Good pay and benefits. Be prepared for change--and it's always good. - Winback Direct Sales Representative Comcast Employee Review

3.0
Mar 11, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Largest telecom company in the world, strong. Good commissions if you can sell. 28 Paid days off per year (pay based on full salary plus commissions--truly days off.) Some decent contests and sales promotions. Good supervisors can make all the difference. I have a great supervisor.

Cons

To qualify my position for this review: I'm a hero in my office. I always make my numbers. I always work 50+ hours a week, and I take my job very seriously. I have a great supervisor (which makes ALL the difference.) If you aren't up for lots of knocks on doors, lots of rejection and being watched--walk away from this job, it just isn't for you. Super high pressure sales job. Two months of not meeting quota=no more job. Upper management is completely disconnected with the sales force. Expect to work in all weather--management will. Unless there is a weather emergency, you are expected to work. (Outdoors, knocking on residential houses for new business.) Micromanagement to the max. GPS tracking on your company supplied Ipad, all company supplied phone calls recorded, all customer contacts expected to be recorded. If you don't like being monitored, this definitely isn't for you. Expect the whole office to know if you haven't made your numbers. Management loves to shame those who are having difficulty. Customer service for the purpose of referrals used to be expected. Now it is forbidden. The turn of the new year (to 2014) has shown lots of changes. No more good promotions (incentives for the customers to buy from you vs. the call center where you don't get credit for the sale). Higher deposits for new customers. Cut in pay if you get a referral (not worth as much to the company, apparently)...so another reason to pay you less. Commissions are frequently wrong. More time out of your week to make sure you get paid correctly--expect it to be a battle. The finance people look for reasons to pay you less, and they will if you let them. Overall--used to be a great job a year ago. Not so much anymore. My personal opinion--Comcast is getting ready to end this division through two ways: 1.) Make it impossible for reps to reach quota, thus they didn't do their job. Zero cost to eliminate that employee. 2.) Make the reps want to quit. Even better for Comcast.

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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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