Delta Air Lines Reviews in Atlanta, GA Area

Pros

Relaxed atmosphere, flight privileges; For aircraft maintenance: an emphasis on safety and compliance, everyone generally has desire to "do the job right"

Cons

Although most seem to enjoy their jobs, morale toward the company is low, pay is low, impossible to advance without relocating to another city

Advice to Senior Management

Allow current employees to test for positions to see if they're competent before hiring off the street. Look critically at the use of contract (temporary) employees. They are costing the company more money than they save.

Pros

Good name and when you are living in one of the HUB cities it is nice to work for Delta. Alot of perks.

Cons

Very behind the times when it comes to policies and unique perks that other airlines have for employees. FA - is a grueling job.

Advice to Senior Management

You need to look at the company from different perspectives. Happy employees show pride i their work and that is key to success.

Pros

Flight benefits are my number one benefit. Great work life balance. Laid back work environment. Professionally competent people. Good work ethics.

Cons

employees are not considered/viewed as assets

Advice to Senior Management

pay attention to rewarding merit, quality people

Pros

- Flight Benefits are probably the only reason all non-upper-management work.

Cons

- Pretty lazy culture.
- Management is not very talented or qualified for that matter

Advice to Senior Management

- stop thinking your the best cos you merged. Size does not always imply market share

Pros

Great Place to Work; There is a great opportunity to grow; a very friendly environment to work and thrive and grow

Cons

Compensation is not as high but if you go up and work hard, you can definitely thrive and grow and be successful

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work and make Delta the biggest and world's greatest airline in the world now and forever.

Pros

Great pay for flight attendants and great company..no union which means open door policy and good relationship with management

Cons

Low pay and not much incentive to earn more. Pay is the same in Texas or New York. It is a hard industry during these economic times to work in...

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up with the ever changing information and have answers for employees when they ask.

Pros

Great company, great benefits, travel the world for free! Company treats employees fairly.

Cons

Change change change....difficult to keep up with all the new rules and regs coming ahead. Opportunity to travel the world for free, but not so much when all the flights are full...have to choose carefully! Pay, just average. Work schedule can be 24/7 holidays and weekends this can also be a pro....much to choose from as far as hours worked if you're not a 9 to 5er!

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up with the ever changing information and have answers for employees when they ask.

Pros

Very good to employees. Benefits align with industry norms. Salaries in represented groups are higher than non-represented groups, but that may be changing soon for non-represented groups.

Cons

Very archaic when it comes to automation. For many years they have pursued technology but have rarely embraced it. Often they play follow-the-leader versus developing or implementing anything new.

Advice to Senior Management

Allow your front line people to treat their customers well. Get rid of all of the "after the event" critiques, and allow your front line people to do the right thing when it comes to handling irops, etc. Stop nickel and diming every customer. The revenue you generate is a short-term gain with a long-term negative impact on customer ratings.

Pros

They treat hourly employees well to keep them from unionizing

Cons

Leadership does not like to be challenged

Advice to Senior Management

Encourage employees to challenge the way it has always been done

Pros

Flight benefits enable you to travel to a lot of places for free
Friendly work environment
Analytical advancement

Cons

I worked for Delta for 7 years. Although it was my first job out of college, by the time I left the company, I was making less than what I was making when I first started Delta. Normally, you would expect to have a faster increase in your salary in the first several years of your career. What's more, I was getting at least a 4 out of 5 in every performance review I ever went through.

What made me so mad was that I found out that a colleague of mine who had a lower title than me was making 20% more than I did.
Finally, I gave up on Delta and took another job with another employer for twice the salary. Unfortunately, many bright people with great skills had to do that.

Advice to Senior Management

Do not throw away talent and at least be internally fair about compensation.