Topics regarding layoffs at Comcast

Topics regarding layoffs at Comcast

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 

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| 1000 views | | 2 replies (last April 4, 2025)
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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.

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 

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 

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?

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| 550 views | | 1 reply (January 26, 2025)
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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 

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| 880 views | | 6 replies (last January 24, 2025)
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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 

Get out of our building, MSNBC

We were here first. It's ours. Don't think you can carve it up and use our equipment without our say-so. WE don't work for YOU

More layoffs

Any estimate on when layoffs will continue?

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| 780 views | | 2 replies (last December 24, 2024)
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What's more fun than getting laid off?

Getting to sit through a meeting where senior leadership crow about how well our teams are doing with our new Global PMO when more than 200 US based employees are RIF-ed. Many of those affected got to sit and watch this. It's gross and unkind in my... — read more 

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| 980 views | | 4 replies (last December 20, 2024)
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NPM roles

WD is changing and NPM roles to hourly and the no longer will be salary

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| 480 views | | 1 reply (December 12, 2024)
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Fundamentals of change

The product hub side of Comcast and Sky is riddled with management who don’t seem to understand how to translate business fundamentals into technical strategy. Even after a massive restructure which took a year to complete, there’s still a lot of... — read more 

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| 730 views | | 3 replies (last January 13, 2025)
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Comcast Business More Layoff

Comcast Business not to be confused with residential has been and will continue to be in involved on laying off even more people and transferring the jobs to the Philippines. They are having the American workers that have been with them for years... — read more 

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| 730 views | | 1 reply (December 2, 2024)
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WD mass layoff are happening today

Today in the West division, they are announcing layoffs for tech and network also from manager and directors and VSP packages were also given out, their last days will be in the month of January

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| 1000 views | | 3 replies (last December 30, 2024)
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More layoffs at Comcast Business

My department was hastily pulled together for a call w/ interim VP. Were told effective 3/31/2025 everyone will be let go. The jobs will be transitioned to Manila where a team was established back in the spring. At that time approximately 25... — read more 

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| 6870 views | | 23 replies (last February 17, 2025)
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Bad Times at the Peacock

Promos department gutted. Graphics managers shown the door. Even the darling Events team wasn't spared Seems like every 3 months there is an action, like clockwork. I will keep showing up but my hopes and dreams are sinking

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| 450 views | | 2 replies (last October 24, 2024)
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Leave telecom

People need to leave not just Comcast, but the entire telecom world. For almost two decades, this industry has been brutal on employees. There are so many better options out there if you are willing to take a risk. I did and I've never been happier... — read more 

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