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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1.0
Sep 3, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is as competive as any other 4 day work week typically but then they throw in mandatory overtime cause they can't manage a calendar

Cons

Advancement is only as good as your office and what I mean is quality checks because this is subjective no real standard on the couple individuals doing the checks management only as good as they see it at that moment completions as in the percentage of jobs assigned to jobs actually done no matter why they can not be complete trees or landlords restrictions or even customers rescheduling that's right I'm in the hospital and can't be home effects your promotions bonuses whatever stupid right I field calls all day from other techs how do you do this you ever ran into this most of time the manager himself directs them to me but I get yelled at for being on the phone and if I can answer all these questions and they can't why I am watching other techs advance and I am stuck field managers spend their day on the phone or driving big frigging deal me too except I also have heavy lifting working on ladders and dumb customers wanna trade and by the way if a field manager has a 16 hour day just think of the hard working tech that kept them there for 16 hours work on routing and you get home earlier techs get screwed by Computer software that can't tel the difference between one mile and one hundred miles not to mention If your shift is on Christmas day you are working maybe it will later then your typical start time but who wants their children crying no please don't leave on a special day like that it doesn't speak well for the customer who doesn't care it Christmas but the company has the ability to not offer it I mean really your tv needs to be installed on Christmas or fixed and dish decided ok we can have techs on hand to send out how many of them big wigs do you think were there none thanks joe how was your christmas cheery an bright oh and of there is not enough work which happens at least once a year they send you home without pay no options to work use your vacation if you have it otherwise sorry tell me who dish really cares about cause I am still wondering bottom line if there is another employer willing to pay even just 11 bucks an hour take it over this

5.0
Sep 3, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Dish looks to promote from within first...how else do you explain a VP who started as a Technician, not to mention countless Managers across the country who started as Technicians. The company continues to change and in doing so, offers endless opportunities for employees to grow professionally through paid training from technical training to leadership development classes...not to mention the tuition reimbursement offered for external classes. It's a metric-driven organization which makes it easy to know where you stand; leaves little room for ambiguity. Managers at every level are always pushing you to be your best and do more than you thought you were capable of.

Cons

If you are lazy, just want to punch a clock, or expect the world to come to you you will fail at Dish. You will work hard and long hours...the rewards though are worth it!

2.0
Sep 2, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay(only because of labor laws), great co-workers which made it tolerable, meeting interesting customers, most supplies generally available.

Cons

Field experience wasted in favor of "how to guides", constantly changing metrics and goals, micro-mangement beyond belief, very repetitive routine combined with physically and mentally demanding conditions leads to quick burnout. This company will sacrafice anybody who thinks they have a better way of doing things...including"upper management"

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