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      NBCUniversal reviews

      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (5,310 total reviews)

      Mike Cavanagh

      80% approve of CEO

      59% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Senior management

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      NBCUniversal has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,310 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
      4.0
      Jun 16, 2008

      Just like one of their TV shows: it's entertaining and exciting, but it can't hear a damn thing you say.

      Senior web producer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You can't beat the product -- which is to say the TV shows and specials the company creates and broadcasts. If you like working in entertainment and media, if you like knowing backstage gossip and info on your favorite shows and stars, if you're a fan, then this is the place for you. Since the company is part of GE, the benefits package is fantastic. Even the company cafeteria is good! And the fact that you walk right past the Tonight Show studios to reach it every day is pretty neat.

      Cons

      Senior management -- VP's and Senior VP's -- consistently didn't know their ass from their elbow. They might have MBA's, but they didn't know (and worse, really didn't care!) a damn thing about how to do the actual day-to-day boots on the ground kind of work that we grunts were doing. They were also unreceptive to suggestions from staff. Hours for the grunts were very long, because of the need for on-site synchronization with the weekly TV schedule, but VP's were usually gone from the office by 6:01 PM. Consequently, staff turnover was unusually high, resulting in continual losses of institutional knowledge, and morale was low.

      4.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      GE- NBC Universal, despite its faults, is a great company to work for

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It is a very fast paced company where there's never lack of work to do. Management has been for the most part very open and try to be transparent. NBC Universal is a GE company, so there are a lot of GE philiosphies inherent, but it is also very different from GE, due to nature of the media business. It's hard to six sigma news or media content as much as you could airplane engines. In addition, if you don't like working for NBC Universal, you can always move to a different GE company, fairly easily. It's such a huge company, you're bound to find a role you like. Being a thought leader is emphacized, and I believe we have a very open community type of feeling amonst the employees, which is encouraging.

      Cons

      It's very chaotic, and I'm not sure if it is something that can change due to the nature of the business. Compensation, is not that high, as far as I know. Also, every year, we get automatic 3-5% raise, regardless of our performance. I read that Jack Welch used to do 10-80-10 rule where they compensated the top 10% with much higher raise, but honestly, I'm not sure if this is happening. I worked my ass off, yet I got the same raise as other jackasses who don't work nearly as much. Also there is absolutly no bonus, other than occasional "thank you" gift cards you get, which is more like $50-$500, and you are not getting these that often, unless you work for someone who likes giving those away. Leadership is generally competant, and has good mindset, but I feel that sometimes it's just mere talk than anything else. In our IT organization, we are going through a huge change, but the light at end of the tunnel seems a little too far away.

      3.0
      May 29, 2026

      Fun employee events can't offset toxic environment

      Coordinator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - some fun employee engagement events - but not much

      Cons

      - performative DEI (as with most corporate companies) - low pay - toxic work environment, HR only there to protect the company and their executives - they promote 'yes' people and people that won't question the system - billion dollar company and they pay coordinators $60k in LA & NYC - terrible about advancement opportunities

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