Frontier Airlines reviews

2.6

20% would recommend to a friend

(1,316 total reviews)

James Dempsey

7% approve of CEO

17% positive business outlook

Frontier Airlines has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,316 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Frontier Airlines employee rating is 26% below average for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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1K reviews
4.0
Apr 29, 2015

Flight Attendant

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people. We are like a big family (although dysfunctional at times!). The pilot and FA groups have an amazing working relationship. We have each other's backs. Flexibility, especially once you have some seniority. We are in the process of becoming an ULCC. This should be the start of something big! We are the little airline that could and we could soon be a big player in the market.

Cons

Because we are in the process of becoming an ULCC, you need to be able to adapt to sometimes rapid change. You need to keep smiling, even though you may not understand or agree with the changes that occur.

2.0
Dec 29, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A good way to get your foot in the door in the aviation industry. Being a low-cost carrier means regularly "doing more with less" and finding novel and creative ways to try and boost efficiency. At the time, was reasonably generous about positive space passes. There was a decent level of diversity and inclusion in the corporate office when I was there.

Cons

Very negative corporate culture due to the shoestring compensation offered, the extremely high turn over, the obsession with cost cutting, and management refusing to offer any incentive compensation in spite of extremely high profits. Much of the senior management were geriatric "good old boys" who sat around talking about the good old days of 30 years ago, took excessive time off while working more junior employees to the bone. Much of the career advancement options were non-existent, because they heavily poached talent from competitors like Mesa and Spirit, meaning you were often stuck wherever you started. Very difficult to actually use flight benefits as flights were almost always oversold beyond capacity, so you had a high chance of being bumped. The white-collar work that could be 100% done remotely was common, but "sitting at desk, 40 hours a week, never working from home except overtime on holidays" was part of the archaic and geriatric management culture, making it even more difficult to actually use the flight "benefits" that are usually dangled to try and attract employees. Management would shadily block employees from getting into "leadership development" programs without notice to prevent any internal career progression.

2.0
Aug 29, 2019

BE CAREFUL!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Well any pros I can give to this is that company seems to want you to be part of the team and they do push semi company values. But they will drop you ASAP!

Cons

WOW! Ok I have worked in Operations, Ramp, CSA, and numerous other fields in the aviation industry. But here is one MAJOR CON! They tell you numerously that "this training should be a lot longer!" and yet they don't! They FLOOD you with "MUST KNOW", and :HAVE TO KNOW" BS in a contract for both FA and Pilots, when you have access to them while at work! (See my Advice to management below) Also here is something EVERYONE! that applies should know! You have to take 2 TESTS!! when you arrive for a interview! Which is amazing!! You are applying for a very entry level paying job! $17.50 if your lucky! cause they tell you it is NOT Negotiable! So go with that! The two tests are sorta funny, cause you can pass them like I did and got hired, and then you have issues with these stupid 70+ questions exams that you have to pass with only being thrown the information and one test is literally day following a day off! I was talked to by my instructor about how I didn't do well on exams and without being honest asked, "Would you like to do another position in the company?" But totally feeding bad info... just keep that it mind.

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