DirecTV Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at DirecTV?

"The company is shuttered, but was a great company for which to work."

What don't you like about working at DirecTV?

"There wasn't anything that I disliked about working for DRTV."

What do you like about working at DirecTV?

"Lots of dynamic energy, and good technology and great perks."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Practice coding on paper and a white board because the interviews are very technical."

What don't you like about working at DirecTV?

"My current position utilizes a process that is fairly rigid."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Reduce the amount of duplicity by eliminating duplicate positions across functional areas."

"VAST."

What do you like about working at DirecTV?

"I loved the free television service that was offered to each employee."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Think about the free television service as an incentive and you'll do great."

What don't you like about working at DirecTV?

"The company thought of its employees as dispensable. There was no room for error."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Think of the employees as someone to invest in and not something that can be thrown away."

"It could have been better."

What do you like about working at DirecTV?

"I like the product that I worked with and the customers I dealt with."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The interviewing process was great, very informative. They answered all my questions."

What don't you like about working at DirecTV?

"That they were not understanding when I needed bereavement time for my grandmother's death."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To have a better bereavement process in place for employees."

"Sink or swim; no training."

What do you like about working at DirecTV?

"It's a very interesting industry. People are nice. Learned a lot."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Take initiative to learn from everyone. Be expected to work long hours (but don't expect overtime)."

What don't you like about working at DirecTV?

"There is very little instruction on how to do your job. Sink or swim is often used by co-workers as typical working environment. Everyone is extremely busy and therefore unable to provide assistance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire fewer contractors and allow management to take the time to explain how to do their job."

What do you like about working at DirecTV?

"Surrounded by experienced staff to offer advice and help when needed."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask questions and don't be afraid to ask for help when necessary."

What don't you like about working at DirecTV?

"Very little autonomy/creative freedom for employees and too many stakeholders with conflicting agendas."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would not want to run this company. However, I would make more of an effort to have teams operate at a more level playing field and not silo hierarchies dictated by the org chart. Also, more transparency about goals and problems facing the company."

"The people I work with are great, but the company needs more direction."

What do you like about working at DirecTV?

"The flexibility, a solid corporate brand foundation. Always something new and no sale is the same."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask a lot of questions and make sure there is a clear understanding what you will be doing and who you report to."

What don't you like about working at DirecTV?

"Inconsistent goals set and no flip flop of the direction they want. Making me move location."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Set an agenda/plan and execute all the way. Have set roles and leaders for who answers to who."

"I was an installer for 6 months."

What do you like about working at DirecTV?

"The ability to manage your time and complete a project under a small window of time."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Learn how to do a quality job within a short period of time."

What don't you like about working at DirecTV?

"Doing a quality job takes time, yet you get paid on how many jobs you can complete within a day."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Increase customer satisfaction by allowing installers to do a quality job and get paid for quality not quantity."

"I liked this job, but the money was not sufficient for my needs."

What do you like about working at DirecTV?

"They have a great training program and a supportive company culture."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Best for an entry level job with opportunity for advancement."

What don't you like about working at DirecTV?

"Not enough consistent volume of work and a lot of drive time with no compensation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They have the best product and service in this field."

What do you like about working at DirecTV?

"Most people treat each other professionally and they let you do try and use different technology."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't lie on anything you don't know or you don't have experience with."

What don't you like about working at DirecTV?

"Long commute, inefficient meeting, poor off-shore development quality, and lack of main drive for future road map."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try to improve the quality of meeting. Don't drive the good engineer out of the company by hiring people only know how to talk."

"Great place to work."

What do you like about working at DirecTV?

"The best job I ever had. Happy to be a part of a great company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Great place to work, top pay, perks, benefits, not to mention Free Directv."

What don't you like about working at DirecTV?

"Reorganizing, too many lay offs, other than that I enjoyed working there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"All of my managers and direct reports were just awesome."

"Fun."

What do you like about working at DirecTV?

"Great company to work for. Benefits and pay top of the scale."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"None, this is one of the best jobs I ever had."

What don't you like about working at DirecTV?

"Pot lucks - too many layoffs and re organizing, other than that it's a great place to work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None, keep up the good work. You're the best ever."

"Selling and marketing a great product."

What do you like about working at DirecTV?

"When I was there, it was exciting to share a grade product with potential customers, and then help them improve their lives by purchasing the services."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be presentable, be punctual, complete pre-requisites before interview and be yourself."

What don't you like about working at DirecTV?

"The constant pressure to sell, without the flexibility to customize the products to customer needs, based on what was available at that time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat employees better, reward employees based on ambitious objectives that can be realistically met with hard work."

What do you like about working at DirecTV?

"Good product to sell, like the Monday through Friday work schedule."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be confident of yourself and your answers, speak clearly and well."

What don't you like about working at DirecTV?

"Getting bad calls negatively affect my paycheck, disappointing when I do not control the calls that I get. Not enough bonuses/incentives."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would create more paid incentives for the employees to reward their hard work."