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      4.1

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (31,292 total reviews)
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      Gen. David L. Goldfein

      81% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

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      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Senior management

      US Air Force has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 31,292 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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      31K reviews
      2.0
      Jan 2, 2022

      Aircraft Maintenance in the Air Force

      Aircraft repairman
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Stability during economic crisis. No education needed to enter. You can gain a lot of practical skills to take to the civilian world.

      Cons

      Nobody has a clue what true leadership means. The goal is conformity, not motivation or inspiration or relationship. Hours are a NIGHTMARE. Shifts constantly change. Always 12-hr shifts. Every 4 months rotate to night shift, not to mention deployments. FORGET having a family life in maintenance. Forget having any life in maintenance. High depression rates. High suicide rates. Pay is disrespectfully low. You do a 100k+/year job for 40-50k. If you live on base, 50% of your pay is out the window because they take ALL of your housing allowance and give you TERRIBLE quarters or a TINY town-home. You can flip burgers for the Air Force or McDonalds and get paid the same as maintenance does. It is disgraceful.

      5.0
      Aug 4, 2021

      The best branch in the Armed Forces

      Armed security officer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The amount of opportunities are limitless. Unlike other branches the Air Force actually treats you like a human. You’re always encouraged to progress as an Airmen, professional, and as a person. Also go OFFICER, you’ll get payed way better. If you put in for the GI bill regardless of rank you’ll get $100K to go to school, or learn a trade etc you can NOT pull it out for personal consumption of materialist things/objects. It’s ONLY FOR EDUCATION. While you’re in you get practically “free” medial benefits it’s Medicare and it cost $25 a month that automation comes out of your paycheck. Lastly, you get a secrete security clearance which will help you with getting a federal job on the outside and you get Veteran preference for federal jobs when it comes time to get out of the military.

      Cons

      You’re always encouraged to progress which can easily lead to burnout. Furthermore, if you don’t have boundaries in terms of how much work you should be doing/how much you work you will be given additional work and duties to pick up the slack of others to accomplish the mission. You can get deployed depending on your job, you will most likely leave your state of residence and get stationed out of state. That can be a pro or a con depending on the type of person you are.

      3.0
      Jun 18, 2021

      If you INSIST on joining the military, this is the branch to go with

      Intelligence analyst
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - Free healthcare that does pretty well overall, despite its flaws. People like to complain about TriCare, but they've likely forgotten how awful dealing with privatized healthcare is like, especially when you need specialized care/medication - You'll meet a lot of people, and a lot of those people are pretty cool - Having most, if not all of your college or vocational education paid for (and being actively encouraged to pursue that education) is a pretty nice perk - It's not the Army (just kidding, I love you guys)

      Cons

      - Not strictly a con, but a caution: I cannot understate how much your mileage may vary when being in the Air Force. I've had an overall positive experience, but I've had colleagues who ended up at assignments they hated under leadership that was aloof and uncaring at best and actively hostile at worst. The quality of life of a comms troop will probably be very different from say, an aircraft maintainer. - "Needs of the Air Force" can ruin your day/month/year pretty easily - For more technical AFSCs, being on the salary is very uncompetitive. This is a recurring theme with all government jobs, but still - Depending on your career field and unit, you can find yourself in a very toxic unit

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