Brutal - Proceed with Extreme Caution - Anonymous employee EchoStar Employee Review

1.0
Apr 28, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The feeling you get when you leave is amazing.

Cons

Ask anyone, especially IT recruiters, and they will confirm that unless you get into the perfect situation at Echostar, it will be a soul crushing, highly unprofessional experience. Its no wonder that employee retention is their top goal/objective each year. Middle management is absolutely brutal. They listen to respond, accuse and condemn, not to understand. They do a great job of covering their butts, that's about it. There are no defined career paths. As several recruiters warned me (and I stupidly ignored), there are three types of people that work at EchoStar - those that last three days (because the environment/culture is SO BAD), those that last three months (hoping the environment/culture will change but realize it never will), and those that are there for over three years (because they learn to assimilate, think the technology is cool, and enjoy the benefits of being a beta tester so they get every channel including pay-per-view). Good riddance.

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Pros

A lot of opportunity to move around to different departments and try new things.

Cons

Not very flexible work life balance

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EchoStar Response
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It is wonderful to hear that you found so many avenues for internal mobility and enjoyed exploring different departments during your time with us. Fostering a workplace where employees can try new things and chart diverse career paths is something we deeply value. We also appreciate you raising your concerns regarding scheduling flexibility. Finding the right harmony between operational needs and individual work-life balance is a continuous focus for us, and insights like yours are incredibly helpful as we work to enhance our overall employee experience.
4.0
Jul 2, 2026
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Pros

Great perks, overtime available at times, great co workers and love helping customers

Cons

Customers yelling at you at 7am before you’ve had your morning coffee, some supervisors micromanaging, the fact that you have to promote promote promote even when customers flat out say no some supervisors want you to keep pushing and that’s honestly a problem for me, if they say no it’s no, we are not in the sales dept. I understand that their numbers are also important but sometimes the pressure is too much, so much so that sometimes I just feel like getting another job if I’m being honest, and I honestly love it but some supervisors do too much, we not only have advanced tech but starlink customers that we have to help, we have a certain time limit for starlink and agents offering starlink to customers then saying” you can call to cancel tomorrow” adds more pressure because now they don’t want you to assist the customer in cancelling now it’s just tickets, tickets is not enough for customers they want a solution not some ticket that’s not going to get them a resolution in a timely manner.

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