WHAT A JOKE! - Field Service Specialist II DISH Employee Review

1.0
Feb 23, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Traveling alot and meeting new people and challenges every day. Work days are never the same, so you never know what your going to do until you get to work that day! Its hard to get bored.

Cons

I seriously could write a book on how much this company fails to understand what a positive and understanding atmosphere could do in terms of employee performance. I don't know about anyone else, but I am a human being with feelings. I don't deal with threats, negativity, or financial punishments too well! I for one do not tolerate threats of losing my job just about every other day I come to work. From time spent on completing a job to making sure we connecting a phone line to a customers reciever we are under the microscope. I don't believe fareness comes when I get a trouble call,which causes me to miss out on a bonus, when a reciever fails on them! That is not something that should reflect on the employee! Now management are like drones and rarely speak to the employees like real people. Most of the time we are talked down to and none of it is positive reinforcement. Once a tech finishes training he/she becomes a target for dismissal. First off we are not robots and we are in the customer service industry! Not the army! We need to be there for the customer! I will not be that speedy guy doing an install ignoring the customer. Either way I feel nothing positive out of this company what so ever! The biggest issue I have is that if you are not Mr.Speedy you consistently work a max of three days as punishment! What a great idea to make me care at all! Wait a min! another negative military treatment! Again I feel as if I should just ignore making sure my customer is taken care of for my own personal benefit. I guess it really doesnt matter that I am making a true effort for a one and done! Overall I had a problem and a bad feeling about this company before I started! Sure enough I was right and I can't wait to get out!

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Great and flexible work supported my growth through college

Cons

Honestly that the product we were selling wasn't the best value

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DISH Response
3mo
It is wonderful to hear that the flexibility of your role provided the support you needed to successfully navigate your growth through college. We take great pride in being a workplace that accommodates the educational pursuits of our team members, as we know how vital that balance is for long-term career development. While it is rewarding to hear about your personal success, we also appreciate your candid perspective regarding our product value and market positioning. We are constantly evaluating our competitive edge and exploring new ways to better serve both our core customers and emerging markets. Feedback like yours is essential as we strive to evolve and refine our approach to the business.
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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