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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Pros

You can make six figures

Cons

High turnover in employees and management

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DISH Response
6mo
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.
3.0
May 15, 2026
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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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