DISH reviews

Where to begin.... Many of the largest gripes about this company have been beaten to death in these Glassdoor reviews, so I'll focus on a few areas only. The distrust of employees runs deep at this company. You have to scan your fingerprint and go through a turnstile to enter the building so they can keep track of your hours. There's also a rigid "core hours" policy which limits flexibility to make doctors appointments, pick kids up from school, etc. In a world in which most companies are veering towards less restrictions on work style, DISH is a dinosaur. The pay is terrible. I started this job straight out of college, shortly after the financial crisis began and when my options were limited. I got out as soon as I could, and got a 50% pay raise when moving to a new job. At my first performance review at DISH, shortly before my departure, I was given a stellar review, but was told DISH wouldn't be providing any raises that year. If they're interested in keeping talent, they'll need to pay for it. My final gripe is on the mismatch in talent at this company. DISH recruits from top universities and can attract strong candidates out of school. Every one of these people, at least from my start class, views DISH as a stepping stone to a better company. The problem is that there are very few strong leaders in middle or upper management who are of the same caliber as the entry level talent at the company. Much of the young talent is wasted or squandered due to poor leadership. If I had had someone to look up to in my time there, perhaps things would have turned out differently, and I'm sure many of my peers would say the same.

- Technicians are now Salesmen - Overworked 5-6 days a week because Dish has Psychic's to predict future workload - Randomly fire employees to save money and make everyone have more work - No more yearly raises when they decide you make too much money - The performance metrics are based on stuff that is out of your control - Managed by fear of being fired at anytime for stuff that is out of your control - If you make too much money the company and managers will find a reason to fire you Dish and the managers here don't care about the technicians or customers anymore. It’s all about selling products that the customer doesn’t even need to make profits. So if you’re looking for a job and have experience in selling cars or Kirby vacuum cleaners, then this is the job for you. Everyone is now trying to jump off this sinking ship to go work somewhere else since the job is now focused on selling at least $15 or more of unneeded items to each customer. If you want a job here, I would recommend you get about 1 year of experience here then go apply for AT&T since they treat their employees better since they are Union. At Dish you are expected to do everything they want at the same pay while other companies will pay you extra to learn and do the additional skill. This is why a lot of us have already start a plan to Unionize this year to push some of this stuff back like the two Unionized Dish offices in Texas. CWA.