Pros
Right outside the Riverfront office, there is a nice trail to walk on. My daily 10 min walk along that trail was the best 10 minutes I spent everyday at that office. I always felt jealous of all those geese sitting there and chilling in the Sun. Those lucky dudes and dudettes didn’t have to badge in before 9 am in the fear of an email getting triggered to the queen goose. They all looked so…free.
Cons
Where should I even start? - Employee Tracking: You’ve probably read about the badge in/badge out thing in the other reviews, so you know what this is. Charlie Ergen still thinks he’s running a company from 1992. They literally have an application where you and your supervisor can see your exact badge in/out times. As ridiculous as it sounds, they take this crap way too seriously. I was once reprimanded by my manager for badging in 9 seconds late. And no, you’re not allowed to be human at this company; so be it 2 feet of snow or a broken leg, you HAVE TO badge in before 9 am else it’s a strike. 3 strikes and you’re out. - No Flexibility: WFH is absolutely frowned upon. They don’t trust you to do your work from anywhere else but the office. Charlie Ergen said that those who want to WFH are “Potential Serial Killers”. I’ll just leave it at that. - Pay and Benefits: The pay is absolutely atrocious. Well below market and your manager will try to convince you that you’re paid well enough. Benefits are pretty much non-existent. I had better insurance at a much cheaper rate when I was in college. 401k match is absolutely horrible and the vesting schedule is laughable. No signing/relocation/year-end bonuses. No stock options. Your base salary is your total compensation. They also tout that their best benefit is “Opportunity”. So you can figure how awful their actual benefits are. - Incompetence: The level of incompetence there is absolutely unbelievable. The quality of software devs and product managers is terrible. Most of the work is done by contract workers who produce some of the worst code ever written. Of course, for the pay they offer, you can’t expect top notch talent, but you can at least hope for a few skillful co-workers. - Wireless is a complete crap show: They have no clue what they’re doing. Look up articles online about Wireless and how they keep pushing the deadline for the release. Can’t wait to pop open a cold one and drink to the giant failure that Wireless is going to be.
