DISH reviews

In a recent ATM (All-team meeting), it was confirmed to all employees that DISH will not provide flexibility in their work environment. Putting their foot down on that I do not have a problem with, however their approach to rationalizing it was borderline embarrassing and I'm not sure I feel comfortable working for a company that is led by people who cannot grasp the very simple concept of the modern work environment and the benefits of it. When discussing flexibility, they (I will leave names out here, but those who work for DISH and saw the ATM know who I am referencing) cited how we must have discipline and teamwork in order to compete with the other giants in the industry. This is where, once again, it was repeated how core hours and working in the office all the time are a form of discipline and teamwork in how we just get things done. They even referenced how only 25% of people want to work in an office full time, 50% want some flexibility, and 25% want to be remote full time (even made an inappropriate joke about the latter 25% as if they're just worse people). By saying things like this, it confirmed my beliefs in that the company refuses to even entertain the idea that allowing flexibility (and by this, I mean something like working 2-3 days at home a week, 2-3 days in the office, etc.) can actually empower your employees more, provide greater work life balance, and attract more and better candidates. A reference was even made to how you have to discipline children even when they tell you they want something (like no curfew, as this example was given). So... is DISH essentially telling us they're treating us like children because they know what's best for us more than we do? This shows an apparent lack of trust in their own workforce. For a company that already pays below market value for many positions and has a benefits package that is not stellar (not that bad, but not exceptional by any means), you would think they would want to provide flexibility to attract more talent. Instead they have chosen this approach, which will only hemorrhage more employees (as we have seen across the company, specifically a ton in Sling) and will cause them to have trouble acquiring new employees, aside from those that simply need "a" job and don't care the culture so long as it gets them a paycheck. Many of these ideas are not ones I have only myself, as these are things that are taught in higher education across the nation, and are adopted by the majority of leaders at highly successful enterprises. Why DISH refuses to even entertain these ideas is beyond me.

DISH's COVID-19 response has been very telling about who they are and what they value. The first week they were allowed to bring back employees, they pounced. They put in place certain guidelines, one of which is requiring employees to answer a set of questions about whether they are experiencing symptoms or not. If an employee answers truthfully and self-reports themselves as experiencing certain symptoms, they are told they are too sick to enter the building but because it hasn't been shown they contracted COVID, they must take a day of PTO. While most companies are concerned about their employees well-being, DISH is only concerned about your time they paid for. Even though they put in place arrows on the wall, automatic doors on the bathrooms and closed down every other desk, it’s all for not when you discourage your employees from self-reporting and encourage them to bring their virus to your front door!