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Hughes Network Systems

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Hughes Network Systems Reviews

2.8

39% would recommend to a friend

(652 total reviews)
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Hamid Akhavan

26% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

Hughes Network Systems has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 652 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Hughes Network Systems employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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652 reviews
1.0
6 Sept 2024

CEO thinks he is running a McDonalds.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I like my immediate team.

Cons

- Horrible work/life balance. I have never been treated so poorly by any other company. - Horrible benefits.

1.0
3 Jan 2025

Layoffs coming

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

We have heard from the inside that lots of layoffs are coming. Commercial and residential teams will possibly be affected. Hamid Akhavan loves layoffs. His salary rises while he let's people's home's be foreclosed on. I think he actually laughs at the employees when they get laid off. It's probably humorous to him.

Cons

Mandatory badge in badge out or get fired. CEO (Hamid Akhavan) is like a robot and has no empathy or morals CEO is afraid of his boss (The Big Cheese Charlie Ergen aka majority owner) Lowest salary possible Management that doesn't protect employees HR that is so bad you'd consider slitting your wrists before talking to them.

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Hughes Network Systems Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We value your thoughts and appreciate your candid input. At Hughes, we are continuously working to create a positive environment for our employees, and feedback like yours helps us identify areas where we can improve. If you have specific suggestions or concerns, we encourage you to share them through our internal channels with HR at HR@Echostar.com so we can address them thoughtfully. We wish you all the best in your career journey.
1.0
30 Aug 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

My manager is good They give me a paycheck I am not homeless They give us free snacks to try to act like they do good things for us

Cons

-They took away one of our holidays. -They don't let us work from home at all, not even once a week like they used to. -Charlie Ergen -They took away our cell phone compensation because they bought the company Boost Mobile and they allow us to use the service at a discounted rate. But that means they effectively decreased my salary by $1000 a year. -They are installing new sensors to keep track of when employees leave the office because time spent in the office matters more than the quality of work completed. -They underpay their employees. The last employee that left our team got a 40% raise at his new job. -They take advantage of people with h1b visas because a ton of people working here are on that visa and they know that they can make bad policies and those people won't be able to leave. -Charlie just merged Hughes Network Systems with Dish Network cause he owns both companies, but Dish has billions of dollars of debt and he's hurting Hughes by taking all their money. -Echostar, the company that owns both Hughes and Dish, might go bankrupt soon because of all the debt they have which Charlie decided to take on in the past.

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