Dish Network LLC, the satellite television and wireless service provider, informed the state on Tuesday that it will cut another 53 jobs, bringing the tally of workers let go since November to 718.
The Douglas County-based company, a subsidiary of EchoStar Corp., also announced that Mike Kelly, the executive overseeing retail wireless strategy, has resigned and will depart at the end of the month.
“We appreciate his hard work and commitment to our business. While we conduct a search for his successor, Hamid Akhavan, president and CEO of EchoStar, will lead strategy and key day-to-day operations for the retail wireless brands,” company spokesman Ted Wietecha said in an email.
Employees at 9601 S. Meridian Blvd. and 5701 S. Santa Fe Drive were told Tuesday that they would lose their jobs effective April 20, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letter the…
