Viasat reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,742 total reviews)

Mark Dankberg

74% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Viasat has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,742 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Viasat 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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2K reviews
2.0
Apr 27, 2023

Off-boarding Yuck

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I loved working there but I ended up being part of the 4% reduction-in-force.

Cons

I've gotten my severance (after 2 and 1/2 pay periods of waiting) and am still waiting on my personal items from the office. I haven't heard a word back from the P&C after reaching out. Feeling forgotten and I'm ready to move-on. Let me move-on.

2.0
Jul 28, 2022

Work You Into The Ground

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you are in RF Engineering, life can be great. They have casino night, snacks, gym, and all amenities that other corporations have.

Cons

If you are in a lot of other roles outside of RF Engineering, be prepared to work a lot. The pay is not competitive and they work you into the ground. There are people forced to work odd hours and rarely on a consistent basis. The HR department (called "People and Culture") does not care about people and only wants to hear about their "culture". Be prepared to be inundated with ESG score material every day. This company is also paranoid about everything, so you have to sign in to every program using your phone and you will have to badge into the building several times. If you are a woman, you'll get promoted very fast here.

2.0
Jan 27, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Job security, Diversity of both technical and communication skills, Looks good on resume due to military and VIP interactions.

Cons

They will promise you a promotion, even give you a date and tell you to tell your family, then on the day of your promotion will say "well, corporate will not approve leaving M&D yet as we need all hands to maintain our current contracts". Happened 3 times, 3 dropped promotions. Each time I asked when we would get more staff so that I could move on. First time: 3 months, Second time: a year, Third time: and least 2 years if things go smoothly. Lower tier agents are treated as inferior human beings. People are downright derogatory, and while M&D experiences much less of it than floor agents they themselves often turn around in their own seats to fight each other. While this makes the work place toxic, the real culprit is management. Teams are understaffed, overworked, and have to maintain mountains of SLAs and documentation at the same time.

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