NBCUniversal reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(5,306 total reviews)

Mike Cavanagh

80% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

NBCUniversal has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,306 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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5K reviews
3.0
Jan 30, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance Good brand to have on resume Nice campus and amenities Lots of interesting events to be part of

Cons

The smartest people are leaving for FAANG and the company is not doing anything to pay competitively. Netflix has been the number one poacher of our talent according to LinkedIn. I recently joined Netflix and the pay and culture is light years ahead of where NBCU is. Had NBC paid me more to stay, I would never have thought twice of joining Netflix because I really enjoyed and miss working with my co-workers there for so many years, but I have a feeling one day they will rejoin me here, given the trend.

3.0
Jan 10, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Legacy as one of the great media companies of all time, but no more.

Cons

You know you're in trouble when the single largest division of the company is ad sales. Not content. Ad sales. Once mighty and envied, NBCU took too long to get into the streaming business and then put a group of people who had no idea what they were doing in charge of it. And in the process, new CEO Jeff Shell and his bean counters decimated the corporate culture by shredding countless divisions in the name of shoring up the disaster that is now Peacock.

1.0
Sep 29, 2021

Troubled Management

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There were some good co-workers that made the day more enjoyable.

Cons

This is the most uncomfortable job I've ever had. The people are rude and have no problem stepping on other people to move up. After reading some of these reviews for this company I am surprised by all the positive postings. Some people are down right mean, selfish, self-centered and manipulative. For a company that touted its highly praised zero-tolerance workplace, this environment is littered with inappropriate behaviors. I am shocked that some of the management is still employed. A manager calling in sick multiple times a week and giving a new excuse for each absence. Constantly and compulsively lying to his employees. Cursing all the time in staff meetings and on the main floor. Allowing some of the employees to watch netflix, come in late, take multiple extended breaks and leave early for the day without any sort of consequence. But has no problem coming down hard on the employees that do work hard. A manager that expressed immature jealousy towards his own employees for their successes in the company and successes in their own personal lives. Wrote favorable reviews to protect his co-worker friends from losing their jobs. Excessively used company benefits such as corporate cards for unnecessary purchases. Protects lazy employees while driving good workers to the ground. And falsely reported numbers to his superiors to protect his incompetence.

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