Do not work at Echostar if you actually want health care and want a life outside of work. - Software Engineer I EchoStar Employee Review

1.0
9 Oct 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Coming fresh out of college you learn a lot about embedded software engineering. The people are great and the work environment is fun.

Cons

The health care and pay are terrible. The health care is so bad that you question whether you would even go to the doctor considering you have to pay full price. A friend had a wife who had cancer and when Charlie decided to switch to the new plan, they were over 15k in debt within one month. Also Charlie still makes you pay $200/month for it. Everyone is leaving because of this. The development group is always under pressure, working long hours, and gets blames for everything. Moral is at an all time low. Pay is 15-20% below market. The average turnaround for an engineer is 5 yrs.

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5.0
30 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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