Yes, layoffs are awful, but show me another company of this size that didn't have major layoffs in the past several years. It's sadly the new normal for all of us in the industry, and frankly, in the entire economy. I still like my job here. It pays well, benefits are still decent, and the culture - at least when it comes to my group - is still good. Yes, layoffs su-k. But that's not the only thing that makes a company.
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@f8 Take a look around the office - its not just white men, it's also white women and yes, all should be put out to pasture immediately, especially in CB.
A few years ago Comcast decided it wasn't going to play the game they created where decades long time customers had to reset or negotiate their service contract/rates after the price went up every 1-2 years. They just significantly increased the prices of the same service level people had for years and then said "no" when the customers asked to sign 24 month contracts, etc for a lower rate again like they did for decades. A tsunami of customers abandoned Comcast who would have otherwise stayed if they didn't feel forced to look elsewhere. The campaign offering lower rates to everyone came too late and all those people who left after being burned are not going to go back (and they only did it after all those customers finally clenched after being bent over). They are not taking back the wife beating husband they divorced ever again.
@e4 Maybe with Netflix programming that argument can be made.
with comcast as someone already pointed out, it was just poor management on part of execs. They knew about cable’s impending death, yet chose not to do anything about it.
Roku should have been a comcast product.
@er when you say decent PTO and holidays, are you referring to the same PTO that’s going to be retroactively used against us for promotions and layoffs under the RTO mandate?
@er Crying? LOL! No son, if/when that severance lands in my hand, this long-time employee will be spending the rest of his days sipping umbrella drinks by the pool.
@f4 Yes, and you know that because you’ve polled every company? Overgeneralization. You may feel stuck but don’t put that in others’ minds who want better for themselves.
@e4 You can't be serious. The company has been in decline for 10+ years and DEI had nothing to do with it. Not to mention, the executive leadership has stayed male and White the entire time.
We have known the video business was going to go underwater since 2017, what they didn't plan on was home internet declining like it has. The current set of leaders keep talking about 'innovation' - show me one ISP company that has successfully 'innovated' since... ever. We're a glorified utility. People just want their internet to work and then they never want to think of it. We missed the boat on Cloud and AI - two network intensive ecosystem applications, and anyone that says 'mobile' - we stole that from Europe.
Injecting politics into this is a cover, for, your own lack of promotion maybe? Every major strategic move was made by old school cable, White men who should have been put out to pasture ten years ago.
@e4 pretty true and the only one willing to say it
@ex You'll get all the same abuse at a normal company but none of the perks! Lol
@er Ive already worked at a “normal” company and getting the he-l away from Comcast. I wish I could remove it from my resume. But that’s how I know just how badly Comcast treats its employees and customers. How many people get to even enjoy those perks? I purposely did not accept the promoter package. And giving perks is not a proper exchange for poor culture and abuse. “Yes, please, give me one-day suite tickets and $50 cable for denied promotions, being yelled at for doing my job well, and yearly anxiety over layoffs to give an executive $72M/year.” You are dead set to defend a company that does not care about you or its customers. You sound just like a leader: if I give you physical perks, you must let me psychologically abuse you without complaint. COME ON. There’s no use to respond to someone like you but I only do because I don’t want anyone reading this thread to think how Comcast treats them is normal or, worse, even a benefit. It is not.
Lol all of you people who have worked at Comcast for 10 plus years with your cushy bonuses, decent PTO/Holidays, Arena Suites, Free internet/TV are about to have an insane wake up when you have to work at a "normal" company.
Can't wait to see the crying!
An honest retrospective here; making hiring decisions based on skin color or the type of genitals someone puts in their mouth might not have been the best idea.
@e5 you are wasting time trying to shame someone with no shame.
@e4 “am I out of touch? No, the pronouns are to blame”
Some of the posts on here, man…
@e4 now you know when you posted this it was to meant to rage bait rather than make sense. Come on now. Don’t be the poster example to prove we’re right when we say Comcast is filled with unqualified, uneducated sociopaths.
@c3 you already know what they’re saying. It’s self evident. Don’t try to start an argument for argument’s sake simply because you dont like what’s being said. You must be one of the leaders we complain about.
@a3 After all that, what are you saying. Comcast heading in a positive or negative direction in your opinion?
@bt and they wonder why they were laid off
@bm and if you aren’t taking advantage of the opportunities and learning experiences you have at Comcast that’s on you. it’s a decent place to work. Anyone who says otherwise is ignorant to the reality of what’s actually out there in the real world.
Once it stops being beneficial to your learning or experience then it’s time to move on like any other roles.
Sounds like what you like (or need) is not your job but your paycheck.
Your job is what you do - your post has 0 words regarding what you do. And that is totally fine. You do you. Some of us are aiming higher and expecting more from life than survival.
@b3 def was the worst place I’ve ever worked in my 20 years of working. Lucky to those who either got the rare good groups or could nerve su-king up to the manager and leaders to be treated humanely.
there are definitely worse places to work. i still enjoy it and the benefits. Not my responsibility to worry about the long term health of the company. If it comes time i’ll move on. It’s that simple.
@a3 i agree with you and have the same feeling. Its just a matter of time, if not in this round, we will be targeted in the next one. I don't see a LT roadmap for this company on how it plans to resuscitate itself and be competitive with growth. Better to look for opportunities outside and I'm preparing myself for it. Good luck to all.
This is head in the sand thinking. “I still like my job” doesn’t address what is happening to the company around you. There have already been substantial layoffs, and the complaints here go far beyond job cuts, leadership, favoritism, cronyism,, resistance to change, and no accountability for repeated bad decisions.
Comcast as we know it is being broken apart. The planned NBCUniversal separation takes the parks, studios, media brands, and Sky into a separate company. The remaining Comcast will have to compete primarily on connectivity. Where is the leadership and credible growth strategy that makes that business stronger against its competitors?
My concern is that this “transformation” leaves the core cutting costs until a merger becomes the next answer. Splitting businesses apart doesn’t fix the decisions or culture that weakened them. Neither does a merger automatically fix leadership.
People need to wake up to the scale of this. We’re discussing the future of the company itself. Comparing our layoffs to somebody else’s won’t answer whether what remains can compete.