EchoStar reviews

2.9

41% would recommend to a friend

(570 total reviews)
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Charlie Ergen

32% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

EchoStar has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 570 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The EchoStar employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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570 reviews
2.0
Jul 22, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stable company, been doing business well, and strong with cash

Cons

Very poor with benefits and long term advantages to stay along

1.0
Jun 29, 2015

Engineer II

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Job security is great. You have to really mess something up to get fired.

Cons

Think of this place like an inflatable obstacle course. It is easy to get in but once you're in, they throw everything at you to prevent you from getting promoted. Promotions are handed not on merit but everything else. If you play the political game hard, you can probably advance but then you turn into a politician and we all know they all suck. The job security is also somewhat of a drawback. Sure, you probably won't get fired but that means all the terrible employees that cause more work are kept.

2.0
Apr 25, 2015

Software Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The engineering team was great. Smart group of people that genuinely enjoyed collaboration. The front-line manager was very good and seemed to care about his employees.

Cons

Executive management would get excellent results, often in high pressure situations, and continued to demand more to the detriment of everyone's well being. Their approach to garner more productivity out the engineering team was to micromanage, berate, and take away quality of life perks. Most of the team burnt out and slowly disbanded. The benefit of working with such great colleagues was gone.

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