Worst Company I ever worked for - Anonymous employee DISH Employee Review

1.0
Feb 6, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Not many free Cable is about it

Cons

Dish treats their employees horribly. Examples.... The company will tell you they are going to have a appreciation party for the agents but in order to go you have to clock out and go with time with out pay when they pay so little as it is. I worked there for 2 years and got another job that is starting out with higher pay than I was making at dish. That is even after 2 raises. Another thing they will not allow for coaching if they have too many calls in the Que there fore development is not top priority for them. It is impossible to get any time off. My son was having some major surgery so I applied for FMLA to have my Dr. fill the paper work out 3 times for it to be denied each time. Finally my Doctor refused to fill the paper work out again and told me this was the worst company she has ever dealt with in her life when it came to FMLA. I asked for PTO to use my vacation time to have it denied as well. So I told them if I did not get the time off I would have to quit. It was then approved. They are always short handed for a reason. They always are telling us to refer a friend to work there sadly I would not want my worst enemy to work there. The insurance is expensive to have nothing covered until you have met the $5000.00 dollar deductible. There is a reason it is ranked one of the worst companies to work for. I can honestly say they have lived up to their reputation in this area.

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

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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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