Continental Airlines Reviews

Pros

The best thing about Continental AIrlines are the flight benefits and profit sharing.

Cons

My direct managers are out-of-touch with its employees because they demand respect, yet they are unwilling to give it.

Advice to Senior Management

The merger of Continental Airlines and United provides a unique opportunity to get it right, I can only hope it will happen!

Pros

medical insurance, travel benefits, fair compensation, flexibility to balance lifestyle with work duties. Also, flexibility to when to take vacations and days off.

Cons

No promotions. No annual profit sharing because the company generally losses money. Difficult to get insight from the annual evaluation process.

Advice to Senior Management

The company needs direction. Since the merger with United, Continental employees feel the upper management do not want to share information about future developments in the company. Also, the CEO, when faced tough questions, does not have convincing answers.

Pros

Free flights and descent medical benifits.

Cons

There will always be uncertainty as to whether your job will be around in a couple of years, and you will never be assured of any type of pension. Tthe companys pension account, is more than likely to become the company’s “Just in case” account.

Advice to Senior Management

Gordon Bathone made this company, and promoted "dignity and respect", but this motto should now be "If we save $0.0001 on this we can buy that" Just as the video you once displayed to all of your hard working employees....."The Plan Is Working!", and indeed it is.

Pros

Fun industry and fly benifit. Flexible work schedule. Good people and culture...so far.

Cons

Future uncertain with headquarter moving to Chicago

Advice to Senior Management

Please keep the culture post merger.

Pros

Having survived the last years of Frank Lorenzo... Gordon Bethune brought us back from the edge of extinction. Along with normal airline benefits, CO empowers employees to perform above and beyond. Great comeraderie and fun place to work. Wonderful to have good leadership (unlike Lorenzo!). Honest ethical leadership and motivated employees = a successful company and good customer service. Thanks for the memories!!

Cons

Dreading the United merger... afraid our happy and successful corporate culture will be destroyed by a corporate culture of distrust, discontent, and beauracracy.

Advice to Senior Management

Get to the bottom of United's employee anger and distrust and fix it as soon as possible. Need to transform United employees, the way Gordon transformed us in the mid-nineties.

Pros

Good place to work and challenging projects

Cons

Runs pretty lean and high expectations

Advice to Senior Management

Need a better work life balance

Pros

Flight benefits are one of the reasons most people stay.

Cons

Low end salary - poor industry

Advice to Senior Management

Live true dignity and respect

Pros

space available flying, medical and dental

Cons

oversold flights, poor work rules

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

We have the newest jet fleet. More planes are on the way. We must get rid of those Airbus.

Cons

Seniority. This is what we live by.

Advice to Senior Management

Please keep the resanywhere program. Continental has 1,200 agents that work from home.

Pros

The people are friendly and collegial. Departments work together. Management communicates with employees. This was even true during the merger. It is a laid back work environment with smart, hardworking people. The travel perks are great.

Cons

It is a lean company, so resources are limited and employees are often overworked.

Advice to Senior Management

Be sure to transfer Continental culture during United merger. Carefully examine new revenue opportunities and invest resources when it will pay off long-term.