NBC Universal Reviews

Pros

Amazing people, great environment, very supportive.

Cons

Seems difficult to find lasting positions within.

Advice to Senior Management

Nothing! I had great upper management support and input. Very positive experience.

Pros

Fun industry.
Dynamic job.
Exciting changes taking place.
Lots of investment coming in with Comcast owners.

Cons

Poor performance of company in recent years.
Cost cutting.
Investment came in with Comcast, but then already had more cuts.

Advice to Senior Management

Get some better programs on air.
Move faster on leadership decisions.
Bring more of the training programs like we had with GE.

Pros

benefits are good and have some great perks, great coworkers, good resources, large company, transparency, movement within the company is available,

Cons

after the merger nbc is still finding the formula for success but with a bit more time the company will be great

Pros

Quality programming, creative team, enjoyable work

Cons

Highly-political making it impossible to navigate successfully.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen and respect your people

Pros

Great place to learn the business. Lots of talented coworkers

Cons

Many are contract workers here with no plans on being hired FT. Because of this, many come and go after one year.

Advice to Senior Management

Offer more incentives for contract employees to continue working for a great company.

Pros

30 Rock - the building and the show. Beautiful setting, romantic notions that creativity is taking place.

Cons

But in reality, they have too many senior managers that love to stifle, play political games, and not allow their to employees grow.

Advice to Senior Management

Get rid of the dead weight. You know who they are. Get some new blood in and make the company great again.

Pros

Flexible schedule, great people, interesting work

Cons

Very high degree of office politics, not merit-based

Advice to Senior Management

Focus more on being a meritocracy

Pros

Very organized and helpful internship program

Cons

Little to no assistance in post-graduate job search

Advice to Senior Management

Continue Campus Relations Director assistance after graduation

Pros

compensation
benefits
open to mix technology used - linux, unix, mac, pc
There are a lot of different brands you can transition to and each is interesting in its own way. You can stay there a long time but be in different brands for the experience

Cons

poor management in some divisions, people are tight-lipped b/c they are afraid of losing their SME status if they share too much
red-tape
not very collaborative though they try to be -- but it's more lip service

Advice to Senior Management

Management should listen to what employees say in the lowest brand levels. There are a lot of surveys sent out and completed but it is hard to tell if any action is taken. Also, there are some folks there that clearly need disciplinary action and everyone, including management knows it but it is rare that any action is taken.

Pros

The name value, diverse functions and departments, opportunity for growth

Cons

Too big to specialize, lack of diversity in terms of ethnicity

Advice to Senior Management

Increase diversity