Nothing but lies - Customer Retention Specialist DISH Employee Review

1.0
Nov 15, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Good money if you’re willing to have no work life balance. -Consistent opportunity for overtime -Fun prizes with regular ‘contests’ -Friendly co-workers -Sales expectations are made clear and concise -Multiple gaming units, relaxation room, TVs available for entertainment on breaks -Site-wide lunches provided complimentary at least 1x monthly sometimes more -Multiple break rooms on site -Consistent schedules -Free Dish TV services provided to you

Cons

-The reporting department miscalculates actual sales meaning you don’t get paid for every account accurately -Poor work life balance -Lack of communication between management and employees -Calls are not distributed evenly amongst sites in departments meaning some sites get ‘easier’ calls to retain ergo they get paid much more -Shifty answers when addressing issues regarding tier violations (QA call reviews) -Losing 2-3 sales when a tier violation was committed on 1 call -Poor health insurance benefits -No clarification on quality guidelines amongst different levels of management -PTO Time accrued slowly -Employees are told they are replaceable regularly -Lack of appropriate coaching opportunities for improvement -Management belittles employees -Unreasonable expectation for overtime regardless of outside obligations -Management only cares about quota and no personal growth -You are not appreciated as an employee -Employees believe Dish conspires to find reasons to strip employees of rightfully earned monies from sales and search for reasons to terminate employees for questioning management -Little to no ability to switch teams for different schedules if needed -Not brought competitive rates available for employees to use to save customers business -When phones go down for technical issues you are not compensated for possible lost sales during that time period

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DISH Response
1y
Thank you so much for sharing your experience here at DISH. We love hearing the success stories of those who have seized our greatest benefit, opportunity! On top of that, we're happy to hear that your growth and development has been supported by great leaders who are invested in your success. Thank you for the more than 5 years of service and here's to many more!
1.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

Work from home is the only pro I can think of

Cons

They don’t provide any equipment aside from the computer itself. They mislead you during the interview and job description. You are paid according to price of product sold and close rate however it’s all inbound calls and you can not call back. The inbound calls are lousy, people who don’t even have a $1 on a card in order to do the eligibility check, or no card at all.. poor credit which leads to higher out of pocket costs. I think only a handful of times I couldn’t overcome the spousal objection or the just shopping objection. Those I will take responsibility for but if I’m getting calls from people who don’t have a card or don’t have a $ or don’t have the money to put down OR already have an account or is a mis-transfer or were passed along because the technicians have to make referrals even though the customer isn’t actually interested in the product yet the tech makes them still call.. that’s crap and it’s not real sales.

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DISH Response
1w
We appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective with us. Hearing about your day-to-day reality in sales—from lead quality to equipment needs—is incredibly valuable as we continuously work to refine our internal processes and onboarding experience. While we are glad you enjoyed the flexibility of working from home, it is disheartening to learn that you felt misled by our initial job description and interview process. We want to ensure our teams feel properly supported and equipped to succeed in their roles. Our People Operations team would welcome the opportunity to dive deeper into your feedback regarding our commission structures and lead generation systems. Please feel free to reach out to us directly at peopleoperations@dish.com so we can better understand your specific situation. Thank you again for your candor in this situation.
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