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On average, employees at EchoStar give their company a 3.5 rating out of 5.0 - which is 11% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. The happiest EchoStar employees are Field Service Managers submitting an average rating of 4.6 and Customer Service Representatives with a rating of 3.8.

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3.5
Average Rating
(based on 37 EchoStar Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.3
Growth Opportunities
3.1
People You Work With
4.1
Person You Work For
3.6
Rewards You Receive
3.2
Support You Get
3.6
Way You Work
3.6
Work Setting
3.7
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Engineering Manager

What do you like about working at EchoStar?

"Ability to manage a diverse team of motivated personnel and learn new skillsets in hardware and technology"

What don't you like about working at EchoStar?

"Growth and development opportunities. Management styles are out of date."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Update management styles and career path development."

Developer Analyst

"They'll treat you like a regrettable expenditure but it pays the bills and you can gain valuable experience in their I.T. department. It's a place to gain experience and then move on."

What do you like about working at EchoStar?

"Good people and challenging projects."

What don't you like about working at EchoStar?

"General disdain, from top-down, of staff. Low salary, limited upward mobility and any movement is politically-motivated."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"This company would benefit from an overall philosophy change concerning work conditions and value placed on staff. Unfortunately, management can do nothing about it and they'll say I'm preaching to the choir. Only one person can make this change and it's just not the way he views things."

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.5
EchoStar (83)

4.5 Highest Rated in this Industry is Hulu (7)
3.2 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Mediacom Communications (30)
3.8 Average of All Companies in this Industry (2,822)
Technical Service Representative

"Good SUummer work"

What do you like about working at EchoStar?

"I liked the atmosphere and the people that worked there."

What don't you like about working at EchoStar?

"The job gets repetative."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Throw in some more activites for the employees."

Satellite Technician

"good"

What don't you like about working at EchoStar?

"no advancement"

Qualified Security Assessor

"The sky was the limit at EchoStar"

What do you like about working at EchoStar?

"Opportunity for growth and great atmosphere."

What don't you like about working at EchoStar?

"Some employees didn't like to see others succeed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Overall, they are all great people and you couldn't ask for a better staff."

Customer Service Representative

"Pay is good, benefits are great, work environment is great."

Engineering Technician

"Employees are low paid cogs."

What do you like about working at EchoStar?

"I liked learning all about how tv is sent to the receivers and how to set up mux units for each channel."

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

"Understand their pay scale is extremely low and regardless of what they say, if you start working nights you will never get switched to days."

What don't you like about working at EchoStar?

"Employees are treated like easily replaceable cogs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat employees like they are as important as the customers."

EchoStar Employee

"Challenging"

What do you like about working at EchoStar?

"Technology"

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

"Listen to what they are asking."

What don't you like about working at EchoStar?

"Ethics"

Promotions Retailer

"Echosphere/Echostar was an great place to work, they helped me hone my sales skills and opened many doors for me."

What do you like about working at EchoStar?

"I enjoyed the people, experience, the places I traveled to, the sales skills I learned."

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

"Make sure you advise them if you are in school or planning to attend school in the near future."

What don't you like about working at EchoStar?

"Their non-flexability with my school schedule."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow your employees to further their education as it will help the employees in their day to day tasks within the company and their position."

Junior Web Developer

"Good expereince in large corparate environmet"

What do you like about working at EchoStar?

"Great experience and people were great to work with"

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

"be knowledgeable about the technologies that the position uses"

What don't you like about working at EchoStar?

"Contract position"

Field Service Manager

"Not a management style that I was interested in enforcing - learned after hire."

What do you like about working at EchoStar?

"Proximity to home, commute"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Change the management style"

Advanced Satellite Technician

"good place to work"

What do you like about working at EchoStar?

"customer interaction"

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

"better have good customer service skills and not get your felling hurt to easy."

What don't you like about working at EchoStar?

"medical benifits"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"stop making changes every quarter in employee expectations"

Customer Support Representative

"Great Job to work at"

What do you like about working at EchoStar?

"Had lots of opportunity"

What don't you like about working at EchoStar?

"More developed coaches"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"look into new hire for supervisor positions"

Customer Service Representative

What do you like about working at EchoStar?

"The Salary, and the co- workers."

What don't you like about working at EchoStar?

"Management, almost never acknowledges the work of the employees."

Call Center Manager

"Accurate"

What do you like about working at EchoStar?

"Great location that is near my family."

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

"Be yourself."

What don't you like about working at EchoStar?

"The compensation package was not comperable to what I was use to."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They have good programs but the managers needed more coaching."

EchoStar Reviews FAQs

Is EchoStar a good company to work for?

EchoStar has an overall rating of 3.5 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 37 EchoStar Review Ratings left anonymously by EchoStar employees, which is 10% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 92% of employees would recommend working at EchoStar.

Does EchoStar pay their employees well?

EchoStar employees earn $40,000 annually on average, or $19 per hour, which is 39% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 6 EchoStar employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find EchoStar Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at EchoStar?

92% of employees would recommend working at EchoStar with the overall rating of 3.5 out of 5. Employees also rated EchoStar 3.3 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.2 for Rewards You Receive, 3.1 for Growth Opportunities and 3.6 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at EchoStar?

According to our data, the highest paying job at EchoStar is a Senior Oracle Application Functional Consultant at $170,000 annually. Browse EchoStar Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at EchoStar?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at EchoStar is a Customer Service Engineer at $14,000 annually. Browse EchoStar Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at EchoStar?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at EchoStar to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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