IATA Employee Review

I worked at IATA

Pros – It's a great industry to work in. IATA gets involved in some very interesting and varied subjects. It has a industry leadership opportunities which are hard to find elsewhere. In my time, compensation and conditions were good, including the quality of the business environment (offices, travel etc). IATA has (had) very good staff and there is plenty of opportunity to learn and develop.

Cons – Executive management manages by fear and threat. If you don't support this, your on the way out. It's a tough place to operate. Staff lives in fear of there jobs. Every last friday of the month could be your last one. Leadership development has lofty objectives and IATA does make the investment. Too bad that those that succeed tend to move on and those that fail get moved on. Why bother?

Advice to Senior Management – Embrace the arrival of a new boss as a new era. Remove the fear culture (and those that promote it). Go back to basic business: develop your team, take some risk, be leaders and above all, be fair.