Flight Attendant Job Review - Flight Attendant Delta Air Lines Employee Review

5.0
Apr 29, 2016
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Pros

Flexible schedule flight benefits yearly pay raises profit sharing 401k with a 6% match good work life balance lots of opportunities to experience different jobs within our department through special assignments only company that doesn't require new hires to be on solid reserve. Instead you have 6 reserve days a month replotted onto your schedule which allows more control over your schedule

Cons

health benefits have EXTREMELY HIGH deductibles horrible sick policy--employees are petrified to call in sick very long days--you can be on duty for 13 hours but only flying half of that. Your hourly pay only applies to flight time. Long sits and boarding/deplaning aren't paid. job can be very monotonous/boring international layovers are usually only 24 hours domestic layovers can be shortened to 8.5 hours--barely enough time to sleep hours are crazy will be scheduled to work almost every holiday and weekend when you first start. holidays and schedules are based on seniority so the longer you are with the company the better your schedule. but expect to fly 16 years before you can hold christmas off employees are petrified to call in sick

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5.0
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Pros

Great work life balance and flexibility

Cons

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5.0
Sep 18, 2015
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Pros

Awesome company to work for! Fun work environment, cares about employees, great uniforms, competitive pay, just an awesome company to work for! They are very flexible, you can live anywhere in the world you want, as long as your able to get to work when you need to be there!

Cons

At the end of the day, it is a very large corporation. So it is very easy to become just a "number" in the company. The flight attendant group is not unionized, so rules can change very often. Make sure your time management is impeccable, because you cannot be late for work AT ALL, and there aren't many acceptable excuses, even rain is not an excuse.

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Delta Air Lines Response
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Thank you for your review and recommendation of Delta. We work hard every day to make Delta a great place to work; it’s nice to hear how much you enjoy our company and our work environment. Our people and our culture are our most important competitive advantages and the direct relationship we have enjoyed with our flight attendants has served our people, our customers and our company very well. To that end, we have a strong open door policy that enables any employee to go directly to a leader with any concerns, and we have hundreds of flight attendants who are actively engaged in our business, providing feedback and working on solutions for their colleagues and our customers. At Delta, a consistent, reliable operation is one of the reasons our top customers come back to fly with us time and again. That makes employee reliability – being on time, every day, for your shift or your flight – especially important. We agree that having a fundamental understanding of the flight attendant role is important for our field leaders, and we also value diversity at all levels of the company. That’s why so many of our field leaders are flight attendant qualified and many still fly when their schedules allow. We appreciate your feedback and will be sharing it with our In-Flight team. –Wendy, Talent Acquisition Team
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