Entry Level or Unemployed otherwise look somewhere else - Senior Systems Administrator DISH Employee Review

2.0
Dec 11, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Campus is nice, Cafeteria is nice in the summer time, friendly people, lots to do and learn if you can handle it. 3 weeks vacation after 2 years.

Cons

Regular employees treated as disposable, ready to be replaced with "Eager College Grads" and the remaining 50% of IT staff are consultants directly from India. Management is always looking for someone to blame for the outages/problems, and make a mistake that makes a vp/director/mgr look bad and they walk you out the door. Many managers are people who started off as installers and just kept changing jobs. They have been there soo long that they have no interest in pointing out major problems in how things are being run, lest they get blamed and walked out the door. Very much a fear based environment. Every 12-16 months they go through and fire (no layoffs at Dish) 10-20% of their IT staff. Usually right before earnings come out or a new purchase by Charile Ergen is planned. Average lifespan of a technical employee is about 3 years. Core Hours - you have to be at work between the hours of 8:30am and 4:00pm regardless of the weather etc. If you badge in after 8:30am or before 4:00pm be prepared to be grilled by the VP's admin on why you were late/left early. If you don't have a good (pre-approved) excuse you will get written up. They count the minutes you work per week, 45hrs (including no more than 60 min/day for lunch) is required, work less than that and get queried. They micromanage this like crazy. No flex time, can't work from home but you are expected to be on-call from home. Work all night on a problem you are still expected to be in by 8:30am or you have to take a vacation day etc.

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I made a late in life career change and started in a Level 1 call center role. At first, I thought the recruiter's pitch about growth was just a talking point. I simply needed a new direction. But the training was incredible. I had four amazing coaches during my call center days. Since moving into TA, I’ve had the same supportive coach/manager. Each one has truly helped me grow. Meeting regularly with someone who genuinely wants you to succeed is a rare gift. I've seen others grow at their own pace—progress is always encouraged. It’s empowering to work hard and have a team that supports your growth. All you need is the willingness to learn and a solid work ethic. The tools and training? They’re part of the package. Years later, I still look forward to showing up and doing what I love.

Cons

Tech and HR are always changing, you must be able to embrace change

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DISH Response
1y
Thank you so much for sharing your experience here at DISH. We love hearing the success stories of those who have seized our greatest benefit, opportunity! On top of that, we're happy to hear that your growth and development has been supported by great leaders who are invested in your success. Thank you for the more than 5 years of service and here's to many more!
1.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

Work from home is the only pro I can think of

Cons

They don’t provide any equipment aside from the computer itself. They mislead you during the interview and job description. You are paid according to price of product sold and close rate however it’s all inbound calls and you can not call back. The inbound calls are lousy, people who don’t even have a $1 on a card in order to do the eligibility check, or no card at all.. poor credit which leads to higher out of pocket costs. I think only a handful of times I couldn’t overcome the spousal objection or the just shopping objection. Those I will take responsibility for but if I’m getting calls from people who don’t have a card or don’t have a $ or don’t have the money to put down OR already have an account or is a mis-transfer or were passed along because the technicians have to make referrals even though the customer isn’t actually interested in the product yet the tech makes them still call.. that’s crap and it’s not real sales.

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DISH Response
1w
We appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective with us. Hearing about your day-to-day reality in sales—from lead quality to equipment needs—is incredibly valuable as we continuously work to refine our internal processes and onboarding experience. While we are glad you enjoyed the flexibility of working from home, it is disheartening to learn that you felt misled by our initial job description and interview process. We want to ensure our teams feel properly supported and equipped to succeed in their roles. Our People Operations team would welcome the opportunity to dive deeper into your feedback regarding our commission structures and lead generation systems. Please feel free to reach out to us directly at peopleoperations@dish.com so we can better understand your specific situation. Thank you again for your candor in this situation.
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