NBCUniversal reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(5,312 total reviews)

Mike Cavanagh

80% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

NBCUniversal has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,312 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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5K reviews
4.0
Feb 5, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great corporate events IF you work at the Miracle Mile location(don't work at the Lot aka Universal City location). Relaxed attire. Constant free swag, surprise food/drink parties, events, and screenings. Great farmers market at the courtyard every Wednesday all year long. Courtyard being renovated to be more user-friendly to employees. Decent luncheons options within walking distance. Half-day Fridays during the summer season.

Cons

G4 department was completely laid-off in a move to expand and rebrand to Esquire. Then Style department was completely laid-off in a move to expand and rebrand to instead become Esquire. Now G4 is back the way it was, sans all the employees. It's difficult to move up internally. Parking structure is difficult to get in and out unscathed. I.T. department is not that great, but better than NBCU's corporate I.T. from India! Since the merger from E!/GE/Comcast to NBCU, NBCU has inundated how they do things into our already regular-flowing-happy ways, makes things more difficult and not as appealing. Due to this merger and how corporate things are getting, long-time employees and those there pre-merger are extremely dissatisfied with their jobs.

3.0
Feb 3, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Wonderful people, Comcast is shaking things up (trust me, they need it), opportunity to work on some of the best products and brands in the business, looks great on the resume

Cons

Poor communication across NBC division, four main groups (entertainment, sports, news and affils) operate like little fiefdoms making it difficult to get things done, incompetent HR department, little to no manager training, pockets of innovation but the organization sometimes seems very stuck in its ways and fear of failure among the employees contributes directly to lack of innovative thinking. Dingy building (30 Rock) and old equipment.

3.0
Feb 3, 2014

Senior Marketing Executive

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The opportunity to work on excellent product.

Cons

Pay does not match other big media companies. Poorly executed management strategy. Behind the curve on Digital.

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