Long-time Dish Network Executive Michael Kelly to Retire

[dfergie]

Long-time Dish Network executive Michael Kelly has announced that he will retire from the company on May 31.

Kelly, a 15-year veteran of Dish, joined the company in 2000 after it acquired his Kelly Broadcasting Systems and most recently served as president of its Blockbuster unit. While at Dish, Kelly led the development of its international programming business and was responsible for launching more than 50 international networks on Dish Network.

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[whitewolf8214]

Veteran Dish VP Kelly to retire
May 29 2015, 18:44 ET | By: Jason Aycock, SA News Editor

Michael Kelly, executive VP at Dish Network (NASDAQISH) and a 15-year veteran, will retire from the company this weekend.
Kelly came to Dish when it acquired his company, Kelly Broadcasting Systems, in 2000, and he's been instrumental in Dish's international expansion, launching more than 50 global networks.
During his time there he also led direct sales and advertising sales. Most recently, he was president of the company's Blockbuster unit after Dish acquired the video-rental chain in bankruptcy auction in spring 2011. http://seekingalpha.com/news/2552576-veteran-dish-vp-kelly-to-retire#email_link

 

[MikeD-C05]

Abandon Ship! They are dropping like rats off a drowning ship.

 

[JSheridan]

Abandon Ship! They are dropping like rats off a drowning ship.

Is that what they said when you retired?

 

[MikeD-C05]

Is that what they said when you retired?

Well, as a matter of fact , yes they did. In fact we old timers with close to 20 years at Texas Department of Criminal Justice have all been abandoning ship because of the low pay , the changing pension plans that make you have to be 62 to retire now after Sept of 2014, surprise! you are staying over after your regular 12 hour shift and forced to stay another 4 hours to work a 16 hour shifts /12 hours of over time on your days off , bad working conditions- no a/c in the summer and no ventilation with sealed shut windows in the pods, treated worse than the inmates by your supervisors and administration ,etc. I could go on with even more bad descriptions ,but you get the drift.

By the way they are now offering $4000.00 bonus if you hire and go to my old unit in Beaumont ,Tx : Stiles Unit. Now you know there has to be some truth to what I posted, if they are willing to pay $4000.00 to stay at least one year at a unit as a correctional officer. Oh, If you quit before the year is up, they take the $4000.00 back out of you final pay and pension benefits.

Got to love being a rat at the state of Texas.