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Delta Air Lines

Is this your company?

I mean it’s ok! - Gate Agent Delta Air Lines Employee Review

2.0
10 Mar 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Yes you fly for free domestically (ON STANDBY), meet a lot of people. Plenty of opportunities in other states if you are looking to transfer. Benefits can be great if you are full time. (You don’t get any medical if you are ready reserve which is part time)

Cons

Your body will indeed break down if you work on the ramp. There’s no if ands or buts about it. Eventually you will get hurt. You can be as “safe” as you want but lifting heavy bags everyday will break you down. Working as a gate agent you have to be mentally strong to deal will time pressure in conjunction with attending to passengers needs. (And the rude and disrespectful ones will test you) especially if there are cancellations,delays, etc... Now I must say the biggest CON is that your flight privileges are only amazing when the flight isn’t full. 95% of the time the flights are full. No matter where you are. You are flying on standby which means you get whatever seats are left if any. So you’ll spend ALL day (6am -9pm at times) at the airport trying to catch a 3 hour flight somewhere. It’s kind of a joke...So take that into consideration of all you have to deal with and is it worth it. Because be honest we all want an airline job for the benefits. That’s as honest as I can be hope this helps. You will not be able to make a decent leaving off of the pay, Full time is hard to come by, I have a colleague that has been trying to become full time for 10 years!

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CEO approval
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
18 Sept 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Awesome company to work for! Fun work environment, cares about employees, great uniforms, competitive pay, just an awesome company to work for! They are very flexible, you can live anywhere in the world you want, as long as your able to get to work when you need to be there!

Cons

At the end of the day, it is a very large corporation. So it is very easy to become just a "number" in the company. The flight attendant group is not unionized, so rules can change very often. Make sure your time management is impeccable, because you cannot be late for work AT ALL, and there aren't many acceptable excuses, even rain is not an excuse.

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Delta Air Lines Response
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Thank you for your review and recommendation of Delta. We work hard every day to make Delta a great place to work; it’s nice to hear how much you enjoy our company and our work environment. Our people and our culture are our most important competitive advantages and the direct relationship we have enjoyed with our flight attendants has served our people, our customers and our company very well. To that end, we have a strong open door policy that enables any employee to go directly to a leader with any concerns, and we have hundreds of flight attendants who are actively engaged in our business, providing feedback and working on solutions for their colleagues and our customers. At Delta, a consistent, reliable operation is one of the reasons our top customers come back to fly with us time and again. That makes employee reliability – being on time, every day, for your shift or your flight – especially important. We agree that having a fundamental understanding of the flight attendant role is important for our field leaders, and we also value diversity at all levels of the company. That’s why so many of our field leaders are flight attendant qualified and many still fly when their schedules allow. We appreciate your feedback and will be sharing it with our In-Flight team. –Wendy, Talent Acquisition Team
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