Way overworked and stressful; wish I never worked there. - Technical Support Specialist Comcast Employee Review

1.0
Aug 7, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Complimentary cable and internet. Good medical,dental and vison benefits. Good handling of 401k with Fidelty, actually made me money.

Cons

Ridiculous workload and stressload. Horrible work-life balance. Poor internal communications. Company does not allow enough time/resources/people to resolve chronic customer problems. Morale is low, leading employees to excessively escape from work through avenues such as short-term disablity or FMLA. Mandatory overtime. Employees are subject to constant changes that directly affect their schedules and lives outside of work. Mandatory one-hour lunches, which means a 9 hour workday. Supervisors are overlly stressed. When questioned at meetings supervisors routinely beat the drum and remind employees, "Just be glad you have a job". Constant pressure to sell, even if employee is not in sales; however, poor, erradict, inconsistant, unpredictable, unaccountable and untraceable compensation if employee does sell. Arbitrary job reviews, pay increases, prizes and commissions. Constantly changing metrics of goals. Employees disconnected from and have contempt for regional or other company leaders, understandable so. Comcast leaders disconnected from workload, stressload of front-end employees. Comcast does not have a clear, consise, consistant, confidence inspiring brand/message in their flyers, radio/tv ads, etc., compared to a company like WOW (Wide Open West Cable). Has huge variances in regular prices and promotions leading to constant customer complaints and employee stress. Has TOO MANY DIFFERENT promotions, leading customers to constantly say, "Well, I know my neighbor just got this last month." "That's not what I heard/saw advertised.". Training materials/resources/classes for various positions very poor. Manuals could be better written and presented. Internal job aides (CASPER) also not clearly written or presented; a nightmare to the eyes/ hard to navigate; not well edited and not consistantly formated throughout. Do not work at Comcast unless it is a position off the phones. I would not even recomment Comcast if you need the health benefits because, YOUR HEALTH CONDITION WILL GET WORSE FROM THE STRESS! An individual would be better off working anywhere else, stringing together 2 part-time jobs, or living in an alley and eatting dirt. Working at Comcast has turned me from a staunch Conservative into a woman who could be the first Conservative Union Representative!!!

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5.0
Feb 28, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Working at Comcast has given me the opportunity to develop myself; take the time to grow and learn, and that was really important to me during the time in my life when I joined the company. If you have the drive and ambition, there are a ton of ways in which you can grow into a leader if that's what you want to be. I took advantage of the continued education benefit and am finishing my masters degree now... I also joined a couple of the employee resource groups which offer seminars and networking events that support your professional profile. Listen, I'm not a total nerd. The point of my post is that this isn't a company you join and just stay stale within. They encourage your growth, but it's up to you to make it happen. Not only this - it's pretty exciting. We're busy and we have big jobs to do. My salary is in the top percentile for my industry but not only this, I again get the continued education (which is ~$6K/year) plus free cable/internet, top health care benefits and a truly balanced lifestyle - which is rarely the case within the Tech industry.

Cons

Telling people you work at Comcast triggers 2 typical responses: 1) A big hatred rant on customer service 2) A how do I get my foot in the door? The reputation of the company is difficult, but the style of the company is to stay humble - I've never seen the company defend themselves against the harmful and discrediting news that exists. I personally think they should defend themselves a little more - they are between a rock and a hard place in many instances of service. I personally experienced visiting someone's home where the issues they were having with their connection was due to a tree root growing into the cable lines which had been their for over 20 years. Things like that cannot be diagnosed over a phone call. It's hard work in the field for sure. Being a part of the corporate side sometimes we're too disconnected from what's happening on the frontline. So I think the size of the organization comes with its complications, but again if you're a working professional looking for an exciting, robust and sexy career, you can comfortably have it here.

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