Alaska Airlines Reviews

I worked at Alaska Airlines full-time for more than a year

Pros – The flight benefits... but even then traveling non-rev is a headache

Cons – Not being home for any and every holiday, long hours, strange hours

Advice to Senior Management – Support your new flight attendants, it should be a time to learn and grow with the company.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Alaska Airlines

Pros – Personal time off, flexible schedule, occasional telecommuting

Cons – IT systems are old and in constant need of repair. Very limited investment in improving behind-the-scenes operations. As far as project management goes, the budgets are undefined because labor isn't planned or tracked well. Schedules are never met because resources are spread too thin and personnel don't feel compelled to meet a schedule. Scopes are constantly in flux.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus! Implement and enforce use of a labor planning/time keeping tool that is easy to use. Make people accountable.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Alaska Airlines

Pros – Decent benefits, including flights (when not full)

Cons – Middle management is squeezed to perform more and more with less while upper management enjoys secretive "perks" and front line (union) are paid well through contracted wages and benefits.

Advice to Senior Management – Work toward increased transparency, honesty, and internal succession planning. Train, mentor, and promote from the inside to gain trust and loyalty. Performance Based Pay (formerly profit sharing) should be the same percentage of wages or salary company-wide and not higher for upper management.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Alaska Airlines

Pros – - The individuals are nice enough to work with.
- They are flexible with their hours and personal time off.

Cons – - If felt like, I imagine, working in a cave. The building was run down and had all sorts of issues. Even the light fixtures and sinks wouldn't work properly.
- Management would give little respect to those working under them.
- Many people were not qualified to work in their positions.
- No "perks" and terrible benefits.
- Little to no recognition given.
- One person would be expected to do the work of an entire team. Meaning positions were not filled and people were over worked.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Alaska Airlines

Pros – flight benefits
health and vision benefits

Cons – uncaring management
not alot of recognition for a job well done

I worked at Alaska Airlines

Pros – They are active in the community and many of the employees are great people.

Cons – Flight are full and it's hard to take time off that has been accrued so travel benefits are difficult to use.

Advice to Senior Management – Alaska Airlines is lean enough. Give employees new equipment and learning opportunities to grow. Give some raises and have less controlling middle managers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Alaska Airlines

Pros – If you want to live and fly in Anchorage or Seattle and don't mind working for a company whose management team only wants to take care of themselves then this is the place for you.

Cons – Management continually fails to recognize the expertise available in day to day operations by current employees and makes decisions based on "focus groups" comprised of mid level managers who are out of touch with operations.
What little positive corporate culture and team spirit is left is rapidly decaying under management's remote and deaf leadership.
Constant reminders by leadership that they don't trust your judgement or ability to help lead the operation.

Advice to Senior Management – Start taking care of your people. I don't think it is too late to recover from the damage you have caused to this once great company. Go ride on SWA and see how their culture is. That culture and spirit is cultivated from above by a management team who actually cares about employees and the future of the company.
Use the expertise available from your employees in shaping the future of the company and day to day operations. We see what goes on every day and can help to fix things. Let us take some ownership of this company.
If things continue the way they are going the company is going to decay into another labor problem filled legacy carrier like NWA and when we reach that level there will be no turning around.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend