Listen to the people in the trenches - Anonymous employee DISH Employee Review

1.0
Feb 17, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

4 on 3 off work week, the people down at the local level you work with, every day a different situation, not stuck in one local area.

Cons

Extremely poor pay, poor health benefits, no chance to go to school or improve your self as a work day last 10 to 12 hours, only a one product company, constant threats of loosing your job (actual and veiled), you are not a good employee if you don't get DISH it doesn't matter if you have no line of sight, or the association you live in won't allow the installs, or you can't afford the service,yes they give you the 120 package for free but kill you on receiver fees,dvr fees, phone hookup fees so you still shell out 25 to 30 bucks a month. Customer service really is poor, they give techs a hard time over the phone costing the tech any where from 30 to 60 minutes longer on a job.CS would rather setup everything as a trouble call and let the techs get hit for not meeting meaningless "numbers" which goes against their chances for promotion and raises meaningless numbers such as not meeting a 40% connection goal to a phone line or INTERNET when the majority of homes use cell phones and distrust BIG BUSINESS knocking on their modem connection, not giving upfront cost etc. Giving customers hard time on the phones, not listening to customers, stupid upgrade fees for receivers, when customer have problems with reception of VOD or PPV won't give credits . For a communication company they can't communicate in a timely manner not on products, not on promotions, way to many receivers, if Charlie wants to save money cut the receivers to two, if the customer doesn't want a second TV hook up don't hook it up the customer can watch one channel and record another and in the future the tech or customer can run the second line, DISH engineering idea strip out dual tuner and cap the tv2 ports, strip out the high def section of another receiver and use it as a single tuner, but if the TV doesn't have RCA inputs it's useless.

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It is wonderful to hear that the flexibility of your role provided the support you needed to successfully navigate your growth through college. We take great pride in being a workplace that accommodates the educational pursuits of our team members, as we know how vital that balance is for long-term career development. While it is rewarding to hear about your personal success, we also appreciate your candid perspective regarding our product value and market positioning. We are constantly evaluating our competitive edge and exploring new ways to better serve both our core customers and emerging markets. Feedback like yours is essential as we strive to evolve and refine our approach to the business.
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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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