Dish employees are treated with less respect than the carpet and they fix that with duct tape - Program Manager DISH Employee Review

1.0
Mar 4, 2011
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Pros

Due to the turnover you will get the chance to work on projects that exceed your current title. You will get experience you would no place else. You will also learn a great deal of what not to do to. Many of your peers will be great people, but you will come to question their and your sanity for working there.

Cons

You will not be trusted as an employee. They worry more about how many hours you are there, what time you showed up and how long you took for lunch than what your work product is. If you work here don't come late and don't take more than 30 minutes for lunch. Other items to know: You will be required to work long hours due to poor planning and not on anything truly productive You will be required to give up your personal life You will get paid below market- in many cases far below It will take months to get through the interview process and that is fast You will take tests to get hired and none will predict your ability to perform You will spend a great deal of time working hard on projects that go no place and with no purpose or application to current needs Your review will be based more on a bell curve distribution than performance. Even if you are a top performer you will get a lower rating if management feels there are three performers but your team is assigned to give out only two A + ratings. Rest assured their friends will get the top rankings. You could also get an F because every team has to give a few of those out too. Someone must not be performing is the senior management’s thinking.

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5.0
Feb 26, 2026
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Pros

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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