Dish Network "laid me off" in retaliation for attempting to start a union. - Software Test Engineer II DISH Employee Review

1.0
Sep 4, 2024
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Pros

Great place to work for the self loathing types.

Cons

Dish Network is a toxic work environment. Dish Network is run by a parasitic billionaire who is narcissistic, psychopathic, sadistic, borderline personality disorder, compulsive liar, etc. Work from home is strictly frowned upon. You will be retaliated by upper management for addressing the elephant in the room. Charlie Ergen knows that everyone wants to work from home. He enjoys the power trip he gets by being able to have the power to force people to come into the office when he knows they don't want to. Charlie Ergen is an extremely evil man and is indicative of everything that is wrong with the world today. He is a greedy sociopath who is culling his American workforce and replacing them with cheap and submissive offshore and H1B immigrants. He is abusing the H1B program for cheap labor rather than for specialized labor that's unavailable from qualified Americans like its intended. Dish does not care about how smart or talented you are. Dish only cares about how submissive you are to the company propaganda (and there is a lot). There is an extremely bad vibe at all of the Dish offices. All the employees are quietly miserable but fearful of retaliation if they speak out, so they bottle up all the negativity and allow it to slowly poison them instead. Any sensitive person can feel the toxic energy wafting off the Meridian campus as soon as they set foot inside. Dish would rather pay off a third party company to "vote them a best place to work" and then spend tons of money advertising this false accomplishment, than actually make the necessary changes to truly be a best place to work. Notice how Dish's Glassdoor review is a 2.8/5. That's a 56%. Also known as an F. The industry average for Telecommunications is a 3.6/5. That's a 72%, which is a C- (passing grade). Notice how the employees of Dish didn't vote it a top place to work. An outside company that was paid by dish voted dish a top rated company. Don't you think it should be the actual employees who vote for whether it's a good place to work or not? On glassdoor we have voted. And we have given dish a FAILING GRADE. Back in 2013 Dish was voted the "meanest place to work" and "worst company to work for". Nothing has changed since then other than Dish's propaganda ministry has greatly increased their Orwellian corporate doublespeak. I attempted to start a union at Dish due to it being such a horrible place to work, so they opted to "lay me off" a mere month later without ever responding to my email inquiring about starting a union. Ever since then they have done nothing but lie to and gaslight me about their very blatant corporate retaliation for my attempt at collective bargaining. Oh yeah, and it's not called a "layoff" by Dish. It's called an "employee separation". And at no point did they say sorry or apologize for destroying 500 peoples lives. They didn't even say thanks for your service or anything. They just said "we wish you the best". Charlie Ergen is demonically possessed and is as evil as a human being possibly can be. Based on how he runs his company he is most assuredly a devil worshipper. Charlie Ergen is a terrible human being who does nothing but take without any consideration for how it affects the 10,000 people he is using and abusing.

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Cons

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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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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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