Is NBCUniversal a good company to work for?

NBCUniversal has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 7,579 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 77% of employees would recommend working at NBCUniversal to a friend and 59% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about NBCUniversal have been left by employees working as Data Science Intern , Internship and Assistant Manager .

Does NBCUniversal pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, NBCUniversal employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at NBCUniversal. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at NBCUniversal?

77% of NBCUniversal employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated NBCUniversal 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at NBCUniversal?

Intern (391) , Production Assistant (140) , Manager (108) , Producer (104) , Director (101) , Internship (82) , Coordinator (78) , Executive Assistant (63) , Analyst (57) , Associate Producer (56) , Intern - Hourly (50) , Software Engineer (47) , Marketing Coordinator (46) , Product Manager (45) , Senior Financial Analyst (42)

What are the pros of working at NBCUniversal according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with on a daily basis who are very talented and dedicated to getting things out right." ((in 708 reviews)); "good benefits and 401k." ((in 538 reviews)); "Great culture and diversity" ((in 305 reviews)); "Great people and team to work with" ((in 204 reviews)); "They will constantly check up on you to see how you're doing and help wherever they can so you can have a good work/life balance." ((in 178 reviews))

What are the cons of working at NBCUniversal according to real employee reviews?

"low pay (only $15/hour) and I don't know if it is negotiable" ((in 365 reviews)); "Long hours and not fun" ((in 189 reviews)); "Poor management and HR looking in the other direction when numerous employees voice the same/similar complaints." ((in 185 reviews)); "Some managers are bad and hard to work for" ((in 89 reviews)); "if you want to succeed you need to put long hours not a 9" ((in 57 reviews))

What are employees saying about NBCUniversal layoffs in 2026?

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What are the top reviewed NBCUniversal locations?

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NBCUniversal reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,326 total reviews)

Mike Cavanagh

77% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

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 5,326 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 Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0

Jan 23, 2018

NBCU International: LA office only!

Producer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The only pro was the community created among coworkers (non management) to survive the absolute torture that was working at NBCU international. The International Interstitials department is the only good department.

Cons

Management fails upwards driving out any real talent. The corporate culture is creatively stifling. Time is constantly wasted in meetings where nothing is accomplished. Zero accountability placed upon management. HR does not care if you get harassed by management in any way; emotionally, sexually, physically. Across all of NBCUniversal, The Los Angeles International office scores the lowest on the employee satisfaction survey every single year.

4.0

Mar 12, 2017

One bad egg can't spoil a good company

Vice president

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

So much opportunity at NBCU, great company values, amazing talent and content and good compensation. Overall if you excel at NBCU you are talented and very dedicated to your work and the company.

Cons

A bad boss is like cancer, you can prolong life but you can't get rid of the cancer. The one downfall at NBCU is human resources role is to protect the company and they represent your boss. It took a year to ruin the department and 17 people lost their jobs.

NBCUniversal Response

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Hi there, thanks for leaving us a review! We really appreciate your time with NBCUniversal, and we're happy to see that your experience was a good one. We're sorry to hear about your experience regarding a boss. Our Human Resources department is always available for concerns and represents all folks at NBCUniversal, from the bottom to the top. Thanks again for your feedback, and take care!

1.0

Aug 25, 2022

Completely chaos

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Zero, none that I can think of

Cons

This place is now turned into a completely nightmare for IT professionals, and is becoming a hub for outsourcing IT staff. No one cares employees as anytime they can outsource to vendor to do the job. The turnover rate of employee is skyrocket, many teams have none employee but IT contractors. Inevitably, some teams’ manager will favor IT contractor over employee. Sometimes during meeting, non-English conversation can be heard regardless people understand or not. Upper management does not care about either. I had a one-on-one meeting that’s been rescheduled more than 10 times and guess what happened at last, it’s CANCELLED. One of my managers will do nothing but forwarding emails or delicating work out. There is no sense of recognition in terms of your assigned work and just throws stuff at you. If you want to burn out fast, work in toxic environment, tolerate incompetent upper managers, or like to watch peacock, then this is ok to stay for less than 1 year. There is no growth here in whatsoever.

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