Comcast Spotlight - Account Executive Comcast Employee Review

2.0
Jan 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Can pay pretty well during the good years. Not a lot of micro-management going on. Very good benefits. Nearly free cable TV and Internet.

Cons

Virtually no opportunity for advancement. Those that have been working there for many years (more than 10+) are pretty set up, especially if they have agencies on their list. Anyone coming in new is up a creek...even if you have many years of experience. Very high account churn. Averaging 35%-40% per year (and up to 75% on a bad year)...depending on what office you are in. Very difficult to build a foundation with such high account churn. You have to re-build your business each year. Agencies are top priority, instead of Comcast Spotlight employees. A select few A.E.s have large agencies. Agencies are serviced by a single A.E...Instead of A.E.s following accounts wherever they go. This adds to the account churn for many A.E.s. You can work with an account from infancy to maturity for years...only to have it swept away by an agency that belongs to someone else. Those with large agencies don't prospect...they let the agencies do that for them. This creates an unequal...or unfair workplace. More than 50% of your time will be spent in data entry and problem-solving, instead of selling. Management made misleading claims and dodged direct questions during interview process. Mostly only negative reinforcement...very little positive reinforcement from management. Upper management rarely visits outer offices...and has very little idea what specific difficulties are outside of their home office. Management is not helpful...and appears to have no idea how to help...They mostly only provide negative reinforcement. The high account churn, and continual negative reinforcement will cause you to be very stressed and full of anxiety most of the time.

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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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