Is DISH a good company to work for as a Software Engineer?

Software Engineer professionals working at DISH have rated their employer with 4.2 out of 5 stars in 85 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of DISH employees being 2.7 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer Jobs at DISH now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer interview questions at DISH .

Does DISH pay Software Engineer employees well?

Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at DISH with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 85 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 37.7% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer salaries at DISH.

How happy are Software Engineer professionals working at DISH?

63% of Software Engineer employees at DISH would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 42% in the past 12 months. Software Engineer professionals have also rated DISH with a 4.0 rating for work-life-balance, 4.1 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.9 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at DISH?

Customer Service Representative (358) , Technician (284) , Field Service Technician (181) , Inside Sales Representative (147) , Account Executive (145) , Retention Specialist (105) , Manager (103) , Field Service Manager (102) , Sales Associate (99) , Sales Representative (80) , Operations Manager (77) , Software Engineer (77) , Installer (66) , Business Analyst (63) , Inventory Specialist (62)

What are the pros of working at DISH according to real employee reviews?

"The pay was good and after a month or so the mastery of skill sets is very beneficial." ((in 649 reviews)); "The people are great and the advancement is there if you want to work for it." ((in 413 reviews)); "training is good and you get up training almost every week." ((in 166 reviews)); "Working at Dish I made good money and a lot of money I made $85K by September." ((in 129 reviews)); "Great coworkers and the downtown location was very fun" ((in 121 reviews))

What are the cons of working at DISH according to real employee reviews?

"Terrible benefits (potential new hires have rejected offers solely on the awful benefits package alone.)" ((in 478 reviews)); "Upper management is clueless and will belittle you any chance they get." ((in 203 reviews)); "No work life balance have to pick up slack from other workers never know what time you'll be off" ((in 181 reviews)); "Long hours meant that you wouldn't always be getting home at the expected time." ((in 177 reviews)); "CPAW isn't a culture anyway and the real culture at dish is toxic and stifling." ((in 169 reviews))

DISH Software Engineer reviews

4.2

63% would recommend to a friend

(85 total reviews)

Charlie Ergen

100% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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Software Engineer employees have rated DISH with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 85 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. DISH is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Telecomunicaciones industry (3.6 stars).

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5.0

Mar 14, 2014

challenging position in a big organization

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Working as a software developer in the NYC office is a blast. It's a smaller team and so we enjoy some freedom from corporate in Denver. However, our projects are often coordinated between people in Denver, Salt Lake City, and sometimes even LA. We also work some with teams in Eastern Europe. I enjoy working on a spread apart team since it gives us more independence. We do meet fairly often, either in Utah or here in NYC. Our projects are always focused on new technology: mostly streaming technology for mobile phones and tablets, STBs, and smart TVs. The advantages of working for Dish (compared with other software development jobs in NYC) are: - great work/life balance. We show up around 10am and leave before 7pm on most days - good pay - a lot of responsibilty - working on cutting edge technology - just enough travel to be fun, but not enough to be tiring

Cons

Corporate changes strategy fairly often. Once we worked on a project for 6 months just to hear that everything had changes. We re-used some of the code, but it was still frustrating.

4.0

Feb 17, 2014

software developer in denver

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professional coworkers good work/life balance. My office hours were usually 8-6. financial support for continuing education university outreach/recruiting is fun and sometimes involves travel adhesion to industry best practices large, diverse team with a lot of experience DENVER! Working in Denver was a great experience. I miss that place.

Cons

Decisions were made in a bureaucratic way and so the company wasn't very agile. When I was there, our code wasn't pushed to production on a daily basis.

5.0

Feb 6, 2014

IT Department: great lifestyle and challenging position

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Lifestyle: Who can complain about living in Denver? You've got biking, skiing, camping, hiking and a plethora of mountain activities near by. It's a young state with lots of interesting people and a growing tech scene. I loved living in Denver while I worked for Dish. Pride: I was always proud to work for Dish. During my time there, we worked on one of the biggest billing system migrations ever. We deployed new work force management tools, managed an ERP for manufacturing and distribution, a CRM with 14 million subs, and managed a complex data network for OTT delivery and delivery of HD channels to uplink centers. Since I left, Mike McClaskey won the CIO of the year award. I can understand why after working under him for 2 years. Respect. Learning: All of these projects (mentioned above) required coming up to speed on enterprise development. Since our system supports live video for 14 million homes, downtime is not an option. I was challenged professional and intellectually regularly during my time in Denver

Cons

Benefits: The health care coverage provided by Dish was a joke. THe HR present the options to me, and I literally turned both of them down. One had a very high deductible and one had a low cap. Agility/Speed: If you want to do rapid prototyping in rails, then Dish isn't the place for you. Our projects move slowly because they involved MILLIONS of stakeholders (most of those being subscribers). Production releases are carefully planned and tested.

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