Dish Network is headquartered in Douglas County. (Courtesy of Dish Network)
Satellite TV provider Dish Network is laying off another 53 employees locally, bringing the total number of people the company has cut since November to more than 700.
The company sent a letter to the Colorado labor department on Tuesday about the latest round of layoffs, saying affected employees were being informed starting that day and will be let go in April.
A list of job titles provided by the company shows that most of the affected employees work in sales. Others are data scientists or managers.
The company sent the letter in order to comply with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.
The letter did not provide a reason for the layoffs. Dish spokesman Ted Wietecha said the decision came after a “thorough review of our operations and consideration of a changing business environment.”
“Today’s decision reflects our focus on improving company performance in an evolving marketplace, and we will continue to make strategic hires and investments to support our growth,” Wietecha said in an email.
This is the third major round of cuts Dish has disclosed since late last year.
In early November, Dish told the state it was cutting 499 employees working from its headquarters at 9601 S. Meridian Blvd. in Douglas County and another office at 5701 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. Then in January, it announced that another 166 employees would be cut.
Dish was acquired on the final day of 2023 by satellite communication company EchoStar Corp., which previously operated Dish Network but spun it off as a separate company in 2008.
Dish Network is headquartered in Douglas County. (Courtesy of Dish Network)
Satellite TV provider Dish Network is laying off another 53 employees locally, bringing the total number of people the company has cut since November to more than 700.
The company sent a letter to the Colorado labor department on Tuesday about the latest round of layoffs, saying affected employees were being informed starting that day and will be let go in April.
A list of job titles provided by the company shows that most of the affected employees work in sales. Others are data scientists or managers.
The company sent the letter in order to comply with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.
The letter did not provide a reason for the layoffs. Dish spokesman Ted Wietecha said the decision came after a “thorough review of our operations and consideration of a changing business environment.”
“Today’s decision reflects our focus on improving company performance in an evolving marketplace, and we will continue to make strategic hires and investments to support our growth,” Wietecha said in an email.
This is the third major round of cuts Dish has disclosed since late last year.
In early November, Dish told the state it was cutting 499 employees working from its headquarters at 9601 S. Meridian Blvd. in Douglas County and another office at 5701 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. Then in January, it announced that another 166 employees would be cut.
Dish was acquired on the final day of 2023 by satellite communication company EchoStar Corp., which previously operated Dish Network but spun it off as a separate company in 2008.
