Comcast India Engineering Center "Appraisal" Reviews

Likes

other than job security there is nothing there

Dislikes

Comcast has multiple companies inside of them. I worked for company they have it in The UK The problem is that you will work in India with the team following the US work policies and forcing us to follow the UK work culture and ethics If you want to learn from working. i wont recommend the company. Low hike percentages and the have o ver hired. They cannot maintain the strength probably they may see a recession or attrition The main aim of the company is reduce the cost by hiring in India. Most of the good work are taken care by people in US and UK .the company here in India is merely support activity Mostly HR and TA team wont respond properly. Though you can see them daily<mark style="background-color: #fff5e4;">. Limited learning tools for Employees Promotions are given only to people who are closer to the manager and management and who does management work(people will be in low are middle level engineers) I saw higher management people getting double promoted withing 2 years but at the bottom promotion is just dream On the whole its a place for people who want to settle and not grow</mark>. You will see more interns and level 1 engineers more. To much micro management, the company insist to be in office for 12 days just so that they can save taxes. You have to update the days you are in and out to the management via an excel sheet, which can be tracked with an ID CARD...Read More

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

You would see many engineers and at times people at leader level playing table tennis or have closed chat groups or closed group smoke outings even throughout the day. So one can say may be laid back to an extent than say better work-life balance. Sometimes its less work for many groups that are close to the management / leadership

Dislikes

Merit does not mean you grow or get promoted. One can not look for recognition at leadership level, if you are not your manager's jalra. Visibly significant promotions or leadership level growth beyond the initial seed team are all from 'white belt' group - you know which caste group I refer here. You may see few other groups but th ey are really blind jalras for leadership. You are a fool if you expect a feedback for your growth during reviews, the best you get could be strategic silence or blabbering or cajoling<mark style="background-color: #fff5e4;">. Leaders at VP level even are at their best administrative czars unable to provide a proper performance feedback - so you are kept confused</mark>. Either low comm & people skills or look dumb to avoid being confronted. HR is spineless just seeing to that they are taken care of well but do nothing for employee professional growth esp leadership growth. Archaic policies are bandaged if they are cornered....Read More

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Culture Learning and development Quality of work

Dislikes

Very less promotion cycle

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Good company

Dislikes

Less promotion, 3 days working is mandatory, cab facilities can be improved

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work timings: Flexible Timings

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

I am employed and getting ontime salary.

Dislikes

Zero growth for people who are considered "outsiders", there is no chance of growth for them, no promotion for them, regionalism and politics is supreme. No one promoted to E4, E5, E6, M1 from outsider group. Absolutely 0 in leadership. Suggestion to everyone not just "outsiders" stay a way, world has changed and there is no place for enmocity towards anyone. If you ever dream to go onsite stay away, if you want to learn & develop skills stay away. They'll force to you to be in office first half, and then expect you to go home and work till 10pm, easily 12-14 hours all week days. Everyone just stay away, specially "outsiders" because you'll never go to next level....Read More

Work Details

Work timings: Strict Timings

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Company culture

Dislikes

Politics in promotion cycle.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Good Organization to work for at a short term period of time. Management level is good at connecting with the employees across the teams and locations, They really like to hear about your feedback on the work culture and organizational improvements. Fast Paced Work Culture - really had to work hard and extend hours of time to meet de adlines. Company policies are limited unlike other service based companies. You will get a permanent job assurance if you can endure the pressure and wish to continue at long term, very rare or no firing scenarios. You will have to Keep learning & get trained all over the year as the organization needs product features to grow the customer base - it is a never ending regimen...Read More

Dislikes

Too many training sessions and meetings in addition to the daily work assignments - you had to extend really hard to meet the deadlines. 80% of the work is handled at offshore, it could be better if it was brought to 50-50% / 60-40% offshore and onsite ratio to maintain work-life balance. Most of the managers migrated from Service b ased companies hardly understand the issues - as, it is a product based company there will be lot of challenges with the hardware/network/connectivity, test setup etc., Had to visit office frequently to carry out daily activities during covid-19, as we can't take devices home. No option / very rarely get devices home. Aggressive releases with new features and patches ,you really have to keep doing the same stuff/job for a long time - repetitive work. <mark style="background-color: #fff5e4;"> Management focus is on numbers, metrics, reports, team performance irrespective of the test setup challenges and issues</mark>. Mental pressure to bring up innovative ideas as if we have a very leisure time - innovation decides your performance at the end not the on-time work deliverables and quality. As the work is repetitive - career growth is limited. No work life balance - strive to complete the tasks on time in addition to other unnecessary activities as mentioned above, like too many meetings, team connects, test setup issues etc., 0% Chance of Onsite opportunities, keep struggling at offshore with test setup issues. Compensation is average - Depends on years of experience x 2, which is similar to Service based companies. Doesn't get a feel of working at Product Based organization to experience high CTC benefits....Read More

Work Details

SDET for 2 years

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.