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
Oct 28, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Is a stable job, free programing, sick time. paid time off, good tuition reimbursement, and I have learned a lot about the business and the overall complexity of it

Cons

Performance Appraisal Process.- Dish uses the stack ranking method as the base on their performance appraisals, this is not good for many employees as there always going to be employees at the bottom of the ranking, these employees might end up more than likely on PIP (Performance Improvement Plan) even thought these persons performed at the expected rates all year long. Insurance deductible is too high!! I guess Mr. Charlie Ergen wants to keep all the millions for himself and don’t want to contribute more money towards this benefit for the employees. The moral of most employees is low due to the overall bad work environment. Downward communication is poor, Salaries are low at all levels!

1.0
Oct 26, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The 4/10 schedule was great, Free T.V. Programming, Pretty much it

Cons

Dish only offers one benefit plan that is very expensive and a share of cost that with my family size I just can't afford so I have been without medical insurance for a long time. The quality inspection process is definitely one area that needs to change, for example if you spend 4 hours redoing a job that is only 12 points and was suppose to take you 1 hour, it hurts your PPH (points per hour), your pi money, and metrics for promotion etc. On the other hand if you try to keep your PPH up and just fix the problem instead of redoing the entire installation and only spending the hour that you are scheduled at the job, then you risk getting a failed QAS (quality inspection) which also hurts you for promotion. Stuff like that sets you up for failure which I hope they change in the future, just feel that either way you can't win. Also the Completions when customers call in to cancel the same day, and when you have NLOS(no line of site), or if they have no internet to connect the hopper, all stuff that we have no control over yet hurts us for PI(personal incentive bonus money), and hurts us for promotions. Also all technicians are required to sell these crappy overpriced products to our customers while in their home and most people don't want these products because they can get them cheaper somewhere else. If we don't sell anything we get pressure and stress from our management and also hurts us on our performance appraisal for promotion. A setup for failure system, there is no structure for a career within the company, company is going in the wrong direction in my opinion

2.0
Oct 15, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities to influence decision making through analysis and present to senior levels of management from the FP&A group.

Cons

Poor benefits. Poor treatment of employees. Overall sentiment that senior leadership's words and actions are not coordinated.

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