Churn the employees and the Company makes more money - Customer Account Executive Comcast Employee Review

2.0
5 Mar 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good health plan and free CHSI and Cable, management is friendly and makes sure that everything is working for you.

Cons

This is big business, not sales. This is customer service, not sales. This is how Comcast got to be so big. You can meet all product goals in a month and get written up. You need to make a “sale” on every call (its impossible). People call in and hang up, call from the wrong market, unauthorized people call in to ask misc questions, your own collection, billing and repair reps call you to ask questions, people that are having a missed install date and time, people that just want to talk to a live person that have a billing or repair issue call you… all of these calls count against you and if you work later in the day (after 7:00pm) they become the majority of the calls. If you don’t make close rate or revenue for a month, but you destroy the production numbers (phone Tv (D1) and internet) then you still get written up and threaten to be fired. This means they are going to get rid of you in 2 months. The company has to go through all checks and balances to show that they give everyone an opportunity. I understand this concept, its something we learned about at college. You don’t want to pay full time employees, so you add in metrics that don’t mean anything so you can turn them. The new employees wont have bennies for 90 days and it saves the company money because they can higher at the lowest wage. I was encouraged by two supervisors to stay off the phone as much as possible after 7:00 pm because it hurt my close rate. Or to stay on an individual call as long as possible. This tells me that they know the system is flawed. People that slam are fired, people that bend the rules and or make their own bundles are told not to but when their numbers come out, they are ones that are used as examples for paychecks. The prices that Comcast quotes are dumb for boxes compared to its competitors.

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5.0
28 Feb 2015
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CEO approval
Business outlook

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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