DISH reviews

There are some awful, toxic people in HR... specifically on the leadership team. When you have the nickname "The Mean Girls Club" for several of the Sr. Managers, Directors, and VP within the group, you know something is wrong. They don't actually care for the employees, and only about their personal careers and how they appear to the presidents and chairman. They gossip about employees, spread rumors about HR employees that stand up to or disagree with them, and are stuck in an echo chamber of their incestual friend group. Anyone looking to join the HR team at DISH, PROCEED WITH CAUTION. Many of the HR Managers and Supervisors are great people, but it's that next tier you have to worry about.... and they are the ones who decide your pay and performance scores. While I like the CHRO, he seems to have thrown in the towel and given up on trying to make positive changes. DISH also does not value ethnic and gender diversity as a company, and that comes specifically from the chairman. They use the guise of "diversity of thought" for their hiring ideologies, but just by looking at the executive slate, prioritize white men. There are also several departments that are dominated by white men, and also have a toxic leadership team: Customer Retention and In Home Services. COVID-19 cases have also been running rampant through multiple of the DISH locations, yet leadership still felt the need for employees to still be in the office, despite the employees being able to prove that they are just as successful as a remote workforce. The idea of having work-from-home employees is such a sinful concept to Charlie and Erik, and it left an incredibly poor taste in the mouth of most employees.

Where should I even start? - Employee Tracking: You’ve probably read about the badge in/badge out thing in the other reviews, so you know what this is. Charlie Ergen still thinks he’s running a company from 1992. They literally have an application where you and your supervisor can see your exact badge in/out times. As ridiculous as it sounds, they take this crap way too seriously. I was once reprimanded by my manager for badging in 9 seconds late. And no, you’re not allowed to be human at this company; so be it 2 feet of snow or a broken leg, you HAVE TO badge in before 9 am else it’s a strike. 3 strikes and you’re out. - No Flexibility: WFH is absolutely frowned upon. They don’t trust you to do your work from anywhere else but the office. Charlie Ergen said that those who want to WFH are “Potential Serial Killers”. I’ll just leave it at that. - Pay and Benefits: The pay is absolutely atrocious. Well below market and your manager will try to convince you that you’re paid well enough. Benefits are pretty much non-existent. I had better insurance at a much cheaper rate when I was in college. 401k match is absolutely horrible and the vesting schedule is laughable. No signing/relocation/year-end bonuses. No stock options. Your base salary is your total compensation. They also tout that their best benefit is “Opportunity”. So you can figure how awful their actual benefits are. - Incompetence: The level of incompetence there is absolutely unbelievable. The quality of software devs and product managers is terrible. Most of the work is done by contract workers who produce some of the worst code ever written. Of course, for the pay they offer, you can’t expect top notch talent, but you can at least hope for a few skillful co-workers. - Wireless is a complete crap show: They have no clue what they’re doing. Look up articles online about Wireless and how they keep pushing the deadline for the release. Can’t wait to pop open a cold one and drink to the giant failure that Wireless is going to be.