US Air Force reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(31,327 total reviews)
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Gen. David L. Goldfein

81% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

US Air Force has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 31,327 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The US Air Force employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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4.0
Jan 29, 2009
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Pros

You get a sense of pride in protecting the US. The pay has greatly increased over the past few years and is very comparable to if not greater than civilian jobs.

Cons

Extreme work hours and non-standard work schedule. You will work more if in the operations side of the air force.

4.0
Jan 21, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Job Security, Career progression, Professional Atmosphere

Cons

Unpredictability, Deployments, Additional Duties, Inconsistent values, Expectations exceed available resources

2.0
Jan 20, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Free healthcare and a paycheck. Choose a career that involves you getting a TS//SCI clearance to maximize your time spent in the Air Force. If you like traveling -- to the desert, this job is you! Educational benefits are great if you aren't stuck working 12-hour mid shifts on a rotating schedule; this kind of hampers utilizing this benefit. Apparently they are revamping the GI Bill to actually make it possible to go to school full-time when you get out as well. If you are lucky, you'll have a bonus in your career field; though this is subject to change at any time.

Cons

Injustices everywhere. Motivation to excell is 0; at least in the intelligence community. The people who get recognized for awards aren't those who work the hardest at honing their craft, it's those who participate most often in the squadron events abandoning their primary, and most important, duties. Both the rating system and promotion system are flawed as well. The single biggest factor to your success in promotion in the Air Force is how much time you spend studying a book that reviews military history and mundane details concerning the wear of the Air Force uniform. The other portion consists of your "job knowledge". This portion of the book is written by someone who can't read or write the English language. Not only do you have to try to translate what this person is trying to say, but you have to understand information that you have never applied anywhere in any fashion; this is how they assess how well you know what you are doing.

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