I really thought this place wouldn't be so cruel. Got an offer to relocate with a promotion and a raise. Took it thinking I'd be safe at least for a while. Why would you ask somebody to move their entire life just to turn around and lay them off within months? A very expensive lesson leaned, I guess.
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Unfortunately, a corporate atmosphere that is very family centric ends up, allowing many unskilled people to remain. That in an exceptional amount of nepotism at Comcast has allowed the middle management upper management to grow excessively large all while providing little value, however, taking significant resources such as the portion of budget through salary.
I’ve worked there for 20 years and seen the entire changes happened throughout the years. Don’t get me wrong. I got promoted past the director level from engineer one so I’ve experienced much success there, but had to move on because I was learning nothing from people around me or above me and I knew the axe was coming soon.
Pursue a lawsuit. Meet with a lawyer. I think you have something here.
@ac I agree with this. I believe Brian took the company out of obligation, not calling. And when one doesn’t have the vision but is in the top spot, it leaves a vacuum filled by lurking sociopaths and vultures who know how to woo the big leader enough to cover their eyes, grant them trust, and manipulate the company into their own priorities and surrounding loyalties, which trickles down into the rest of the culture. And has.
@ab Ralph was great. Treated the employees like one big family and listened to their concerns.
@ab I agree.My impression is that without Ralph’s guidance, Brian became increasingly dependent on people like Cavanagh and others to shape the direction of the company. And when a CEO relies too heavily on the people around him without a strong vision of his own, those people start shaping the company around their priorities. I think a lot of what we’re seeing today is the result of that. Ralph built something remarkable. Brian inherited it, but inheriting a legacy and knowing how to preserve it are two very different things.
@aa I think this is one of the most underappreciated aspects of the Comcast story.
I had the opportunity to meet Ralph Roberts several times and get to know him personally. He was a man of strong values, unquestionable integrity, and extraordinary business instincts. As long as Ralph was in the background, providing guidance and helping steer Brian in the right direction, things generally went well.
After Ralph passed away in 2015, Brian frequently referred to what “my father said” or “my father did.” I’m sure those words came from a place of genuine admiration and emotion. But the fundamental problem is that Brian is not Ralph.
Unlike his father, Brian seems to lack a clear set of guiding principles. I’m not even sure he knows what he truly stands for. His decisions suggest a willingness to follow whichever way the political winds are blowing rather than act from conviction. And judging by his business track record, it’s hard to make the case that he inherited his father’s business genius.
Ralph built Comcast on values, integrity, and exceptional business judgment. Brian inherited the company, but not necessarily the qualities that made his father such an extraordinary leader.
The entire company went in the toilet after Ralph Roberts died.
So sorry. :(
That is harsh, what role did you have ?
Hopefully you got a nice severance
This is why the Robert's dreams of turning Philadelphia into the new Silicon Valley were never going to happen.
Nobody is going to risk taking a job someplace where there are few other options.
I've worked with Comcast for +30yrs. It wasn't always this way.
they used to say that it was a large company but like a family.
today that "family" is less like the waltons, and more like the sopranos....
one would be better off working in a Blood Diamond mine than Comcast. As much as it sux to get RIFd, it's miserable to still have to show up every day there
This isn’t new. There’s a whole post about how in the last layoff, folks were only in their roles for a couple months, a couple weeks, and even a couple days and then let go. Comcast doesn’t care SH-T about its employees. It’s the Haus of Sociopaths. There is nothing you can do to get them to care even if not caring is to their detriment (which is playing out now). Nothing.
That is so incredibly fu---d
Hopefully they paid your relo