British Airways reviews

3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(3,697 total reviews)
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Sean Doyle

78% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

British Airways has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,697 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The British Airways employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transport & Logistik industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Sep 22, 2016

On a rapid decline

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good travel benefits and work life balance

Cons

This used to be a fantastic employer however under the new regime of Walsh and Cruz the focus is towrads converting BA into a low cost model. This means poorer customer care, failing transformation initiatives and a lack of duty of care towards staff.

2.0
Apr 24, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Overworked, underpaid, not appreciated. It's very sad at BA- have moved onto their rival due to a much better company ethos. Unfortunate as the company once set the standard in air travel.

Cons

Oops answered this in the pros, will give pros here; great network- seen a few amazing places but due to being so tired I barely enjoyed them

1.0
Mar 11, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

I manage to pay my bills, feed my baby...

Cons

The shifts are ridiculous. Starting a shift at 7,30am means that you have to wake up at 5am, leave the house at 6.30am, on a weekday the first bus leaves at 7am, so you may arrive at work ontime. On the weekends, no chance, you have to take a taxi which would be a minimum of £15. When you are sick or away from work for even a day, the attendance unit hound you like a pack of wolves. Sending emails, letters, repeatedly calling you everyday, speaking with your manager behind your back... it does get quite ridiculous. Managers/other colleagues enjoy it when other agents get budgets. Sometimes they proactively issue you with a budget with a smile on their face. There are so many new people in the office. I look around and I don't know anyone there. If you breathe too hard this will be recorded by your manage and fed back to you. The targets are so high that around 98% of the office are in a 'process' a process triggered by failing to hit targets. The funny thing is that when you do hit the targets - nothing happens. Team leaders often walk away when you approach the duty desk, like they are scared of your query or just being generally evasive.

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