DISH reviews

2.7

31% would recommend to a friend

(7,810 total reviews)
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Charlie Ergen

22% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

DISH has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 7,810 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The DISH employee rating is 24% below average for employers within the Telecomunicaciones industry (3.6 stars).

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8K reviews
1.0
Mar 4, 2015

Employee or slave?

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free TV is literally the only good thing about this company.

Cons

This company will suck the life out of you. Terrible work life balance, looked down upon and no chance for advancement without working 50+ hours per week. Terrible and over priced benefits. Incompetent supervisors and upper managers. 20% of weekly commission is taken if you are even 1 minute late to work even in adverse weather. DO NOT WORK HERE!

1.0
Feb 28, 2015

They make you work overtime without notice

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay for not having education

Cons

They force you to do overtime and the give you a few hours notice. if you can't go they threaten to take disciplinary action against you.

3.0
Feb 27, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

All fellow Dish employees will agree that the Free TOP 250 package is our biggest perk working here. Our second is the employee stock purchase plan (ESPP); which allows you to purchase DISH stock at an immediate 15% discount. Lastly, working a four day work week is envied by many of my 8-5 m-f friends. Unfortunately, as a technician we only get a $2000 / year educational reimbursement. Managers get a $4000 / year reimbursement. Someone in benefits needs to address this misalignment with today's educational costs and the need to groom smart talent from within. Speaking from a stockholder's perspective, Dish is doing many things right. We held over $20 million is cash reserves, purchased spectrums that will allow us to further grow our business in both wireless and data, and continue to win CES awards for product innovation. In addition, since I was employed throughout the 2008 financial crisis because so many others were home watching TV and unemployed, I consider this a personalized "pro" for working here.

Cons

There are two types of people who work for DISH. There are those that feel they are lucky to be employed, and those that are looking for a better job elsewhere. The unspoken truth is that an installation technician is now a revenue source for Dish and will continue to have additional roles without an increase in pay.Think part salesmen, part satellite tech, part in-home-service. (That would be counter productive to their new source of increased profit.)

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