DISH reviews

2.7

31% would recommend to a friend

(7,811 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 7,811 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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2.0
Jun 21, 2022

The reviews are mostly true. Job seeker beware

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Pros

The corporate office itself is pretty cool. There's a cafeteria on site and a coffee shop. Lots of movie posters around. Some cool benefits like discounted SLING and DISH packages.

Cons

The owner/founder is a penny pincher, and that subsequently trickles down into every department and every team. You may think "Oh great! The founder doesn't like wasteful spending. That's smart." But that attitude has turned into "DISH doesn't like spending anything every, for any reason." It's kinda embarrassing actually. There's also an attitude that missing work is unacceptable. Before a big snow storm, the chief HR guy sent out an email telling everyone that we shouldn't keep asking if DISH will close down due to snow and that "we are Coloradoans, we know how to drive in the show, we have all Subarus." He probably thought that was funny but I felt it was extremely tone deaf. Especially because he works from home whenever he wants any other day. DISH is also extremely anti work from home. A few positions here and there get to work from home, but only because the corporate locations are running out of room and don't have enough desks for everyone to work in office. But be forewarned- don't believe when they say they offer a flexible work environment. Actually they probably won't even try to sell you on that. What the recruiters will sell you on is "At DISH, opportunity is our biggest benefit." Which isn't the flex they think it is. But DISH truly has such horrible benefits, "opportunity" is the only thing they can legitimately talk about. In short, DISH being a horrible place to work is not unknown. Just ask people. Whenever I've told people I worked at DISH, they said something along the lines of "Oh yikes!" or "Ew, why would you do that to yourself?" Don't let them fool you, the recruiters are really good at their job which is to sell the company. They will make it seem great, but read all of the reviews on here before you think about any offer.

1.0
May 5, 2022
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Pros

The turnover is so high, it is easy to get a job and move up as long as you are willing to deal with the cons mentioned below.

Cons

DISH is selling an antiquated, declining product with a corporate environment stuck in 1999, well, maybe 2009. After all, they have updated the dress code to allow jeans 5 days a week, but your collared shirt does still have to be tucked in. The most off putting part of working at DISH was the tracking of time in/out of the building and requiring you to be in the office from 9-4. Initially, I shrugged off the reviews mentioning this and figured it wouldn't be a big deal. However, after about a month or so of working a little late , getting to Friday with all my tasks finished, then having to sit and twiddle my thumbs for the last hour or two of the day so I could be in the office until 4pm became very annoying. The 9am isn't really a problem, since I prefer to work early, however the policy is in effect even during inclement weather. Yep, they would rather you risk your safety to get to the office by 9 so you don't show up on the "naughty late list" than just have a little flexibility. They have absolutely no hybrid/in office work options. They are clear about this upfront. I completely understand the benefit of having people in person for meetings, you just can't replicate in person with a video call. It is just tough to drive all the way to the office to have video meetings anyway. Turnover is understandably very high. Admittedly I was a part of this as I was only there for 6 months. For reference the group I worked in was about 110 people and during my time, I saw 15 people (including myself) leave. The turnover does leave a lot of openings so they are always hiring and promoting. They really lean into this, with "opportunity being their #1 benefit." They survey current employees, and these same con's show up internally. It is my understanding, and everyone who filled out the survey, that nothing is done about the poor survey results. The way I see it, DISH is a dying company. They don't need to attract and retain top talent to drive growth, they just need employees to run the company, nothing special. They are going to pay under market rate, offer nothing special to retain talent, and just accept high turnover. My recommendation for working at DISH, is if you have the luxury to wait on a different job, do so. The next offer/company will most likely be better. If you don't have the luxury to wait for another offer, then accept the job at DISH, but KEEP LOOKING. In the next interview it is not really hard to explain why you are already looking after only a couple months, just point them to DISH's Glassdoor and let them know you are looking for a company that offers hybrid, or pays market rate, or actually values their employees. DISH has a reputation and they will understand.

1.0
Feb 7, 2022
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Pros

If you can bear to stick around you’ll have opportunity to move up quickly.

Cons

Horrendous. Terrible culture, lack of empathy, no flexibility and toxic upper management. Maternity leave isn’t a thing - you have to take short term disability. Upper management leads with fear and will berate any and everyone in meetings. The “dish way” really just means in office for “core hours” which is the times you have to be badged in the office. I’ve never worked for such a terrifying, suffocating company that cared so little about its employees. Please don’t accept a job offer from them…..

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