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Treats their employees well. Employees seem to be happy. What is the problem? Getting in

Software Engineer II
Former Employee
Worked at Comcast for 4 years
October 17, 2015
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Pros

From many whom I have spoken with, we all agree that Comcast treats its employees very well.

The salary is competitive, and the potential for growth exists within Comcast.

Additionally, compared to many other tech corporations, Comcast probably has one of the best work/life balances.

While there are times when I worked more than 40 hours in a week, those are rare occasions, more dependent on which team you work in. For the most part, I found myself averaging somewhere between 40-45 work hours.

Cons

As with any large corporation, communication between teams can be difficult. It can take an exorbitant amount of time to get something, which could be considered trivial, done. It's not true for all teams, but poor inter-team communication seems to be the status quo.

Advice to Management

Hire more new graduates. Comcast, overall, does not hire many new graduates. The company is known more for promoting employees within and moving employees horizontally, which isn't a bad thing. However, what is a bad thing is only promoting employees and moving employees horizontally because the number of senior employees begins to outnumber the less senior employees.

When a more senior employee leaves, the pool of non-senior employees to take their place will be smaller. Now, the only way to fill that position is to either move a senior employee horizontally without a promotion (no incentive for them), or hire a new employee externally, which is a lot harder than hiring a recent graduate.

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