Pros
There are very, very few pros for working at Dish; however, you'll find most of its people to be very friendly and hard working.
Cons
Worst place I've EVER worked, and that's saying something! Their turnover is close to 50% -- even at corporate HQ at Meridian -- and for a great many reasons. You may find are a few glowing reviews, but that's because the HR department writes and posts them regularly to try and counteract all the well-earned negativity. When I was there, they were ranked the worst company in the country to work for two years in a row, and they did absolutely nothing to change that status. Why? They just don't care. So even though you're salaried, you'll be treated as an hourly toddler who's confined to prison. If you arrive even one minute late (which happens at 9:00 a.m., NOT 9:01), you'll get written up. They don't care if you put in 65 hours a week, it's not OK to take a long lunch to get something like an appointment done. I once had one of the HR beasts try to tell me I needed to find doctors and specialists who could see me at night and on the weekends. That's pretty audacious. Everyone there is miserable, and you can feel it. Management is insane, and promotions are rarer than snow owls. I saw no one under my wretched director get promoted -- no one. And they definitely play favorites, as evidenced by their annual "talent planning," which is a euphemism for layoffs. Nowhere, however, is this aggregious than during the performance appraisal period. Your actual performance is almost entirely irrelevant, and will depend largely on what group you're in and who your director is. They grade everyone on a curve, so even if a manager has five great employees, only one can be classified as "exceeding expectations," and even if it's not true, someone MUST BE characterized as "not meeting expectations." I've seen them do that to people for the craziest reasons. One of my dear friends worked for them for 19 years and did amazing work. But I happened to overhear her boss telling another manager that she "made too much money," so she was going to be appraised poorly and ultimately fired, but not until she finished a big project for them. It's absolutely maddening. The CEO/owner is worth $11.22 billion, but none of that goes toward making his employees happy. Dish is a Fortune 200 company, but Forbes and a number of other magazines have questioned repeatedly how Dish is the only company making money with such grossly unhappy employees, but he's just selling air, and employees are a dime a dozen to him. They don't care how much it costs to replace employees... they'd rather do that than keep some very valuable and bright people. Oh, and if you do get hired, gird yourself for at least a three-month hiring process. They'll ask you about your salary requirements, say that will be no problem at all, and then ultimately hand you a contract demanding that you take a pay cut. They're simply evil. EVERYONE I knew had been lied to about their pay, and they don't do raises. You might get 2%, but they typically only do that once every five years or so. I cannot overemphasize what an abominitation this company is. If it were a person, it would be a sociopath. The ridiculously intransigent ownership and management should be ashamed.
