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      Alaska Airlines

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      Alaska Airlines reviews

      4.1

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (1,729 total reviews)
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      Ben Minicucci

      78% approve of CEO

      79% positive business outlook

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      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Senior management

      Alaska Airlines has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,729 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Alaska Airlines employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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      2K reviews
      4.0
      May 12, 2011

      Great company, need to treat management like managers, not union hourly employees

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      * Great family type atmosphere * People are passionate about their business * Generally, good work-life balance (unless during busy season or project work) * One of the best in a tough industry * Relatively small company, can make a real impact

      Cons

      * Management seems to be slow to get rid of poor performers * Many leaders run things by micro-management, very much a command and control environment (more so in some areas than others) * Pay appears to be indexed to airline averages. That is fine if you only employ pilots and flight attendants, but it doesn't work when you have skilled tech and management employees. There are plenty of other employers on the west coast that will pay double for comparable work.

      3.0
      Mar 31, 2011

      CYA, Status Quo, Equal Results, and Old Timers

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Great VP for IT. There are [only] a couple of bright spots in management.

      Cons

      Too much complacency and acceptance of status-quo. Promotions are equal regardless of performance and achievement. H/R works hard to low-ball promotion rate. IT is often the obstacle for other divisions. IT likes to limit choices with convoluted policies driven by leaders that have little care for customer service. Leaders are driven by an overly conservative approach that only benefits the leaders and not the company.

      3.0
      Feb 25, 2010

      Was a great company 2 years ago

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Great benefits and co-workers. Used to have a great company culture.

      Cons

      The culture has changed now that the company keeps going through re-org after re-org. The company is becoming less productive because people are fearing for their jobs. Lots of negativity and a lack of trust in mgmt

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