Good work/life balance, not so good benefits. - Senior Engineering Technician EchoStar Employee Review

3.0
Aug 21, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working in the Television field, I like being able to see some of the newest stuff first. Great balance between work and life. I like working with most of my co-workers.

Cons

Benefits are a lot to be desired, and leadership needs some work. Moral seems to be down do to deteriorating benefits. I personally don't like the use it or lose it policy toward vacation time. That specific policy caused me to lose a full days worth of pay because I needed a two week vacation and, I took the first of the year off thinking that would count toward last years paid days off.

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5.0
May 30, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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