EchoStar reviews

The CEO uses the company as his own private bank to line his pockets while disregarding his most valuable asset: the employees. He sits in his lofty tower in Meridian with a view of the parking lot and watches everyone that leaves before the end of the work day. He'll then go down to the lobby and apprehend them. He does not believe in time off, demands long hours, and pays next to nothing for it. The buildings, desks, cubicles and decorations are all second-hand so it feels like you're working in a third-world country. The benefits package (healthcare in particular) is a joke and will require you and your family to go bankrupt in order to pay your medical expenses. There is no such thing as a snow day. If three feet of snow falls and the governor calls a state of emergency, he still insists on employees driving in to work rather than recognizing that an employee's health and safety comes before all else. Turn over there is high, and we're not just talking about the floor workers that service units or the installers that go out to jobs for installation. We're talking middle to higher management. Everyone is miserable there, and I'd encourage ANYONE that is either there now or who is looking at them as a potential employer to think twice about it. There ARE better jobs out there in the world. Stay away from Charlie Ergen because you will regret the time you spend at this blackhole of a company.

They donâ??t care about the employees or there end base customers. They treat employees like they are doing you a favor by allowing you to work there. They will work you to the bone and give you no reward for doing it and the best raise you could expect is 0.25 cents a year and that is if you are the best employee in the department. I worked there for a year and most people took the job because they could not find anything else at the time. The average employee stays only 1 â?? 2 years at best and after talking to most employees, I found that 90% hate working there and hate the job they are doing. They like to fire people that donâ??t kiss up to management or are not part of the boys club. You better be a fan of sports or you will not fit in. If you work to hard you become a threat to upper and lower management and they will get rid of you. Most of the management there are women and minorities so if you are white, you might find advancement difficult. EchoStar has a hostile work environment with little to no reward for your best efforts. I have yet to find a former or current employee that has anything positive to say about the company. The consensus is that if you want a job you work at EchoStar, if you want a career, work any place else. One more thing, pay is below the national standards for work performed and you need to keep your eyes wide open when going into this company. A lot of middle management does not poses degrees. The person who is currently running training in the Engineering Technician department does not have any formal training in their field. The lack of education in training causes frustration among all the new employees. You are setup to fail from the min you start working there.