaid internship is always tough on the bank account, although they did cover travel.

I worked at NBC as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Nice environment to work in.

Cons – None i can think of

Advice to Senior Management – None

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at NBC as an intern for less than a year

Pros – I was only an intern but I genuinely loved working at NBC. Overall it was a great company and I really learned a lot about myself and what I want to pursue as a career. I was in NBC Sports so I don't know if this is for everywhere but in my department they offered meet and greets with executives from all sorts of departments so you could hear how they got where they are. This was how I decided I want to go to law school and I wouldn't have known that without their help!

Cons – I do wish I got to do more hands-on projects... but at the same time I wouldn't have learned the industry as well without the "mundane" tasks I was assigned. I only sat in on one phone call and it would have been better to have been able to sit in on more meetings or conferences.

Advice to Senior Management – Allow interns into more aspects of day to day tasks. Shadow days maybe?

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at NBC full-time

Pros – Smart people stay here forever until the HR decides that you are going to get a package. They have excellent benefits. Great people to work with and opportunities to grow if you are willing to stick out for a couple years.

Cons – People are let go without cause. This is a very stressful environment with a growing paranoia.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop giving so much responsibility to interns.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at NBC as an intern for less than a year

Pros – People at NBC Chicago are extremely friendly, work hard, and know their stuff.

Cons – Upper management didn't do the best job when it came to securing on-air talent. Sometimes caused extra work load and stress

I worked at NBC

Pros – While an outpost, it is NBC, and you get some minor spillover from the company's connections with Hollywood. Conan O'Brien visited the station once.

Cons – The people are exceedingly average, with a few standouts, and the culture is stultifying. No one's interested in change or perspectives from outside the television industry.

Advice to Senior Management – Make some startling moves and bring in flesh blood, including a general manager and news director who don't have a background in television.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at NBC

Pros – The pay is awesome!!! They pay based on experience and it is really a good place to work!!! Also the people are really friendly!!

Cons – The call center manager was not as knowledgeable as he should have been about the companies policies. He was a good person but he really didn't have the answers.

Advice to Senior Management – Be more aware of the company. The systems that is used is crazy. You should really do something different as far as that goes.

I worked at NBC

Pros – Show staff was incredibly helpful to interns looking to get into television media, relied on interns more heavily than most, and enabled interns to move between shows/departments to get the best perspective of NBC as a whole. Interns also interacted with high-profile guests (politicians, authors, etc.)

Cons – Longer hours than most other internships, but this was offset by the quality of work and experience. Occasionally experienced extended downtime.

Advice to Senior Management – Widen the NBC news/ MSNBC divide between hard news and opinion show marketing. Provide interns a clearer pathway to full-time employment.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend