I have never been so disgusted with a company. No back bone. A billionaire, one of, if not THE richest man in Colorado is forcing his employees to buy Boost. Even if we don’t want to buy Boost. If we have actual, legitimate reasons to not buy this service, (part of a family plan, huge device fee paybacks, happy with your current service…it doesn’t matter), we are FORCED…I’m actually not kidding…to buy Boost. Whether it’s for our actual phone or a burner phone, they don’t care. It’s to check a box. I hope $15/month phone payment was worth the amount you have torpedoed any goodwill you have built up with your employee base. The undertone? You may be let go if you don't...
Today, when employees walked into work, they were “booed” if they weren’t wearing orange and cheered on if they were. It’s too outlandish to be true, and yet, I can’t even make this kind of thing up. The orange clothing, the turnstiles, the badging in…maybe this really is a prison. Literally, I’ve had senior managers refer to employees as “gen pop.”
I have spent several years here, and this review is a culmination of 4 years of Dish/Echostar experience. I’ve endured all team meetings where Charlie has accused people who want to work at home as "psychopaths living in their parents’ basements.” I’ve lived through this company forcing interns AND their managers work 50 hours a week (managers with no extra pay), and verbally flogged via email if you were even 30 minutes short of that goal.
There is too much focus to have people on site for 42.5 hours, because of course, you have to factor in lunch. Forget it if you badge in after 9. Two of those and you’re written up. We are not people at this company, we are merely pawns that work for Charlie and a means to his millions. Oh, not to mention my identity has been stolen as a result of their cybersecurity attack.
Diversity is a joke. After the Comcast FCC investigation, Dish has completely wiped every trace of DEI from public-facing content. Just check it. You won’t find it. ERGs are next. Women leadership is nearly non-existent. Maternity benefits are driven by Colorado’s state laws and are the bare minimum of what they can give you. Every time my kid is sick, I have to ask with my tail between my legs if I could possibly work from home. It’s not even my manager’s fault. They are expected to “own the message.”
You may think…I’m not a manager - this won’t affect me. Charlie’s ridiculously fragile ego and antiquated employee expectations can’t reach me. He can. He does. It doesn’t matter the level. Dish is a sinking ship. Everyone at the company knows it, and they discuss it openly…often. Boost is not performing, hence their reasoning to force employees to sign up “or else” for an early year boost of activations.
There are so many better options for companies that actually care. I can guarantee this review will receive a canned response detailing how my points are “concerning” and they’re happy to take this up with me over email or reach out to my HRBP if I have concerns. And literally, that’s where this conversation ends. But my hope is that you, prospective candidate, do your homework of this company. Pick the other option. If enough of you make that decision, maybe leadership will get the message. But then again…it’s Charlie Ergen. So I doubt it.
