Only a certain type lasts in this job - Business Sales Representative Comcast Employee Review

3.0
Apr 19, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The building is modern and spacious. The cubicles are roomy. There's free parking right out front. Your team will get pizza and other goodies for doing well. You will gain a solid background in the inner workings of broadband, cable tv, voice lines and other business technologies. Very diverse workforce - all ages, races, and types work here. You could have a 19 year old Job Corps dropout, a middle aged former executive who fell on hard times, and a 30something who sold glass figurines in a mall kiosk all on your sales team. And if you're a certain sales type (read on), you can do well here.

Cons

If you are a stereotypical sales jerk who enjoys lying to customers, stealing leads from coworkers without batting an eye, working around the rules to land a sale that you know will fall through just to pad your stats, and saying and doing ridiculous things on the sales floor for attention, you will thrive at this inbound call center. There is clear favoritism - if you side-eye any of the shenanigans encouraged by leadership you are branded as "negative." Once that happens, you will never be acknowledged for good performance, never win a "random" giveaway, and never have an extended run of easily closed incoming sales calls. Service after the sale is forbidden, you have to upsell existing customers calling in for urgent tech concerns, and you are actively competing against other sales channels in the same company like Xfinity (the residential products) and door-knockers who sell the same things you sell. These are some of the reasons turnover is crazy here - you have to be good at and ok with selling this way and also enjoy a work environment where trashy behavior rules. Working for Comcast seemed like a great opportunity but I know I won't be in this job for the required 1 year in order to post out. This grubby little sales outpost gets the job done for Comcast's bottom line. but it definitely ain't for everybody.

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5.0
Feb 28, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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