NBCUniversal reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(5,322 total reviews)

Mike Cavanagh

79% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

NBCUniversal has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,322 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NBCUniversal employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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5.0
Jul 7, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The leadership training at GE is the best in the business. This training gives employees the opportunity capitalize on the limitless career paths that can be taken in the business.

Cons

If you are not the best at what you do, you will stand out and the leadership will correct the problem.

1.0
Nov 28, 2016

The worst company culture in the UK

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The brands/merchandise (which is almost not seen anywhere in the actual building) and the company name which does not live up to it's expectations

Cons

This company has the absolute worst company culture in the UK and is filled with depressive disturbed people. The former is a very big concern that apparently is not being handled the right way and makes it very difficult to work with the people around you or to deal with the extreme mood swings on a daily basis. I have seen grown people behave like 4 year olds and even talk in toddler voice and this is not even being frowned upon by Management and HR. People here are also very very rude to the point that many just walk away. Having a door slammed in your face and not receiving a thank you after holding the door for someone is very normal. The turnover of people resigning is very high and people even seem to walk away from pay rises and promotions. Lying, cheating and deceiving is applauded by HR so don't bother knocking on their door. The level of experience in the HR department is also very far from what it is supposed to be and since they cant seem to find qualified permanent staff to run this department they fill HR with contractors who obviously do not care as this is not their permanent job. Walking into this company on a daily basis is mind numbing and makes happy and healthy people depressive. The ratio of diversity is very very low as you can easily count the non white people on your two hands. The rule of thumb comes out of the USA and even though american policies do not work in the EU, they decide what happens either way which brings with it absurd delays and massive profit loss. The competition in the market is highly adored to the point that it seems they want to replicate the big D by hiring all their staff at whatever cost necessary. This of course makes it a very boring wannabe replica that clearly does not work. Contractors fill all the gaps for which they fail to find permanent staff that is just not willing to work here and keeps resigning. What annoys me the most is that it is a waste of time to bring your good energy, healthy mind, perseverance, knowledge and creativity to work, only to deal with mentally disturbed management that will knock all of the above down just because they are dealing with their mood swings again. Such a weird company, it's unbelievable.

1.0
Oct 1, 2016

IT management in UK letting down the company badly. Director level shocking!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fantastic perks through the screenings and loads of freebies. Cool work environment and passionate people. The name brings in talent but the IT department is run by the most shocking management I have ever seen in my 20 years working in technology departments. arrogant management teams spend their time playing golf in the office or creating excuses to travel far and wide. Staff who are responsible for operations get overloaded while management chill out and boss around the juniors. Disgusting.

Cons

When the new management took over . They spend your companies hard earned cash on themselves with MacBooks and iPads and every gadget then they tell you they have no budget for staff below management. Our operations will be stuck in the 80s style management. Feel so sorry for apprentices who are stuck on the desk and never taught a thing, I'm now looking for a new job now, I've had enough and tired of telling my manager of the issues and he just says, it's out of my hands nothing we can do!

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