Southwest Airlines Employee Reviews about "low pay"

Pros

People sometimes give away their shifts for money. Free Travel for you, parents and a companion in the U.S. International for very cheap price. Great coworkers

Cons

you start at low pay but with time you can make some bank! Very physical but comes with the job. Some people are lazy.

Pros

A lot of free money to be made for doing nothing, Great benefit package, Flexible work schedule and trading, Free flights to undesirable places, Incredible Ground Ops coworkers & vendors

Cons

Company put greed before safety, ridiculously low pay, workforce highly mismanaged at BWI, forced mandatory overtime at time when company is losing millions of dollars daily, adding flight with not enough manpower to work them, clueless FA’s, pilots play childish games, Union in company pocket, nasty pax, very dishonest managers that point fingers and stab you in the back in a heartbeat, company far behind with technology, outdated equipment (computers, printers, cabinets, etc.....), lacks a prestigious safety culture

Pros

Great benifits Fun work environment Flight benifits

Cons

Low pay Cancel culture Strict social media policy BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA YOU CAN BE FIRED OVER AN "OFFENSIVE MEME"

Pros

Free flight benefits from day one; 2 wk paid training in Dallas; great reputation with the flying public; 9.3% 401(k) matching; excellent benefits; company encourages fun and humor

Cons

Ridiculously low pay for first five years (starting pay, first year $14.53/hr for CSAs; $.03 raise on second year). You either have to have a second job or a wealthy spouse &/or retirement fund in order to make ends meet financially. Must join union after hiring on (but very little union representation until you have completed 7 mo probation; and even then it feels like an ongoing struggle between management and union). If you need time off or are sick and you don't have vacation/sick time to draw from (and you won't for approx first six months) it's on you to trade, give away or pay a coworker to take your shift. If you refuse mandatory overtime, you receive "points and occurrences" which can potentially affect your ability for future promotions. For all the "LUV" and hospitality SWA expects you to show the flying public, they could stand to improve on how they treat their employees. Turnover rate is HIGH during the first year.

Pros

flexible, recognition and good benefits

Cons

low pay and long hours