40% monthly bonus if you learn to de-escalate effectively with customers. - Customer Service Representative DISH Employee Review

4.0
Nov 11, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The starting salary is below average US income, but well above a customer service rep's starting income even among others in the NY area. But this position becomes the easiest way to make $45k without any work to take home once you learn to resolve calls within 7 minutes, which takes only about 3-6 months to learn well enough to be consistent at it. DISH highly values the 7 minute time goal and low call back ratio. Finally, you learn some debate skills like how to listen to what customer's true concern is within the first few sentences, tactfully cutting into the conversation to tell them their own true concern, and then having them listen to your solution from that point.

Cons

This is not a con for the company, but more of a misconception I had about this job. The 80%/20% rule applies to the bonus structure as it does to business owners in general. 80% of peers earned only up to 10% bonus consistently, the other 20% earned 40% and on off months still earned 20-30%. Without being in the 20%, its a $35k- job, period. Also, if they are not expanding the CSRs there will be no new supervisors, but then again, starting salary for sups is $46k something you're probably making anyway if you're being considered for the position, supervisor salary went up to $60k, general manager $100k, and director under $200k.

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Tech and HR are always changing, you must be able to embrace change

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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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