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Universal Orlando Resort

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Universal Orlando Resort reviews

4.0

84% would recommend to a friend

(2,385 total reviews)

Tom Williams

82% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Universal Orlando Resort has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,385 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Universal Orlando Resort employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Hotels & Travel Accommodation industry (3.6 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Jan 24, 2019

Stay Far Away

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Front of the house treats their people way better than back of the house. Overall love the company as a whole but the IT & Marketing organizations are an absolute mess.

Cons

IT & Business Management is terrible culture. Too many people from Disney trying to turn Universal into Disney. What ever happen to Universally Unique? Poor processes, keeps changing paths without utilizing facts to make decisions. Too many emotionally based decisions. Has become such a micro-managed organization with ridiculous rules that promote an unbearable culture to work effectively. Has become a "bulling" organization that doesn't value input from those performing the work.

2.0
Jan 30, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You don't have to excel at your job to have job security. It appears that anyone is able to come in do this job.

Cons

Process - There is none. When you develop software for this company expect everything to be on fire at all times. Management will set ridiculous deadlines and you will "voluntarily" work weekends to meet those goals. In the end the projects they are working on really don't benefit the customers that come to the park but rather the management for getting things out on time. Software Development - This is a joke. The resources that are found here are mostly contractors and hired help that have the sole purpose of doing the minimum viable product to reach an end goal. If that happens, great. If not, they will just find someone else. If you feel that the product that at any point is not good enough or doesn't meet the demands of what customers want, you will be moved to another project in some other building. Your opinion doesn't matter, only your ability to execute.

3.0
Jun 2, 2015

Guest contact Center (Call Center)

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Co-workers. Opportunities to make more than hourly. Are eligible for Universal, NBC and Comcast company benefits. During the busier times management will bring out treats to help motivate and keep energy high. OVERTIME!! Training is long to allow new employees a grace period to learn all the basics. If you are good at selling you will do good here.

Cons

Watch out for 'busy seasons', the phones ring non-stop and you don't get a moment to breathe let alone think. The stress from working so quickly with out of date, barely functional equipment piles on quickly. Schedules are When I started working I loved it here, I took as much overtime as I could handle. But as the honeymoon phase wore off I slowly started hating coming in. There are so many different rules for everything that you do, and they constantly change. You could come into work, read all of your emails and be up to date on all the information since your last shift, and half way through your day a policy would change without your knowledge. Trainers will tell you that you aren't scripted and that they want organic conversations, yet every 'one-on-one' (which is a meeting between you and your supervisor that you have at least once a month to go over anything company related) I ever had or overheard management constantly gave 'pointers' on how to sell better than only included dialog to say not strategies. The place is a revolving door, so many people come and go that managers can't keep track of who is still working there. They do little to change the situation, just have more and more people in training classes to fill the need. Customers wait hours on the line to be helped with online orders, listening to a brain-numbing recording, just to be told that there's nothing that we can do to help them besides to do the order over the phone. When you do break down and just help the customer the way that they want, you are called out and marked down on QA scores. The department is the 'Guest Contact Center' which was made as a first impression of the company, to set a guest's trip to Universal off right and to show that Universal cares. Then it changed to being a wheel on the sales machine, aimed at getting every penny possible.

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