"At Dish headquarters in Englewood, a suburb of Denver, the day begins no later than 9?a.m. Badges used to be the preferred method of entry into the building. But a few years ago, after noticing that some employees were taking advantage of the system by having others badge-in for them, Ergen upgraded to fingerprint scanners. If a worker is late, an e-mail is immediately sent to human resources, which then sends another to that person?s boss, and sometimes directly to Ergen.
Multiple ex-employees say it?s not uncommon to see Ergen publicly berate an executive for scanning in a few minutes late, even if that executive had spent the previous 12 hours at home working through the night."
For years, if an employee expensed a meal with a tip over 15 percent, any excess would be subtracted from their paycheck.?
All this despite the fact that Ergen is a billionaire many times over. His net worth is estimated by Bloomberg to be about $11 billion.?
Of the 570 ratings at glassdoor.com, 20 were "very satisfied" with their time at the company, 240 were "very dissatisfied."
Despite such tough measures, complaints about long hours and difficult metrics, and frequent turnover, Ergen and his company have been very successful even as other pay TV operators struggle. They've beaten Wall Street's estimates 5 of the past 8 quarters.?
Find the full piece at Bloomberg Businessweek
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Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/dish-network-fingerprint-scanners-2013-1
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