Uncertain future - Anonymous employee Hughes Network Systems Employee Review

- New CEO seems to be out of touch with what the Hughes workforce wants. Look up reviews for Dish Network and EchoStar as well. EchoStar owns both Dish and Hughes now, so recent reviews for those companies likely tell the future of what will happen to Hughes. - No telework. They have started to monitor who badges in and when, to ensure workers are onsite. They did allow telework during COVID, then they switched to a hybrid policy, and then they slowly and surreptitiously took away the hybrid days until there were none left, with no evidentiary reason provided to us. This created a toxic anti-telework environment, where everyone compared who was teleworking when. This bred jealously among different groups that had different onsite requirements. - Employee feedback is not sought before major changes, such as return to office. Major business decisions are made without so much as an employee survey. Employees have a distinct lack of input on decisions that directly affect their work-life balance. - Quarterly performance reviews are surface level, consisting mostly of 1-5 ratings with no room explanation. We had a more robust review process with the previous CEO. - Low pay compared to industry standards, unless you're management / director level. Very top-heavy company. - 401K match is the below the industry standard. - Increased the cost of the healthcare plan and reduced their HSA match by a third at the same time. This is an HDHP, so HSA contributions are critical since you're paying for most expenses out of pocket. Premiums for the plan have increased, as have deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums. - Recently reduced the number of holidays they give, as well as the PTO cap. - Groups are heavily siloed. Many work on different software platforms, which makes collaboration difficult. Other groups just outright ignore requests for information. Collaboration is rare, unless the project manager truly fights for it.