Wheels Up reviews

2.9

35% would recommend to a friend

(281 total reviews)
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George Mattson

39% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Wheels Up has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 281 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Wheels Up 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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281 reviews
1.0
Oct 23, 2023

Solid brand, broken business

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A good brand was created by the former CEO. There are some solid industry talent in place in Operations. There’s always been a strong effort and focus on taking care of the members.

Cons

Worst onboarding experience I’ve ever went through. Wheels Up doesn’t live up to their Values. Little trust among the employees and management. Several missteps were made in the business model. The company has been circling the drain for much of 2023. The employees were strung along and mostly kept in the dark. Leadership was disjointed and not on the same page. Fortunately, Wheels Up was kept alive by other companies before they filed BK. Still a lot of issues and lack of trust in the business. The new capital seems like a band-aid to buy some more time. All new leaders and lots of people leaving the company. The company loses a lot of money. No profitability. Pay and overall compensation is below average. I wouldn’t bet this company survives beyond 2024. Same brand but all new owners now in place.

2.0
May 29, 2022

Market Share over Excellence

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Pros

The company has a lot of investment and some incredibly smart people in leadership. The company is scrambling to find ways to keep people, but some positive changes are happening.

Cons

You are forgotten. If you want to be known, valued, or cared for, don’t work here. After working overtime for the company for 5 years, my resignation letter was not even acknowledge let alone replied to with a “thank you” or “good luck”. They also didn’t pay me my last pay check and it took 5 weeks for them to admit their fault and pay me. More than that, the reasons that I left were because our passengers constantly complained about Wheels Up. Each and every passenger had a different expectation of what service would be provided (WUP was intentionally withholding information about aircraft capabilities and lying to customers) and overall they seem to care a lot more about gaining market share instead of doing things the right way, the safest way, or in a way that values the customer first. Safety is a huge issue. The company doesn’t know who the pilots are or how they fly the airplane. So the only safeguard to incidents or accidents lies completely on the competency and integrity of the pilots. It’s only a matter of time before something happens.

3.0
Apr 10, 2022

So much potential

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Pros

Lots of positive energy and good people. The company is growing and work is stable as of this review. Management definitely has a vision. They WANT to have rich culture and values... (see cons)

Cons

A fair amount of negative energy and toxic individuals. Wheels Up has acquired some very miserable staff members. Most of these people are old ex-military that are trying to hang onto the glory days. This growing company has an oversized C suite and middle management is bloated, duties overlap which causes chaos. Management is adopting the failed policies from acquired companies and applying them to their most successful operations. The maintenance paperwork requirements from some of the acquired companies is insanely complicated, redundant, and time consuming!

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