NBCUniversal reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(5,307 total reviews)

Mike Cavanagh

80% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

NBCUniversal has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,307 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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5K reviews
1.0
Apr 23, 2010

ugh

Recommend
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Pros

Friends will think you have the coolest job ever Meet some famous people Work on exciting projects that many would cover for free

Cons

Nobody takes you seriously if you do not share the same opinions as everyone else. If you are not obsessed with the same celebs, you will not fit in. This plays into the "it's who you suck up to, not what you do" environment.

4.0
Jun 30, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Being an Accounting Clerk is a relatively easy job (in comparison with other more involved accounting positions). However, it is very mundane. It involves a lot of filing, sorting, copying, logging. You may also be required to get lunch for your department. There is a lot of opportunity for growth (if you stick with the same group of people from show to show) and most people are willing to show you how to work with the accounting software (most companies use EP Vista--not to be confused with the Microsoft OS). You get a pretty decent weekly rate, and, after logging in a certain number of hours at your position, you get health benefits! You get free lunch (at the expense of having no official lunch break). If you're considering a job that's a step up from the Production Assistant position and considering a career in Accounting, then this is a good entry-level spot for you.

Cons

Being an Accounting Clerk is usually on a contract/term basis. You can be employed as a clerk with the parent company of the movie for whom you are working, or you can just work with the studio from show to show. As a result, your job status is relatively unstable. The hours are long. Depending on who your head accountant is, you can work from 50+ to 60+ a week. As a result, your weekly rate that seems awesome in comparison with the 40+ a week work is pretty average when you break it down to actual hours worked. As mentioned above, you get no real lunch break because your meal is bought for you by the production. Also, once you stop working in Accounting, your health benefits stop after your qualifying period. It's a long and tedious job. You will be a lot busier than a Production Assistant (though you will be making only slightly more). You may start to wonder how other people got their jobs because you'll discover how much other departments make and realize that they're less than competent...

2.0
Jun 26, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salaries are competitve to good, when you're hired full-time; company too often hires freelancers on a day-rate to save money. There is a certain prestige still associated with the network, but more to outsiders than those within the buildings.

Cons

capricious management, little options for growth. In recent years, the company has lost sight of its news focus and, in panic, rushed to make seriously damaging decisions in its newsrooms. I dream of the days when there was mutual respect between management and staff. It is virtually impossible to find now. Employees are terminated without cause, on a whim, without notice, making the level of anxiety and paranoia very high. The atmosphere is tense and often confrontational.

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