NBCUniversal reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(5,303 total reviews)

Mike Cavanagh

81% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

NBCUniversal has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,303 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 Audiovisual y medios de comunicación industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Aug 24, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Resume builder. You'll work with great people that offer support & learning opportunities (does not include management/leadership team) but Account Executives and day-to-day teams are committed to your success because it also helps them to succeed. Will gain experience and expertise in the media field.

Cons

There is zero opportunity for growth. NBCU is a good stepping stone but you will never be rewarded for your efforts. The more value/expertise you provide, the more work and responsibility you'll be given, all without the possibility of a raise, promotion or bonus. NBCU does NOT give raises or bonuses. You only have the opportunity for a promotion if someone resigns...and even then, they will make you jump through hoops. Do not be fooled by the promise of a 'merit increase'. It is a max of 2%/year which doesn't even meet the inflation rate YoY. A churn and burn environment. Leadership does not care about employees or retaining good talent. Compensation is well below industry average and again, there is no opportunity for development. Also, does not match offers from other companies - take it or leave it.

1.0
Jul 8, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some great perks, benefits, tickets to park.

Cons

Internal growth is pretty much impossible. At times it makes it seems like there’s no way up and out without leaving. When applying for a role you can either be automatically turned down or be under consideration without actually getting a chance to interview with the hiring manager to showcase why you would be a great fit for the role. As a minority myself I look around and see very few people of color able to ever make strides especially coming from a place that seems to brag about being inclusive to all races creeds and religions. Yearly raise is nothing to write home about. Managers need to be trained on how to actually hire individuals for roles correctly instead of those they seem to befriend creating a never ending pattern of friends hiring best friends from cliques for roles they have no experience being in. No true structure anywhere. Training can be a joke. All in all once individuals seem to get in higher roles they want all cares about what’s going on are out the window now that they’re collecting that check.

1.0
Dec 14, 2019

Company Hanging In by a Thread

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lot’s of employee benefits from health, travel, monthly work from home, summer hours, unlimited snacks, juice, coffee and soda

Cons

This company would not be for only Jurassic Park so all the money goes there. Otherwise they are only hanging on with their classics, worst themed park ever and on small unsuccessful branches. 70/80% of the workforce are contractors. There are 7-10 divisions with alternating LAYOFFS -beware. The people that disappear are ethnics, over 40, and the unattractive. Managers have a field day with contractors - lots of sexual harassment going on but contractors have no rights and are expendable. If you get hired the manager must be a related to upper upper management, best friend or love interest. Welcome to a boys club! Women are paid less 10K in staff jobs and in entertainment the gap is easy $10MM-$15MM. Look at the numbers! Serious sex discrimination going on here.

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