US Air Force reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(31,325 total reviews)
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Gen. David L. Goldfein

81% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

US Air Force has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 31,325 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The US Air Force employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Regierung & öffentliche Verwaltung industry (3.6 stars).

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1.0
Nov 24, 2014
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Pros

The GI Bill is really the only pro I can think of.

Cons

Literally everything about it minus the GI Bill. Leadership that doesn't care about it's people, only impressing their superiors. Constant bickering and gossiping. The majority of enlistees are incredibly immature with a huge chip on their shoulder. When the leadership feels like morale may be a bit low, lets have everyone come in early on their day off to have a bunch of briefings on why morale should be higher. Depending on your career field, you may not be able to switch (I couldn't). Promotions have literally nothing to do with your character or ability. If you can read a book, remember what you've read and then spew it back at a piece of paper, you get promoted. This leads to terribly unprofessional people in charge. Regardless of your age, if you're lower ranking then you're immediately disposable. Countless times a problem came up, I would offer advice on how to fix it only to be ignored because my rank was lower, even though I was older than most of the people tackling the problem. More often than not, in the end they end up doing it how I suggested at first.

4.0
Nov 22, 2014
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Pros

Multiple vacation trips to 3rd world countries. Endless deployments to Afghanistan. Free health care that consist of 800 mg of Mortrin and water. 30 days of leave a year only to come back to 30 days worth of work awaiting for you to finish.

Cons

Its exactly like COD! Endless hours of flying in a F-72 fighter bomber. All enlisted train to be Aerial Space Shuttle Gunners.

2.0
Nov 3, 2014
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Pros

General Air Force Pros: You get paid to train. Career progression is virtually guaranteed to a point. There is potential for travel to interesting places. Overall, a good place to start if you don't have any strong employment prospects or education. As for the job specifically: Aircraft maintenance is good, hands-on work if you like that. Generally, you'll work outside, if you like that. I do. The job can provide interesting technical challenges at times.

Cons

General Air Force Cons: As with any branch, you lose a great deal of personal liberty. You have very little influence on where you end up living. No matter what job you signed up for, you can get re-assigned to a job you don't want. You're likely to deploy fairly frequently. The leave policy is generous, if you can get your leave approved for when you want it, which is uncommon. Your career trajectory is rather fixed, particularly since you can't leave under penalty of law. Job specifics: Long hours, fewer off days than other jobs. The culture is still somewhat toxic towards women. It has gotten better since I've been in, but there is still progress to be made. There is a tendency to shuffle bad troops from job to job, rather than addressing the problem.

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