NBCUniversal reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(5,315 total reviews)

Mike Cavanagh

80% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

NBCUniversal has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,315 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 Médias et communication industry (3.7 stars).

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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.

1.0
Jul 29, 2020

Overrated

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

SOME of the people are nice. LA campus is beautiful. Big company so a lot of opportunities to move around if you play your cards right.

Cons

Year One: I had an issue with my white counterparts constantly touching my hair even when I told them not to. When I told my boss (white as well), she said, "oh, they just like it, don't take it personally." When I tried to explain to that same boss that this was a form of racial microaggression, she cut me off mid-sentence to say it wasn't racist and dismissed the conversation. I, also, experienced wage discrimination. They updated my pay but were mad at us for discussing our pay. Year Two: If your supervisor does not like you, then you're screwed. My manager did not like me, and it was evident. She began giving away my projects to other coordinators even though I was working on them. I was planning on an event for a project we were working on, and she took my ideas and gave it to the other coordinator to organize. This was experience I needed to move forward in my career, so it was a slap in the face to have her do that. When I confronted her about it, she said, "oh, you looked busy, so I gave it to her." Yes! I was busy working on the project that I give you updates on every week. When were you going to tell me??? Also, I applied for an internal role and a recruiter broke confidentiality so she could gossip about me to other recruiters who had nothing to do with the role. You're not supposed to talk about internal HR candidates to other HR employees because you never know whose applying. She got promoted the year afterward. Year Three: Year three was the worse, so I'm not going to go into detail. In short, I got a promotion and the worst pay raise I have ever seen. I was sold a job and told I would be busy just to sit at my desk for hours with nothing to do. I am a fast worker so every time they sent me assignments to "keep busy" I'd finished it quickly. Nothing I did contributed to my growth professionally. I would create work for myself and it still was not enough. I honestly wasted my time for that entire year. To make things better, my new team villainized me for having a disability and continuously used micro-aggressions towards me. Overall: NBC is not as great as they make it seem. If you're Black, don't work here. They pay low and do not value you. You will see a white person with less experience and accomplishments surpass you all because of their race. Their benefits suck for the pay they're giving you. They are not as a diverse as they make it seem. If it was not for them acquiring Telemundo, I do not think they would have a lot of POC's at the company.

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