Pros
Pay was good. Life lesson learned- Don't work for the money, work because you like what you do.
Kontras
Corporate management is so disconnected from their front line workers it ridiculous. Supervisors never give out a rating of "Excellent" on Perfomance Appraisals (I was told exactly by sups, managers, and directors) because that would raise a red flag at Corporate. I think the use of mandatory overtime is a big reason why not to work at Dish. It's not that bad if it's scheduled weeks or even a single week in advance. It's the overtime that they schedule you for after your shift ,10 minutes before your regular shift is supposed to end (which is more often than not). Who wouldn't be unhappy with that? Maybe you have to pick up your kids, have a 2nd job, or just have plans after work. Exceptions for those instances are so very, very, very, extremely rare and you don't even get a break in between to make a phone call. I was also passed up for a promotion on 3 different occasions because upper "mismanagement" had already predetermined who would get that position before it even posted. I was just as qualified, if not more so, than the other applicants in two of those instances. I was told by my supervisor that even though I should get it that I wouldn't because of "office politics". After Mr. Clayton took over 'everybody is a salesperson' was the common theme at Dish. As I was a door to door salesman I really had no problem but some people just can't sell. But if you didn't sell or didn't sell enough you are reprimanded.
