Spirit Airlines Reviews in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Area

Pros

Massive growth,great tiem to be employed there sups in my dept are nice.

Cons

no internal communication. very LOOOOW pay. few opportunities for advancement.

Advice to Senior Management

r.a.i.s.e. have a growth plan for worker so they see a light at the end of hte tunnel

Pros

Travel for free with loved ones, friends, and family.

Cons

Overworked and underpaid. They dont care about your health.

Pros

Excellent organization. HR is very helpful and accessible. Training is good and thorough. Physical requirements are intense but not limiting. Trust is huge and precision is demanded at every corner. Expect constant supervision by the excellent staff and constant evaluation at every task performed. Lots of overtime is available and flight benefits are the best in the airline industry. The staff is an assembly of Latin, Caribbean and Gringo. They are mainly friendly, energetic and helpful.

Cons

If you are not able to stay quick on your feet and enjoy daily assessment from a crew of nearly 100 then you may feel overwhelmed. The company trainers gave us the best actions to performing our tasks, if you can't stand up for what you learned in training (the acceptable method) then you may feel pressure from the ding bats. That being said, we already know that there are wise and otherwise in every class. The people quit at an unusual rate, e.g. our last class lost half in one month. I can't say if it was caused by physical or emotional failings. I can only believe that true aviation enthusiasts will have no trouble enjoying the Spirit airline Ultra Low Cost Carrier culture.

Advice to Senior Management

Your best trainers are like gold. Use them to improve safety and give them as much time as allowed to do more thorough OJT and evaluations with the newbies. Recurrent training with existing Rampers might prevent workman comp claims from arising and will reinforce our practice of continuous improvement.

Pros

Safety department is top notch.

Cons

no sense of community among the employees/management. however there is a shared sense of 'were all in this hell hole together' mentality. Mgt cuts every corner and employees suffer from it.

Advice to Senior Management

listen to your employees!

Pros

Hard working teams. Great benefits.

Cons

Doesn't allow for a reasonable work / life balance.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't go public. Visit sec.gov and really read what's in the filings. I would not invest.

Pros

The flight benefits and that you can swap your shifts and days off

Cons

bad management, no union environment,

Advice to Senior Management

need to create a more stable work environment

Pros

Low Cost - If you really need to go somewhere the ticket prices are very affordable.
Inflight Uniforms - A lot of options.
New Planes - New and easy to use airbus A319 , A321, and soon A320.
FLL InFlight Supervisors - The ladies in the office are very kind.
Health Insurance - PPO in network is the best.
Some genuine good people.
Company Slogan- "It is what it is"

Cons

Nasty Planes - Rarely get properly cleaned.
Not Everyone Has / Wears a uniform.
Mom and Pop Airline.
Horible Training in all departments.
No Customer Service - Hurry up and wait.
Every man, woman, and child are on their own.
The list goes on and on. etc.

Advice to Senior Management

Low cost and Low to no class.
Teamwork-Everyone is working towards the same commen goal.
Customer Service-Bring it back.
Respect.
Integrity.
Pro-Employee=No Union.
Professionalism.
The list goes on and on. etc.
If you can't do it right then don't do it at all.

Pros

A maverick in the industry - and still in (slow) growth mode.

Cons

Limited information sharing from management.
Ultra-low cost mentality trickles down to employee benefits and rewards.

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate with employees - it's not right to find out important information from news sources online.

Pros

Corporate offices are located in a nondescript office park in S. Broward, close to Florida Turnpike. Free flights but chances of getting time off or getting a spot on a flight for free during the holidays or peak times are slim to none and none left town, probably on Southwest.

Cons

Crocs and socks, shorts and hawaiian shirts on senior management every day at corporate offices? Old boy texas cliques among senior and middle management. Minimal perks, very limited value placed on employee's contributions.Extremely high customer dissatisfaction can be a downer especially added to perceived management indifference can be difficult for some.

Advice to Senior Management

Is in-office touch football really an appropriate management team building activity at 3 pm?
Love your employees more.

Pros

Gain experience to work elsewhere. They offer you a job when you are unemployed. There are some great destinations with a lot of flying in Latin America. The mountain flying is challenging. All very desirable for your next employer.

Cons

Management goes out of their way to attack employess and disrupt their personal lives. Travel benefits of working for an airline are made next to impossible to use at Spirit Airlines. Work schedules are reversed within a 24 hour period so that you are up working all 24 hours of the day during a 2 day trip, you will be exhausted while you fly and for 3 days afterwards.

Advice to Senior Management

It costs nothing to treat employees well and the payback is immense. Treat employees badly destroying their morale and it spills over to the customers who have choices and take their business elsewhere. It may take some time, but you will eventually not have a company left to work at either.