In the case for the department in Littleton, you usually don't have a say on which team you're placed on; consequently you will likely not receive as many opportunities to acquire new skills and grow as an analyst. Unlike most good companies that appreciate employees with the desire to improve himself/herself in a way that will also benefit the company, DISH does not want their employees to become "too attractive" as it increases the likelihood that their employees will get better offers somewhere else. DISH is well known for underpaying its employees, so the last thing they want is to engage in a negotiation battle. In an attempt to decrease attrition, DISH disallows managers from being a reference for a current employee. While the Littleton department is okay with manager referrals, management is required to come forth with the fact that an employee is applying to other jobs.
Unlike what they say, most of management cares far more about their own personal growth than the employees below them. Management often lies to employees in order to avoid conflict. In order to move up, managers are encouraged to limit the amount of promotions and to never challenge those above them. Management is reluctant to challenge the status quo and instead prefer to continue with poor decisions (even if they admit they are poor). Instead of fixing core issues, they use smoke and mirrors to distract you, e.g. put a GameCube in the break room or make a "brainstorming room" to appear like a tech company.
Some other major issues are the following:
Unethical business practices - Management has directed to ignore logical inconsistencies in some projects because it made the project (and them) look better even if the project would directly impact the employment status of others.
Data manipulation - Management has directed analysts to manipulate certain analyses in order for them to look better than what they really did. If a particular idea came from management, then management would go to great lengths to show that the idea resulted in way more benefits than it was actually responsible for.
Inappropriate behavior - Managers would sometimes "trash" one or more of their direct reports privately to other team members. Management has joked that one of the teams had such awful responsibilities that if they wanted to get rid of an employee, they could just put him/her on this team and the employee would qui on his/her own. Management has said that some of the contracts they offered were so low they wondered why anyone signed them.
