Nepotism, low wages, inefficiencies and constant overtime. - Sheet Metal Jet Aviation Employee Review

2.0
12 Mar 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Nice atmosphere with great colleagues. Easily the best place I've worked at for making lots of contacts. The work is very unique: outfitting VIP aircraft is not something you get to do everywhere. Work safety is taken very, very seriously, never seen anything like it.

Cons

No career opportunities if you don't belong to the clan. This goes for most departments. Nepotism runs wild: Many people hired because they know someone, not because of skills. Wages are way below standard for the area. Overtime will be your new standard, many times not because the workload wouldn't be doable within normal working hours, but because of blatantly obvious inefficiencies in the processes. Shift work is regularly implemented out of the blue. Much of the engineering work is being outsourced to the other side of the world: Quality is often lacking. Emphasis is put much too strong on keeping shareholders happy: It is also the very first sentence on the welcome booklet you get. Overall a rather disappointing experience. Not a place to stay for too long.

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5.0
5 Dec 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Extensive training provided; you learn a lot. The Team at Jet Aviation was helpful and friendly. Management was always supportive and helpful

Cons

I never minded working long hours, but I only mention this to the others to be prepared.

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3.0
10 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are genuine people in every place we but there are also disgenuine people as well. Finance has a group that require more in performance everyday for some but others perform less with more credit - it is one of those places that fits an old adage of having more chiefs and less Indians. If you can get past the daycare environment then you can learn alot about how the airline industry functions; the linkage of providing top-tier service both to the clients and the staff. The company offers good benefits however if your looking for the benefits department to help with issues you maybe facing you will need to prepare yourself for the limitation of getting a phone number and or email contact information from the team and making time on the side to do the calling - legwork yourself - after all we're talking HIPPA and following those guidelines to protect the employee information. The clients are different in the back office setting then those that utilize the aircrafts. In the back office it is primarily staff to staff contact should an employee be going thru the building or over to the FBO and see a famous person or dignitaries; they are not allowed to stare or talk to them or be prepared to be fired on the spot. That to me seems rude next to a polite Good Afternoon or have a safe flight everyone. As your walking past most will take notice if parts of the party are in deep conversation with another whether another passenger or someone on a phone where a soft caring smile and wave hello might be appreciated. Management should be more understanding the impressions can give the clients a different perspective of an uncaring team and undermine all the FBO team does to make the client's experience much more top-tier. Sometimes for the workers clients are difficult and demanding and it can be difficult to maintain a friendly environment but it is a service and you did sign up for providing service with a smile 😃. Most are understanding and dont allow the clients bad day derail them from providing top-tier service. These are a rare occurrence and it shows. Take the FBO staff and their action/reaction procedure; you will always receive the following actions of their professional, polite concierge staff who are always smiling, always thinking how they can best serve the clients even before they arrive to cover any wants or needs, they are caring, and respectful. Best team in the industry.

Cons

Reactive, silo stubborn, accurate, fake and untrustworthy.

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