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Won't return to work there—left voluntarily

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Comcast for 9 years
July 15, 2022
Englewood, Colorado
1.0
Neutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Free cable, flexible schedule, good salary.

Cons

Lousy corporate culture on so many levels.

  • The Directors "manage up". So many times a VP will give warm and fuzzy "family first", "thank you for all you do, we are who we are because of our employees", and "automation, automation, automation" speeches. Then the Directors only focus on development by back-stabbing cohorts, which makes them look good to their VPs, even if that development will cause more manual labor. So anti-automation is the final result.
  • DE&I is a joke. I have witnessed several instances of employees being promoted to astonishing positions in the company without merit. During onboarding and throughout the early months of my tenure, the exalted importance of various positions in the company was repeatedly drubbed into me. Yet, once DE&I became a thing, multiple examples of "non-white males" were promoted quite high in the organization, WITHOUT PEER MERIT and at the cost of other well-deserving employees. They simply rubbed their noses in just the right place and fit the right profile.
  • eNPS surveys are not anonymous. On three separate instances, each with different managers, I made critical comments about managers only to have those managers challenge me with the very specific language that I used on those "anonymous" surveys.

After separation, all my ESPP stock was taken away. All of it, gone. Over the years, I thought I was investing in a tech company that appreciated its employees, rewarding them by allowing them to invest in their own future even more than what the company bestows.

Nope. Because I chose voluntary separation, all my ESPP has been rescinded.

Advice to Management

None. They weren't interested when I worked there. Why start now?

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
3.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
1.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
1.0

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