DISH reviews

2.7

31% would recommend to a friend

(7,809 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 7,809 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 29, 2019

Could be so much more.

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Pros

-some of the management is really solid, good people -They offer ATO (available time off) which is sometimes very nice for things like school/family -Training is really solid and they have great instructors. Absolute best training I have received at any job.

Cons

-Its a very corporate business. You as an employee are nothing more but a number. A spoke on their wheel. They do not care for you. They fired a guy I knew, because they found out he was dying. Imagine firing a dying man, and then saying it was for "cultural incompatibility". This company did that. Which is why they are getting two stars. Turnover rate is extremely high. Just not a good place to work if you like being treated like a human being.

2.0
May 15, 2019

Beware

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Pros

DISH does a great job of letting its employees explore other opportunities within the company which is a great way to transition your career to something completely different if you are interested in doing so.

Cons

DISH wants you to think they are invested in creating a better culture, but they definitely aren't. Every 6 months or so you take an "anonymous" engagement survey on the culture and work environment that directors and above are compensated on. I found out the hard way that this survey is not actually anonymous - and after giving an "average/neutral" score on most questions (rating a 3 out of 5), my director's score went down so I was forced out of the company. When my manager went to HR about the situation, she was placed on a leave of absence and then let go. Looking back, it was a blessing in disguise, but don't be fooled by the things you hear about DISH trying to reinvent their culture. It always has been and always will be an "old boys club."

2.0
Apr 17, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

1. Great people: The people I worked with were amazing. Almost everybody I interacted with seemed to really care about what they were doing, and wanted to learn more. 2. Lots of mobility: Dish seemed to really be okay with moving people around internally, especially to areas that suited their interests better.

Cons

1. Revolving door: At a little over a year and a half, I was one of the most senior employees in my group. Management doesn't seem to really care that employees are thinking of leaving, but rather would just hire somebody new for cheaper. 2. Pay: You're definitely going to get underpaid. They claim they do market studies every so often, but I haven't ever seen it lead to substantive pay increases. 3. Management culture - Management is definitely stuck in the past days of working harder not smarter. You'll be hounded if you do anything less than 40+ hours (40 will not be enough), they monitor and make sure you keep their "core hours", and often throw tasks at you that are either busy work or not even relevant to a good business decision. 4. Company future: Dish Network is in decline, and anybody who denies it is kidding themselves. They claim to have a great plan going forward, but rarely seem to take steps to actually execute on it, and when they do, it's done incompetently because management doesn't really seek the advice of their employees, they just make gut decisions without any backing in data. 5. Equipment/Culture: You'll be lucky if given a laptop (only given to their more senior analysts and up), and you don't have the option of working from home. The management insists because they're trying to build something together as a team and want the team together, but it's a lame excuse for not really adapting their outdated culture to modern times. All the tech you work on will be at least 10 years out of date and run incredibly slowly.

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