How is it to work for echostar in Littleton? Can a person be successful there or is it so bad you can't?

I am looking at possibly joining EchoStar and want to know if my my move there
will be a good one. I am concerned about the comments I have read about them and that makes me wonder if the comments were made by disgruntled employees or if EchoStar is just a bad company to work for.

i worked for dishnetwork local installation office. i was 1 of the top techs for 6 years. when i started in 2000, things were okay. problems i saw was with management. the company at tech did start getting cheap and petty. dish was the dbs installation company of echostar communications. it crazy how they treated and held their nose high at techs. if you can get pass the politics, the technologies are great.

March 2007, EchoStar health benefits changed from a traditional Cigna copay plan to a high-deductible plan - referred to as a Consumer Driven Health Care Plan (CDHC).

EchoStar CEO Charlie Ergen stated that this dramatic cut in health care benefits was essential to the survival of the company. He argued that EchoStar could not afford to offer the current benefit plan to its employees.

The following month Forbes listed Charlie Ergen as the 62nd wealthiest person in the world. His net worth went rose from $7B (that is billion, people) to $10B in one year.

Critics argue that CDHC will cause consumers, particularly those less wealthy and educated, to avoid needed and appropriate health care because of the cost burden and the inability to make informed, appropriate choices. "Consumer-driven health care is badly named, because it's certainly not driven by consumers," said Jonathan Oberlander, political scientist, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. It's "really just shifting the cost of health care onto the backs of the patients." People with chronic illnesses, such as diabetes, will be hurt, because with a deductible of $3,000 to $4,000, such people will never be able to save anything in their savings accounts. "Employers like it because they're going to save money," but they're not going to fund these health care accounts adequately, he said. "Conservatives tend to support consumer-driven health care. They believe, as do a fair number of health economists, that people use too much health care, and use too much health care of little value. If you move to high-deductible plans, people will think twice. If I have a sore throat, instead of going to my physician, I'll have a cup of tea instead."

Tim Beyers, Motley Fool (investment information site), Sept 2006

"Maybe it's the proximity of the firm to my home. EchoStar is spitting distance from here, which could explain why its parking lot is covered in loogies. Well, not really. But I know a lot of people who work there, and the vast majority of them hate it."