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      EchoStar

      Engaged Employer

      EchoStar reviews

      3.0

      41% would recommend to a friend

      (568 total reviews)
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      Charlie Ergen

      28% approve of CEO

      40% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      2.8

      Culture & values

      2.7

      Senior management

      2.7

      Compensation and benefits

      2.6

      Work/Life balance

      EchoStar has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 568 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The EchoStar employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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      568 reviews
      2.0
      May 15, 2011

      Good place to get foot in the door

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good coworkers, not difficult to get along with, many are very helpful and even competent. Usually 40 hours - Unless there is an outage or other issue, at 5:00, or the end of your shift, you can go home. Can be a very good "foot in the door" job. Not a terribly bad place to work, especially in this economy.

      Cons

      Not much time off Not much medical benefits Not much chance for raises, no matter how low your salary is Not much recognition for going the extra mile (Recognition only given to those who work insane hours, if at all) Not much sleep. (Some departments change your shift with little notice. On call in some departments can be terrible.) Not much patience from management, especially for mistakes.

      1.0
      May 7, 2011

      It's a paycheck if you are desperate, but an awful place to be long term.

      Broadcast ops tech
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You get the opportunity to try and achieve a job on an extremely low budget and with minimal tools. It can be done but it is quite challenging.

      Cons

      Poor health benefits, extremely poor raises, and an ineffective human resource department who likes to give people the run-around very often. If you are good at what you do, then do not expect to move up within the company. The company tends to keep hard workers where they are at and promote the incompetent.

      2.0
      Apr 26, 2011

      Ditto...

      Engineer i
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Good family/life balance - Some managers are decent - Interesting technology - Motivated individuals will acquire a large skill set that is transferable - Job stability If you live in Cheyenne and love work with technology, Echostar is one of your best/only options. You can count on having a stable job, but don't expect much more.

      Cons

      - Poor benefits - Low moral (Don't know many people that actually like working here) - Poor upper management - Communication issues between management and employees - They keep putting off personal appraisals - Small raises - No bonuses - No pension plans - Small 401k % matching - Not much for tuition reimbursement

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