I went thru several layoffs with Comcast and each time I scrambled to "get back in". In hindsight, I should have let go and moved on much sooner. It's just a bad relationship, let it go, your new work family is waiting for you! I know for some of us older folks it can be difficult to recover, but trust me, you will. You might have to do something different, you might make less, but you will be in a better place. You should be proud of the work you did for them, but it's time to be open to what's next for you.
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@vs start here https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/home plug in your home address, see what other providers you'll be able to get courtesy services from (and/or dont forget about the mobile guys, you can get your cell phone and home HSI usually and thats better than nothing).. Start going directly to those providers websites, and the "careers" page. Its a good place to start.
I could not agree more.. It only took me getting laid off from there once to make the break and not give in to temptation to "get back in" to what felt comfortable and less scary too. Wish I had done it sooner. Be ready to start over with your tenure PTO (still a hard pill to swallow after 18 yrs built up), and try to find another company with courtesy services to ease the transition (or try and negotiate for more $ to offset if possible, this worked for me). But it is so worth it, if for nothing else than your mental health. Comcast has become more cult like with the nonstop corporate psychobabble and truth-speak instead of treating people like adults and living in reality. Every day is fight or flight mode. Its a toxic work environment that comes from the very top and oppresses all the way down to frontline, warping your sense of reality, and keeps oozing all the way down to the poor undeserving customers in the end. You'll see once your out that treating cable like its life or death is not normal.. Working at Comcast and the Comcast workplace is not normal. Get out while its on your own terms, its not comfortable or fun but you may not be as lucky as some of us who got severance and an expensive Challenger Grey Career Coach package when your "Company Update" calendar invite email pops up....
@a9 what kind of work do you do? Hiring in the Horsham/Philadelphia region?
@dn they worked hard to provide Internet to the masses and secure the Roberts dynasty. I guess both can be true at the same time.
@bd don't be a ween...
Yes, managing the cable plant exposed to the elements is difficult. Yes, their products cost too much.
However, the underlying system that moves that much data took decades to build and is something to be proud of... The Engineering & Operations teams that work there do amazing work.
Convince me otherwise.
What exactly is there to be proud of? Nobody likes this company.
I couldn't agree more! I had been with Comcast for over 15 years and had a lot of stock options, hoping each year for a big payday. Even though I wasn't happy with the direction the company was going, I stayed because I kept thinking there might be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Nine months ago, I decided enough was enough and took the plunge to find a new job. I only wish I had done it sooner. Financially, I make just as much as I did at Comcast, but the difference in the work environment is night and day. It's incredible to be part of a growing company that has a forward-looking vision!
Looking back at my time at Comcast, we spent so much energy trying to prevent customer losses and minimize layoffs every quarter. There was no real hope for the future. Everyone knew that video was a dying service, phone services were on the decline, broadband had limited growth potential (moving from a monopoly to a shrinking market share), and wireless was a low-margin business that couldn’t save the company.
I truly loved working at Comcast for many years. It was a great company, and I'm incredibly proud of the work we did. We had a fantastic team with some amazing employees, and I had great relationships with my boss and his manager. But the reality is, Comcast is in a steep decline and won’t turn things around anytime soon—not next quarter, not next year. Video is dying. Voice services are disappearing. Broadband, which had a 53% market share just three years ago, is now down to 48%, and could fall to 30-35% in the coming years, meaning millions more customers will leave. The company can't fix these problems by just raising prices anymore.