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NBC Sports Group Reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(462 total reviews)
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Pete Bevacqua

81% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

NBC Sports Group has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 462 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NBC Sports Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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462 reviews
2.0
25 Oct 2017

Awful Culture, Poor Leadership, Great Benefits.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits and pay are definitely fair. Perks of working for NBC/Comcast/Universal are plentiful. Discount on cable and internet, free tickets to the park, and you occasionally get to see shows and movies before they get released. Overall, working across the street from the Golf Channel is generally pretty cool. Most of your coworkers will be enjoyable people to spend time with and many are increadibly knowledgeable. Onsite cafeteria but it is slightly more expensive then you would think.

Cons

Company culture here is downright awful. They have a "no jerk" rule is not enforced outside of low level employees aka they really only want yes men. Censored Jerk since the actual rule can't be posted here due to "bad language." There is absolutely no support from higher ups and people who have the ability to make decessions. Projects take far too long to launch and are often poorly planned and lack the budget to be impactful. Egos are abundant here, to the point where its detremental to the company's success. The I'm right your wrong mentality is present in a lot of higher level employees, which means if you don't have a directorship or VP title associated with your name you'll most likely never be taken seriously despite how right you might be. Business cliches are thick here. Think TPS report from Office Space. Everything has a three letter accronynm and they expect you to just know what they all mean with little to no explanation. Arbitrary reporting is necessary for your job. Amorpheous job responsibilities, lack of top down direction, inability to provide employees with tools necessary to do their job, and a general pass the buck attitude are huge problems with the company, especially now that growth has slowed and the company is constantly looking for people to blame for leaderhip's complete failure to lead. Company doesn't know what it wants to be. Is it a service provider to golf courses? Is it a tee time ecommerce site? Is it a technology company? The company doesn't know what it wants to be, tries to be everything, which makes GolfNow a jack of all trade and master of none. The two people most responsible for GolfNow's success are more interested in surfing and playing golf then they are running the business side of things.

3.0
3 Feb 2016

Good ole boys club

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Pros

Fun working environment, decent pay, plenty of resources to do your job, great giveaway items, discount Universal theme park tickets - sometimes free.

Cons

Advancement only if you are sleeping with the boss or part of the good ole boys club of upper management. Expected to be "on call" on nights and weekends. If you don't answer an email on your personal time you are reprimanded by your boss. Separating work time and personal time is impossible. I get that golf's busiest times are weekends so they should have a weekend staff to handle these changes/updates.

1.0
4 Aug 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Arnie's has great food to go to

Cons

Horrible management, constantly being criticized, lots of "throwing under bus", constant position restructuring, belittlement, working 24/ 7, on call all day every day...

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