Senior Engineer - Engineer EchoStar Employee Review

2.0
22 Sept 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The focus is on a 40 hr work week - no more, no less. This means that there is a rare opportunity to actually have work-life balance.

Cons

Benefits are sub-standard for a aerospace company. A single, high-deductible plan is the only offering with the company paying less per month than the employee. I have never before seen a plan where rates are nickel-an-dime'd down to the child, eg. employee + spouse + child1 + child2. Education benefits exist on paper, but the company does not promote a continuous education environment. Certifications are not supported unless your local department can afford to pay for it as "training" (which does not happen), and a second degree (aka career change) is not allowed. I saw a previous Glassdoor comment and couldn't agree more - "The corporate culture is driven from the very top down to be extremely frugal at the expense of making smart decisions. The company is afraid to stray too far from its core of satellite technology." I would take that a step further and say that there is a fear with moving outside of their current customer, let alone current technology. Middle-management is too busy with internal fiefdom building and infighting to allow the company to be dynamic and agile enough for new business. Maintaining the status-quo is a higher priority than setting up for the future.

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5.0
30 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

A lot of opportunity to move around to different departments and try new things.

Cons

Not very flexible work life balance

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EchoStar Response
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It is wonderful to hear that you found so many avenues for internal mobility and enjoyed exploring different departments during your time with us. Fostering a workplace where employees can try new things and chart diverse career paths is something we deeply value. We also appreciate you raising your concerns regarding scheduling flexibility. Finding the right harmony between operational needs and individual work-life balance is a continuous focus for us, and insights like yours are incredibly helpful as we work to enhance our overall employee experience.
4.0
2 July 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great perks, overtime available at times, great co workers and love helping customers

Cons

Customers yelling at you at 7am before you’ve had your morning coffee, some supervisors micromanaging, the fact that you have to promote promote promote even when customers flat out say no some supervisors want you to keep pushing and that’s honestly a problem for me, if they say no it’s no, we are not in the sales dept. I understand that their numbers are also important but sometimes the pressure is too much, so much so that sometimes I just feel like getting another job if I’m being honest, and I honestly love it but some supervisors do too much, we not only have advanced tech but starlink customers that we have to help, we have a certain time limit for starlink and agents offering starlink to customers then saying” you can call to cancel tomorrow” adds more pressure because now they don’t want you to assist the customer in cancelling now it’s just tickets, tickets is not enough for customers they want a solution not some ticket that’s not going to get them a resolution in a timely manner.

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