Shifts Make No Sense - Anonymous Southwest Airlines Employee Review

2.0
May 9, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Perks: Flying/Travel, benefits, overtime opportunities, such as regular overtime, double time, etc.

Cons

Shifts are wack. Example go in for shift from afternoon to late night. Get mandatory overtime from late night to mid morning. Then told to come back mid afternoon for regular shift, which will lead to another "mandatory" overtime shift.

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Southwest Airlines Response
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We appreciate your feedback and will truly take it to heart. We recognize that working in the airport operations is certainly hard work and may not be for everyone. Thank you for being a Southwest Warrior and know that your hard work does not go unnoticed!

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