If you've listened to CNBC's lackluster explanation of the Verdant name and remain confused, I have some news for you. One of the proponents of Versant in the naming contest was advocating for "versant" not because of the mountain or hill slope... — read more
What did it cost to get multi-billionaire Michael Jordan on Peacock?
What did it cost to get multi-billionaire Michael Jordan on Peacock? I'm guessing it is a non-trivial percentage of the annual $1.4 billion for Peacock's NBA content. I won't lie, I do very much want to hear Michael Jordan's take on games, but I'll... — read more
List of names better than Versant for SpinCo, courtesy X's Grok 3
Snazzy, Fun Name Alternatives for Comcast’s SpinCo (Versant) VibeCast Why It’s Snazzy: Combines “vibe” (energy, personality) with “broadcast,” capturing the dynamic feel of channels like MSNBC and E!. It’s hip, modern, and screams “we’re in tune... — read more
Comcast Employees: Have You Felt Dismissed or Ignored, And Did Gender Play a Role?
In your time at Comcast, have there been moments where you felt your voice wasn’t fully heard? If so, do you think gender dynamics played a part?
NBCUniversal Starts New Round Of Layoffs As SpinCo Begins To Take Shape
https://deadline.com/2025/04/nbcuniversal-layoffs-spinco-1236379260/ More untangling. When are we gonna get an actual name for this company? SpinCo SpinCo SpinCo. It sounds stupid
Join up if you need a paycheck, but not to build a career
The company is dying a very slow and painful death. The business units are crazed. Xfinity is barely living, losing cable subs all time. Internet is going down from T-Mobile and Verizon 5G. Xfinity Home Solutions is joke of the home security... — read more
Risks to consider when deciding to stay at or join Comcast
. Comcast's dwindling cable TV business. Partially mitigated by spinning some cable TV properties out of NBCUniversal. Regardless, the number of Comcast cable TV subscribers drops by about 2 million per year. . Comcast broadcast internet growth... — read more
Comcast Advertising Restructure
As part of a restructure that involved Effectv, FreeWheel, and Comcast Advertising, over 200 employees were let go. The restructured company will most likely just be called “Comcast Advertising”
Comcast Business laying off customer support
Just got word today that 30 or so customer service level 1 agents are getting laid off. This is at a company with an awful reputation for customer service. I survived this round. I don’t think I’m gonna be so lucky next time.
The daggers are out
Good heavens! Comcast has long been a highly political place, but I've never seen so much scheming and backstabbing among the senior staff and especially the mid-level managers. It's the same jockeying for position and power at all costs, but also... — read more
S-xual harassment in Pennsylvania
I am going to remain anonymous but during my time at Comcast at a smaller Pennsylvania office I witnessed a manager in his 60’s making s-xual comments and jokes towards younger female employees. Freaked me out but I didn’t say anything because I did... — read more
In Office Compliance Update for People Leaders
Confidential (Date) (Mgr Name) As shared in September 2024, Comcast Business HQ is looking at in-office attendance on a quarterly basis to identify employees who are averaging less than one or less than two days per week across the quarter. To... — read more
DOGE-inspired talk of redundancy elimination across Comcast
Apparently DOGE has inspired some even in already layoff-happy Comcast. There's a cross-org team focused on further integrating NBCUniversal into Comcast, and as a byproduct, eliminating many redundant positions and offshoring a lot more. One of the... — read more
Financial performance of Olympics coverage
I see NBC extended it coverage of the Olympics by a few years:... — read more
New EEOC priorities and Comcast's CIEC
Is Comcast's push to moce work to the CIEC running afoul of new EEOC priorities? https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/news/talent-acquisition/eeoc-anti-american-discrimination-immigrant-workers quote from the article linked above: “The EEOC is putting... — read more
karma
The universe apparently doesn't like Comcast's recent conduct. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/comcast-shares-plunge-15-8-142600025.html
FCC investigation of Comcast and NBCUniversal
The link shown here is a letter that was sent to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts about allegations of potentially illegal DEI activity at Comcast and NBCUniversal: https://x.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1889752017150812321/photo/1. I'm am interested in your... — read more
About Trump calling Comcas CEO a "l-wlife"
Regarding the Feb 24th post from Donald Trump calling CEO Brian Roberts a "l-wlife", is there any other reason for that other than Comcast's current ownership of MSNBC? Here is a link to an image of that original Truth Social post, but reposted from... — read more
SpinCoStravaganza!!!
That was an interesting meeting! My feeling: If you have an office in NJ and do most of your work on site for a SpinCo property, you are likely safe by the "operational readiness" target. If you're mostly remote or don't do any work for a SpinCo... — read more
Chairman's Update or How to Speak for 30 Minutes and Love Saying Nothing
What in the world was that? Only two audience questions: one about DEI and one joke question from Al Roker. Don't even bother next time, just give us the powerpoint
Major wave of layoffs across the entire company
Dont know if its been announced yet publicly or why no one has commented... huge wave of layoffs from Comcast across all divisions. No telling how many affected
Major impact happening in WD moving teams to HQ!
Design leaders and design teams are now and reporting out to HQ, one director, and two sups were cut, and the last day is March 28. This happening in other markets. Survey and permiting with go to local construction.
List of things to know before working at Comcast, NBCUniversal, or Sky
For those considering working somewhere within the Comcast family of businesses, I'd like to put together a list of things for people to know before making that decision: Comcast favors sending any jobs that make business sense to either India... — read more
How is Comcast Internal Audit in Philly?
Applied to Comcast senior audit position. Was curious on how the job is, pros, cons, worklife balance, travel etc.
Is Comcast hybrid or fully on site in Philly for internal audit
I applied for internal audit in Philly. Was curious on how many in-office days are required and which days specifically.
No growth in Peacock subscribers
According to Comcast's latest financial results, there was no growth whatsoever in Peacock subscribers in Q4 2024. For a company banking on Peacock as the future of NBCUniversal, that sounds like a pretty dismal result. And that is after NBC/Peacock... — read more
Comcast's NBA deal
Talk of a new basketball league being stood up as a rival to the NBA grow louder. If that happens, it sounds like it might diminish the value of Comcast's recent deal with the NBA and not be the subscriber draw to Peacock it is hoped to be. A... — read more
Wicked saved us
For now. When our main source of increased revenue and profit is a movie instead of our core business, it shows just how much trouble we're really in. I know broadband revenue also went up despite the subscriber losses, but how long can we keep... — read more
Rooting for Chiefs to win because of ill will toward Comcast
Am I petty? Yes. I'm rooting for the Kansas City Chiefs to win the 2025 Super Bowl due to a series of favorable late-game refereeing incidents so that Philly's citizens will riot and burn the town down. End of message.
Automating Comcast jobs
Is AI (artificial intelligence) mature enough yet to take over some significant percentage of the Comcast companies' various call center work? For years I thought the jobs migrations were US/West --> India --> (eventually) Africa, but maybe now it's... — read more
Lots of layoffs happened in 2024 but somehow Comcast avoids the WARN list
Comcast is laying off employees in batches to avoid the WARN Act requirements, showing zero regard for their workforce. Engineering is being outsourced to India while leadership remains in the US—mostly white men with a few tokens sprinkled in for... — read more
Layoffs happened quietly across Technology organizations in November of 2024
I spent over 10 years at Comcast, working within the DevX organization, and my experience was painful. Layoffs are a regular occurrence at Comcast, but unlike other companies, they tend to do them quietly and in batches—often around the holidays... — read more
NBC News Cuts 40 Employees as Part of Strategy Realignment
TVNewser has confirmed that NBC News trimmed its staff count on Thursday, laying off around 40 people across various departments. According to sources, these cuts affect close to 3% of its 1,500-employee headcount. NBC News also has 50 open... — read more
Which teams are impacted and out? NBCU TV/Peacock
Read the news... NBCUniversal Unveils Leadership Restructuring Ahead of Cable Spinoff, Launches Universal Television Entertainment Group. Which teams are OUT along with their leaders from yesterday's announcement?
offshore and h1b drastic over hiring
It looks like the layoffs are going to accelerate. There is much more cost to 10s of thousands of offshore and 100s of thousands of H1B compared to hiring 1000 US workers. We we multi the extra cost, it is extremely high for non-us workers. The... — read more
Sayonara
Phone lost access to my email this afternoon and my work laptop can't connect to the internet. Now I have to go in tomorrow knowing full well what's about to happen. I wonder why they couldn't just Old Yeller me before I left today? Seems sort of... — read more
New Trump administration impacts on Comcast and NBCUniversal
I am trying to assess what business and financial impacts the new Trump administration might have on Comcast and NBCUniversal. I don't foresee Trump making good on any threats of anti-monolopy actions against Comcast, but I think NBCU might have two... — read more
Nikki Glaser's Golden Globes opening and Peacock
Is Peacock failing considered a given by the public at large? At the Golden Globes this year, Nikki Glaser said: “Eddie Redmayne did TV this year. He’s nominated for Peacock’s The Day of the Jackal. It’s about a top-secret elite sn---r who no one... — read more
Moving from NBCU to SpinCo, an opportunity or a problem?
As a staff member, do you feel moving to SpinCO from NBCUniversal is wise, or a bad move? I'm happy to see Comcast moving quickly to fill the SpinCo's senior leadership team, but I'm thinking about rank-and-file staff now. Here's what I'm... — read more