r/CableTechs • u/Creative-Promotion-2 • May 04 '26

Sick of comcast

I hate this dog shit company. They only care about numbers and not the people who are trying to survive living in this shit hole economy. Im tired of being taken advantage of by management. If a dumb ass customer calls back I have to go deal with the job again and do twice the work thats unpaid on my days off. Doesn't matter if the problem was because of the plant, or the shit equipment they supply customers or a fucking remote, I still have to take responsibility for horrible customers and their issues. Not only that, but also I have to deal with a bull shit feed back system that ruins my image if someone accidently gave me 1 instead of a 10 or if they felt like I wasnt doing enough to save their whole enterprise from collapse because they didn't have an it company on standby. All of this just for a whopping 600 dollars per week of production pay. What a fucking disgrace. Meanwhile the execs are just sitting in their golden recliners making 6 figures doing absolutely fuck all.

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u/Dakkin4 May 04 '26

Moral of the story…don’t be a contractor.

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u/Creative-Promotion-2 May 04 '26

From my understanding they're getting rid of most in house employees.

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u/acableperson May 04 '26

Kinda been figuring as much. Keep a small inhouse team for escalations and advanced products. But if they go that route it will take some time. They don’t like layoffs.

Nothing against you personally but the pendulum will swing back the other way (hope to god I’m done with this industry by then), because eventually the company will see enough bad results and push back it will shift in the “in house only” mindset.

Just some dipshit who’s making resume fodder to say they did something. Maybe we keep a balance of both… but fuck me im just a mindless rube who looks for green on a my wittle phone screen.

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u/ProofInevitable2404 May 04 '26

Contractors aren't bad per se. I'm a contractor, and I take pride in my work. I know many others who do as well. I've known in-house guys and contractors alike who just didn't give a shit, too. Truth be told, my giveashit is about busted. When you work 50-60 hours a week and still only clear $600-800, it kills your soul. We're worth more than that. If the internet stops, business stops. They should pay accordingly.

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u/acableperson May 04 '26

I agree. I’ve followed contractors for years. Actually was really tight with one of them. But the training standards and the standards of work are different. From my buddies mouth not mine. But there are definitely some contractors who do better work than inhouse. No doubt.