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FlightSafety International

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FlightSafety International reviews

3.5

66% would recommend to a friend

(713 total reviews)

Eric Hinson

57% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

FlightSafety International has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 713 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FlightSafety International employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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713 reviews
2.0
Oct 13, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Had the opportunity to excel

Cons

Bad management in the courseware support facility. Was never given credit for the issues I resolved or work I was doing. Ex military men make up much of this company so it's a buddy buddy man's world or else you had to have been part of the center's director's snob nose group so I guess I was never going be able be his buddy.. lol so lots of favoritism and but kissing

2.0
Aug 4, 2017

Can't get off the ground

Recommend
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Pros

-Personnel at all levels seem to genuinely want to improve the output and culture. -The business side of FSI seems to be doing very well (i.e. making a lot of money). The core product (i.e. flight training) seems to be done effectively and of good quality. -Efforts to improve back-end infrastructure are in place even if slow to take shape. -Work/life balance is usually good (though this is typically because of project bottlenecks) so downtime is often plentiful. -Until recently was an 80% remote job; now down to 40%. -The jobs people get after leaving FSI tend to be good ones with well-known employers.

Cons

-Tech personnel are leaving the company in droves including long-time employees and employees at very senior levels. -Problem personalities are retained and tolerated while positive and competent employees are disregarded (e.g. not promoted, PIP'd, etc.) causing them to leave quickly for better jobs. -Management tends to pressure employees to submit project estimates that are not achievable by half but then turn around and drop the hammer when the heat gets turned up later down the road (despite assurances that nothing of the kind would happen). -Much of tech team was not given raises last year (not even a cost-of-living adjustment). -Culture and morale is bankrupt from top to bottom. Lip service is plentiful but CYA is the modus operandi. It is also a bit surreal to hear tech managers and senior business personnel joke openly and often about leaving the company and searching actively for other jobs.

2.0
Aug 13, 2016

They expect 110% & pay for 50

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great co-workers. Decent benefits.

Cons

Unfair pay structure. You'll have a loyal employee with 10 plus years of service training a new employee with the same pay rate. The good ole boy promotion system is the standard. Abusive upper manger. (You know who you are MH). It was never a great paying job, but it was fun & enjoyable years ago. Now it sux & still below industry pay.

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