Pros
Well if you want to break into a tech field it is a starting place. It is really hard for me to find any real pros for working there. If you work there, well you at least have a job. Itâ??s a stopping place while you find something better. You get to make a few new friends that more than likely wonâ??t be there much longer after you start, so you get to see a lot of new faces.
Cons
They donâ??t care about the employees or there end base customers. They treat employees like they are doing you a favor by allowing you to work there. They will work you to the bone and give you no reward for doing it and the best raise you could expect is 0.25 cents a year and that is if you are the best employee in the department. I worked there for a year and most people took the job because they could not find anything else at the time. The average employee stays only 1 â?? 2 years at best and after talking to most employees, I found that 90% hate working there and hate the job they are doing. They like to fire people that donâ??t kiss up to management or are not part of the boys club. You better be a fan of sports or you will not fit in. If you work to hard you become a threat to upper and lower management and they will get rid of you. Most of the management there are women and minorities so if you are white, you might find advancement difficult. EchoStar has a hostile work environment with little to no reward for your best efforts. I have yet to find a former or current employee that has anything positive to say about the company. The consensus is that if you want a job you work at EchoStar, if you want a career, work any place else. One more thing, pay is below the national standards for work performed and you need to keep your eyes wide open when going into this company. A lot of middle management does not poses degrees. The person who is currently running training in the Engineering Technician department does not have any formal training in their field. The lack of education in training causes frustration among all the new employees. You are setup to fail from the min you start working there.
