IATA Reviews

Current Employee – been working at IATA full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good experience and good friends

Cons – A lot of Burocracy here

Advice to Senior Management – More Empathy to employees here

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at IATA full-time for more than a year

Pros – The start up salaries are pretty good + the benefits such as vacation, sick days and insurance are great!

Cons – Not a lot of oportunity to grow within the company + its hard to get a raise

Advice to Senior Management – IATA should have a tuiton reimbursment policy

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at IATA

Pros – Good benefits (healthcare, vacation/time off) and networking opportunity. The people are dedicated even though they often feel resentment toward the company and its "ways."

Cons – Inconsistent promotion standards. Hypocrytical when applying mission/vision statements. They expect 100% dedication without reciprocation. Salaries are below average when compared to similar positions in other companies. No true leadership vision and no planning.

Advice to Senior Management – Set an attainable vision for the company and develop a plan to achieve it. Treat employees fairly. A title does not guarantee competency. Don't be so scared to get rid of the incompetent people in the company. Shifting them to other positions does not cure the problem.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at IATA full-time for more than a year

Pros – Benefits, insurance for health care + dental care.
If spouse/partner (>1 year) is unemployed, IATA contributes to their insurance as well.

Cons – Your direct manager - if it's a good one, even a challenging job is fun and fulfilling.
If it's not, it's a dread.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at IATA as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – - Decent benefit.
- Work life balance.

Cons – -Bureaucratic
-Too few advancement opportunities

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at IATA full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Some great people to work with who are very knowledgeable and want to make a difference
Travel opportunities
Good pay but don't expect to get a pay rise

Cons – Incompetent senior management who are promoted to their positions because of who they know not what they can do.
Management by fear and blame culture
Senior management ride on the hard work of employees and take credit for everything that works well and the successes

Advice to Senior Management – With the New DG in place many hoped it would be the opportunity to clear out some of the senior management who bring nothing to the business and see it as a gravy train. Talk about the importance of Culture and ethics but pay scant regard to either......

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at IATA full-time for less than a year

Pros – Reasonably good salary, but nothing special

Cons – Many of the good managers have left the company. The quality (and knowledge) of some of the senior managers is very poor particularly in the MACs division. Very low staff morale driven by a culture of fear.

Advice to Senior Management – Uproot the corporate culture. Stop talking about decency / values etc and actually live that way.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at IATA full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Better pay, travel facilities, other benefits. Many in the industry still regard the Association as influential

Cons – No Industry expertise. Senior Management not knowledgeable. A lot was expected of the new DG but nothing much has changed except the jargon and rhetoric. Too many undeserving people have had their jobs protected under the project Blue Skies.

Advice to Senior Management – Apparently IATA is going to rid itself of some its despicable past very soon, perhaps its time to reverse some of evil policies of that era. E.g. at the moment those who were fired in the past during IATA's numerous "purges" cannot be re-employed. This should be changed immediately. Some of them may still qualify for existing or forthcoming job vacancies (whether they would want to come back or not may be another issue) and should be allowed to apply. Some of the lost industry expertise could thus be brought back.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at IATA part-time for less than a year

Pros – Opportunity for students that are still in university and new grads; opportunity to work inside a major organization and gain a lot of knowledge of the air transport industry.

Cons – As soon as you are done an internship they can easily forget about you; they hire a lot of interns because they are a lot "cheaper" than full-time permanent employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Give for chance for interns to grow in the company.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at IATA full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The salary package and benefits are generally good. Especially for junior staff the salaries are often way above market.
There are many nice and dedicated people

Cons – The senior management rules by fear... Numerous restructurings followed by recruitment campaigns that gives the impression that no planning or mid/long-term strategy is in place. If you think about the millions wasted.. Employees are over-worked and management shows no respect what so ever to the work-life balance of the employees. You don't want to work 12-14 hours per day? Well off you go...

Advice to Senior Management – Lets hope that with the arrival of Tony Tyler things will change.. He seems much more human than the previous DG... But without making some additional changes at the senior management level, not sure he will get there...

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend