Overall my experience was good, until Steve Burke stepped down from the helm. - Anonymous employee Comcast Employee Review

3.0
10 Feb 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It's always nice to work for a leader in your industry, one who stives to keep their products relevant and cutting-edge. I had the lattitude to be involved in a fairly wide variety of projects outside of my regular scope of work. My local leadership was good at communicating the needs of the business and translating that into how it would benefit our customers. We all felt appreciated and valued for our contruibutions. From the engineering side there is great opportunity if you have the skills required.

Cons

Within the past 6-9 months the energy, morale and camraderie has gone out the window. I understand we are all struggling through tough economic times but if you look at the cash flow Comcast is bringing it it hardly seems to warrant the degree of "restructuring to achieve financial efficiencies" that has been occuring. For those of you who don't know what this means in real terms, the translation is eliminated jobs. All the media sees (and therefore the bulk of the population) is that we are adding heads . . . not across the board but only in call centers, and many of those aren't even in our own country where we could use them. With every efficiency achieved re-orgs have been taking place. Many people who have been folded into new teams now feel like the communication is non-existant, deemed unessential or dictatorial. Their suggestions as to how to improve the processes or performance now fall on deaf ears. Politics plays a role in these reorgs, geographic areas are staked out and the race is on to see who can build the biggest empire. Meanwhile employee enthusiasm and the can-do spirit has been squelched. With as much information as the average customer can find on the Internet, the perception they are left with is that the company is greed-driven. The number of rate increases bestowed upon customers at a time when they can least afford it only serves to confirm this view.

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5.0
3 Jun 2026
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Pros

Positive vibes. Everyone is nice and kind. There's a lot of activities to keep your work life balanced

Cons

Depending on the team you're on. The work load may vary

5.0
28 Feb 2015
Anonymous employee
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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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