Stay away - Inside Sales Representative DISH Employee Review

2.0
Mar 1, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

You grow close to the people around you and get a good sense of family outside of family with your assignment team. a good agent can easily attain 1k a week from this job.

Cons

They recentyl (as of sept 2012) revamped the pay structure into a complex web of mathematical algorithms to pay their sales reps. Not only does your pay literally change from day to day, but there is no way to track/project what pay you would look forward to on your check. This dominoes into your personal life when it comes to bill, budgeting, leisure, etc. ABSOLUTELY NO UPWARD MOBILITY INTO CORPORATE UNLESS YOU MOVE TO COLORADO.... UMMM NO! ET - this acronym stands for extra time; Yes, you've read it correctly people. This company blatantly disregards any employees personal lives. You are forced to work a "mandatory" 10+ hours of "extra time" per week; and management is quick to reprimand those who don't by bullying and threatening the denial of vacation approval and job loss. When you enter those doors you are simply a number; a disposable tool. What takes the cake is that they schedule the overtime a week in advance.... HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF SUCH NONSENSE.... And again not all managers are tools but for the most, they are

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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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