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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 demographic groups

      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
      3.0
      Apr 25, 2011

      Vastly improved since I was hired, however, there is much improvement to accomplish still.

      Engineering technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I've worked here for 6 years and have never heard rumors of lay-offs, nor have there been lay-offs even through the worst economic times. EchoStar is very stable.

      Cons

      Our health benefits stink; we have choices of high deductbile plans or 80/20 plans with a ceiling of $10,000.00 per year. We get just 4 days of sick per year AFTER 2 years of employment. Once you achieve 5 years of service you do not get an increase in vacation until you achieve 10 years. Our salaries are not within the national average - in fact they are below.

      1.0
      Mar 27, 2011

      There are places better than Echostar for sure.

      Software engineering
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good for not-graduated students and those who are just starting their career in software engineering. Good nice-looking office. Compensation is valid for students only.

      Cons

      There's absolutely no opportunity for growth for the software engineer. Most of the projects are either porting of some platform to the other hardware (writing abstraction layer), or bugfixing. Exceptionally strict working hours policy: one should come to the office not later than 9:30 and leave not earlier than 16:30. Only old technologies are used: mostly ANSI C. Noone there is really _senior_.

      4.0
      Mar 26, 2011

      good.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. learn to work with 5 level management 2. great managers.

      Cons

      1. Need to work with the management. (Talk more) 2. Not flexible. 3. deadlines are sometime tough

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