This was hands down the Worst company I have ever worked for - Commercial Technical Support DISH Employee Review

1.0
24 Jan 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

My coworkers were fun and pleasant to work with.. My last supervisor was knowledgeable and helpful.

Cons

When I was hired I was told I would only be taking commercial calls at $11.55 hr with pay for performance bonuses. That lasted 2 months and they took that away leaving many of us at $12.13 hr. Residential side still kept their bonuses although we were taking a large percentage of their calls and still had to dress professionally while they got to wear jeans daily. onuses and recognition consist of a free Jeans Day or a couple of slices of Pizza. Yet many of the employees still drive themselves very hard to try and work with the lack of information and the poor training they are given along with very low pay. The real kicker...a recent FOX Takedown incentive offered to employees for perfect attendance from 1/3/15 to 1/16/15 ($100.00 extra on your next paycheck) and an additional $50.00 for each 4 hours overtime worked during that time. The offer was posted on Community page and then mysteriously taken down 2 days later. After working very hard adhering to the perfect attendance and doing 8 hours of overtime I was denied the bonuses on my Final Paycheck (I turned in my resignation) in lieu of a better offer with a substantially larger pay offer...I was denied the bonuses when they changed their rules after the offer ended because I was not there for the rest of the month which was not even a part of the original incentive offer.

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You can make six figures

Cons

High turnover in employees and management

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DISH Response
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It is excellent to hear that you recognize the significant earning potential and that you find the commission structure to be good. We are committed to providing a compensation structure that highly rewards performance. We acknowledge your observation regarding turnover within both our employee and management ranks. We recognize the importance of stability and are actively investing in programs to enhance employee engagement, development, and retention at all levels of the organization. Thank you for providing your valuable perspective.
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Pros

Good middle management and compensation. Lots of opportunities to learn from plenty of smart people.

Cons

Disclaimer -This is all water cooler hearsay and opinion. During the two years I was there the bill came due on being penny wise and dollar dumb over the years. A great example is Sling. Dish beat basically everyone to market but Netflix with streaming and was the first platform to offer live TV via stream (which YouTube TV still uses as a selling point). What happened? Dish paid the original engineers to build it and then balked at paying them to document and maintain it. Same deal with the cyber security team. After years of expecting security engineers to do exceptional work shorthanded for middling compensation eventually they had none. It was all put on the security manager, who had a heart attack after repeatedly requesting support. He understandably did not return. Not much later one of the core systems was ransomed, and the company fell out of the fortune 500. Despite being in the middle of dealing with the consequences of those decisions leadership was doing it all again with the mobile network build out.

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DISH Response
1mo
Hearing that you found value in our middle management and compensation, as well as the chance to learn from the talented individuals on our teams, is encouraging. We appreciate you recognizing those aspects of your time with us. On the other hand, the historical context and concerns you shared regarding executive decision-making, infrastructure maintenance, and resource allocation are deeply concerning. Maintaining a stable, secure, and well-supported environment for our workforce is of the utmost importance, and we take feedback regarding employee well-being and operational decisions seriously. We are continually working to strengthen our operations and better support our teams across all business units. Because this review references a sensitive medical situation alongside organizational challenges, we would welcome the opportunity to hear more about your perspective. Please consider reaching out to our team directly at peopleoperations@dish.com so we can learn more.
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