Good job, but a lot of stress - Field Service Technician Comcast Employee Review

4.0
Sep 9, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits, co-workers are mostly all awesome to work with, and best entertainment experience with the x1 platform

Cons

Very stressful, the promotion system in place (FPA) for field techs keeps changing the metrics needed to achieve a promotion, and the constant stress about meeting the metrics is too much. The ability to move up and go to advanced classes is harder now than it used to be. Summers and fall we are always over booked and overwhelmed with jobs, adding to the high stress levels. Management and above seem to be totaly disconnected from the everyday employee in almost all job titles, from tech to call center employees. Pay is low to medium for techs like myself, and advancement is hard now. Better pay would be nice, a cost of living raise would be better, and bigger annual merit increases (percentages starting at 5%) would be great.

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5.0
Feb 28, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Working at Comcast has given me the opportunity to develop myself; take the time to grow and learn, and that was really important to me during the time in my life when I joined the company. If you have the drive and ambition, there are a ton of ways in which you can grow into a leader if that's what you want to be. I took advantage of the continued education benefit and am finishing my masters degree now... I also joined a couple of the employee resource groups which offer seminars and networking events that support your professional profile. Listen, I'm not a total nerd. The point of my post is that this isn't a company you join and just stay stale within. They encourage your growth, but it's up to you to make it happen. Not only this - it's pretty exciting. We're busy and we have big jobs to do. My salary is in the top percentile for my industry but not only this, I again get the continued education (which is ~$6K/year) plus free cable/internet, top health care benefits and a truly balanced lifestyle - which is rarely the case within the Tech industry.

Cons

Telling people you work at Comcast triggers 2 typical responses: 1) A big hatred rant on customer service 2) A how do I get my foot in the door? The reputation of the company is difficult, but the style of the company is to stay humble - I've never seen the company defend themselves against the harmful and discrediting news that exists. I personally think they should defend themselves a little more - they are between a rock and a hard place in many instances of service. I personally experienced visiting someone's home where the issues they were having with their connection was due to a tree root growing into the cable lines which had been their for over 20 years. Things like that cannot be diagnosed over a phone call. It's hard work in the field for sure. Being a part of the corporate side sometimes we're too disconnected from what's happening on the frontline. So I think the size of the organization comes with its complications, but again if you're a working professional looking for an exciting, robust and sexy career, you can comfortably have it here.

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