They say they care but that's a lie - Technician Comcast Employee Review

2.0
Oct 23, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good benefits, fulltime hours, they provide all the tools and equipment. You get a fair amount of time off assuming you put your time off in at least a month in advance and in most cases for major holidays a year to year and a half in advance.

Cons

They expect you do to so much work for so little pay. Hours are completely and totally inflexible. Constant changing metrics makes it hard to get raises/promotions. Being expected to fix/do the job of everyone in the company even though they don't give you the training, tools, or knowledge on how to do so. As a technician they expect you to be the end all be all to help customers with their issues. Unfortunately as a technician they also expect you to do the job of the call centers, the sales staff, the equipment repair department, I.T., accounts recievable (I.E. debt collectors), as well as general bad news delivery. And they expect you to do all of this for just a couple of dollars over minimum wage while telling you they pay way more than the rest of the job market which is a lie. Programs and APPs to do you're day to day job go down daily making incredibly difficult to do your job. Sales staff steal commisions from technicians as well as making promises technicians can't keep that's if they just don't flat out lie to customers. Comcast says technicians are the most important part of the company but every other sales position or call center position has a higher starting wage and the metrics aren't nearly as difficult to make. Also upon hiring Comcast will tell you you're shift as a technician will at a certain time and that's not true. Technicians work until all the appointments have been met. Too bad quota over books every single day so you never get out on time.

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Cons

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5.0
Feb 28, 2015
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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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