Actively collapsing company - Firmware Engineer DISH Employee Review

1.0
Feb 28, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

-Knowledgeable, friendly, welcoming peers. -Team leads are passionate and always do their best to help if asked

Cons

-Constantly changing priorities -Overwhelming amount of feature work that can barely be kept pace with -WFH policy stripped away by upper management -45hr per week minimum required for raises and promotions -Because of break neck pace issues arrive often, but time is not allotted to fix them -Only able to fix issues when an exec decides to push a specific issue to max priority because it affected them or someone they know -Constant threat of layoffs -Institutional knowledge not valued by upper management. People who have been around for a decade+ and are the only ones who know how something works will be laid off for cost cutting. -Desperately trying to pivot, but unwilling to invest in innovation. Teams are expected to innovate on top of feature work and prototypes are expected to be presented before any time will be allotted to working on something new. Meanwhile all of the companies money is funneled into buying up smaller tech companies in a desperate hope that they can fund the bureaucracy. -Constant changes in upper management where they are replaced by people who have been with the company mere weeks.

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DISH Response
2y
We would like to express our appreciation for your contributions and the time you have devoted to DISH. Your insights are invaluable, and we are glad to hear that your peers are knowledgeable, friendly, and welcoming. We understand the importance of staying competitive in an ever-evolving market. We are actively exploring ways to support innovation within our teams while ensuring that our resources are allocated effectively. Thank you for your feedback and dedication to DISH.

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Pros

Good team environment to work.

Cons

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DISH Response
11mo
We're thrilled to hear you enjoyed the team environment! We truly value collaboration and a supportive atmosphere. We understand that 5-day onsite work might not be ideal for everyone. We're always evaluating our work models to find the best balance for our teams and business needs. Thanks for your feedback!
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May 15, 2026
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Pros

Good middle management and compensation. Lots of opportunities to learn from plenty of smart people.

Cons

Disclaimer -This is all water cooler hearsay and opinion. During the two years I was there the bill came due on being penny wise and dollar dumb over the years. A great example is Sling. Dish beat basically everyone to market but Netflix with streaming and was the first platform to offer live TV via stream (which YouTube TV still uses as a selling point). What happened? Dish paid the original engineers to build it and then balked at paying them to document and maintain it. Same deal with the cyber security team. After years of expecting security engineers to do exceptional work shorthanded for middling compensation eventually they had none. It was all put on the security manager, who had a heart attack after repeatedly requesting support. He understandably did not return. Not much later one of the core systems was ransomed, and the company fell out of the fortune 500. Despite being in the middle of dealing with the consequences of those decisions leadership was doing it all again with the mobile network build out.

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DISH Response
1mo
Hearing that you found value in our middle management and compensation, as well as the chance to learn from the talented individuals on our teams, is encouraging. We appreciate you recognizing those aspects of your time with us. On the other hand, the historical context and concerns you shared regarding executive decision-making, infrastructure maintenance, and resource allocation are deeply concerning. Maintaining a stable, secure, and well-supported environment for our workforce is of the utmost importance, and we take feedback regarding employee well-being and operational decisions seriously. We are continually working to strengthen our operations and better support our teams across all business units. Because this review references a sensitive medical situation alongside organizational challenges, we would welcome the opportunity to hear more about your perspective. Please consider reaching out to our team directly at peopleoperations@dish.com so we can learn more.
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