Prepare to be micromanaged! - Customer Service Representative (CSR) DISH Employee Review

1.0
Jan 31, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits were decent and so was the PTO.

Cons

Metrics can change month to month and based on current issues, they can become impossible to hit... like faulty Hopper Slings where you have to RA (replace) or send techs, for instance. This can kill your monthly performance when its not your fault to begin with, If you dont like working weekends, DO NOT work here. I worked at DISH for 9 years and was a top tier performing employee who received many promotions to higher departments and still would get crappy schedules (nights & weekends) based on "projected call volume". No matter how long you are there for, outside of an extra week of PTO at 5 years, there is NO SENIORITY for schedules. NONE. They treat new hires the same as they do the people who have put in years when it comes to schedules. It is ALL performance based. Yearly raises were a joke, we were lucky to get 50 cents for "meeting expectations". They also terminate employees unfairly after placing you under a "PIP" for bogus reasons (like not meeting a yearly metric by .4 percent from over 6 months ago). This is how they fire you without having to pay you any severance, if you're a long tenured employee. If this was really an issue, they would have fired you 6 months ago,... but when they start to hemorrhage money and lose business (stock took a nose dive in early 2023), they look for reasons to lay off as many as they can as cheap as they can. DONT WORK HERE.

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DISH Response
2y
We're sorry to hear of your experience, and we understand your frustrations. Our customer service team members are the face of the company, and we know this work can be very demanding serving our loyal customers. We're interested to hear more and encourage you to reach out to your leadership team or the HR team to discuss these concerns further.

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It's wonderful to hear that you've experienced the positive aspects of our company, particularly noting the competitive salary and the strong team atmosphere we strive to foster. We truly appreciate you sharing your perspective. We also recognize your feedback regarding the significant travel requirements to accounts. We understand that extensive travel can impact work-life balance, and we are continuously looking at ways to optimize our account management strategies and leverage technology to potentially mitigate the need for constant travel where possible. Your comments are invaluable as we work to improve the employee experience. We are dedicated to ensuring a positive and productive environment for everyone on our team.
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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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