American Eagle Reviews in Chicago, IL Area

Pros

Flexible Schedule..Travel Benefits..no reporting to anyone..pretty easy job..great views everyday and u learn something new every day

Cons

When on reserve they can keep extending u..not cool

Advice to Senior Management

listen to employees

Pros

Flexible work schedules, excellent flight privileges and benefits package, typically supportive co-workers (but not generally at the management level), and a constantly varying work environment.

Cons

Broken corporate structure, embarrassingly low pay, disrespect and condescension from management, general frustration from airline passengers in these times translates to colossal frustration in your daily work environment, frequent hostile situations with customers, gossip-driven work culture due to inadequate management communication

Advice to Senior Management

You reap what you sow. If you micromanage your subordinates and address them as if they're idiots, you're going to find that your competent workforce starts acting like idiots. This is Management 101, and many of the middle managers at this airline have no knowledge of this. (Many of them also lack degrees or formal training since they "earned" their positions through frontline work. This does not necessarily make them qualified to manage.)

Pros

Well, you do get flight benefits if you an find an empty seat. As a pilot you get to fly some pretty nice equipment and once in a while spend time in a nice hotel and interesting cities.

Cons

Management has no regard at all for employees, there is an adversarial relationship between labor and management. You really get the feeling that your bosses hate your guts and would rather you were not there. Employee morale is worse than anyone could imagine.

Advice to Senior Management

Leave and foul up someone else's company, I hear Walmart needs assistant managers. I don't know how you sleep at night with the mess you've made of this place.