EchoStar reviews

Benefits are overall bad and minimal. The 401k is not great either. Standards of operations are lacking for the ESO department. Training is minimal and unorganized. Communication is terrible within the department and between departments. Management refuses to enforce the standards they create and has led to rogue employees and intermediate supervisors. A mountain of paperwork and review process is required before any maintenance can occur. Opportunity for advancement is very minimal. In-fighting between supervisors is performed in the presence of employees on a regular basis. Documentation of systems and projects are often lacking. Change shifts far too often. Office politics are always at work. Generally disgruntled employees and supervisors. Overall, not a good place to have a career. Pay is well below the field average.

Communication needs improvement----executive decision on production development changed when everything is ready to prototype after they agreed on the direction one month ago. Inter-department cooperation could be improved----take long for people to understand each other. Take changes very cautiously, a good thing and a bad thing at the same time. Documentation on decision, direction and knowledge could use some improvement.