British Airways reviews

3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(3,698 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 3,698 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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3.0
Apr 13, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Sometimes it can be very flexible. You will be working with colleagues (not all) who are great and are lovely. You become a family and support each other (only the ground team) that is. Very easy job to do too, there is a lot of down time but I don't see that lasting any longer as there are more people leaving than coming in. Good experience.

Cons

They say that it can be very flexible but can actually re-roster you after you had worked so hard to swap that shift, so people who have kids, be wary of this one. Also, you don't get enough support from the management team, they don't listen. They change everything from already bad to worse. They are all laughing because they get their bonuses which are high and then leave it all up to the ground team to deal with problems as they are the one facing unhappy customers. The name of BA had changed as it has to compete with other airline, well, it is actually competing with budget carriers such as easyjet and others, they are not compete with premium airline like they used to i.e. Emirates, Lufthansa, Qatar. You will also be the one facing an unhappy customer about that, why they had to pay etc. More importantly, the shifts will kill you. You are working hard shifts, yes alot of downtime airside but if you are in check in, it will kill you. The lateness and sickness programmes are harsh, being marked down for one min late even if there is a crash or problem on your way to work. They wont take that into account most of the time. Their sickness policy is disgusting. You pretty much cant be sick or cant be late.

2.0
Jan 12, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Training is quite easy to obtain

Cons

Too many Managers/No one takes responsibility No communication between departments No gratitude for hard work Poor pension

2.0
Dec 29, 2017

Run badly

Recommend
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Pros

Staff travel (when you can get on) Good lads in the warehouses

Cons

No match for working for the likes of Virgin or Dnata when it comes to roster, salary and benefits. Poorly run, management doesn't know anything about their staff

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