The Peter Principle at full bloom - Financial Analyst Comcast Employee Review

3.0
14 Sept 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits. Very friendly co-workers and atmosphere. They offer a plethora of self study training materials in their training portal for almost anything you can think of. ESPP with 15% discount and option for Roth 401K as well as traditional 401K. Growing company that is very strong and great for investment.

Cons

The Peter Principle in all its glory. Comcast encourages hiring form within, but you have to apply to open jobs. They very rarely promote. They will give preference to internal versus external hires. They have a maximum 10-12% ceiling for pay increase when you move up, and a maximum 3.5% annual raise (but don't expect that much unless you get "highly effective" for every criteria of your annual review). If you start out underpaid because you got your foot in the door after college, you will forever be underpaid. Unless... you jump around positions taking advantage of the 10%. What you get is people shifting around constantly, nobody actually staying in their role long enough to learn it, managers that have reached their incompetency levels, and their managers are so incompetent that they don't notice their subordinates incompetence. Nobody likes efficiency because that means less busy work. As long as they look busy, the managers are so buried in their own troubles they don't know who is under performing. Also, they loom their amazing benefits over your head as justification for why we are paid so far below the industry average.

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Pros

team comradery was pretty good. supervisor and manager were pretty awesome

Cons

large corporate structure. unable to interact with people that make the decisions that effect your job you are just a number. an expense. not a valued employee

5.0
28 Feb 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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