American Airlines reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(8,800 total reviews)
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Robert Isom

39% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

American Airlines has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 8,800 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The American Airlines employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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9K reviews
2.0
Oct 1, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is good (as it pertains to aviation) but there is more to life than MONEY! Travel IF there is an open seat Ummmm, yea, that's it for PROS!!!

Cons

QUALITY OF LIFE is better than at a REGIONAL or a BUDGET AIRLINE but in comparison to OTHER MAINLINE Airlines, it sucks Douggie CEO is running this company down the toilet You are EXPENDABLE and it is made known to you daily The "union" is useless and sides with the company bc they are an "inhouse" entity, there is NO REPRESENTATION! We have a cotract that is broken DAILY! Management makes up new rules as they go along Scheduling turnover is very high so they have NO IDEA what our contract says Flight Attendants have been programmed to act like poor little lost sheep and to never question management judgement, so thats what they do Current uniforms HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO CAUSE HEALTH ISSUES, but the new hires are being FORCED TO WEAR THEM ANYWAY

1.0
Dec 29, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay and isolated opportunities.

Cons

Very limited career advancement, with very limited number of openings, and no gradation of employment levels. Everyone is looking to get unicorn positions. Mediocrity is encouraged, and the culture is a paranoid PC-minded whack-a-mole game for anyone looking to do good work with a motivated pre-millenial can-do attitude. Others in positions higher than me are also miserable for the same reasons, so the misery goes from bottom to top. There is just too many details to provide here, this is a sad place. Many of the openings are filled with contractors and most jobs are going to Dallas. Many positions are filled with contract-to-hire, who are then converted to full-time, while full-time employees cannot apply to these jobs.

4.0
Apr 15, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Insurance benefits are great.health dental long and short term disability, Flight benefits are great if there's open availability. Meet some Wonderful coworkers and customers. Shift trading and swaps

Cons

It's a shame upper management doesn't want the newly created position around. Agents yell at the car agents and treat them horribly. And some supervisors are always putting you down, there is always negativity towards the customer assistance representatives. Low pay part time hours are almost equal to Full time Hours.

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