Avis sur Southwest Airlines

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As with any profession or company there are certain downfalls but are very limited at Southwest.

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primitive technology which is transforming for good

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Working in the rain while working

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How can I argue with perfection?

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Tenure valued over competency
Hired for “fun loving attitude” over ability to do the job/be a top performer
Underperforming senior leaders are not held accountable
Critical feedback goes seemingly unnoticed and unactioned
Typical to have 3-4 Directors per year
Senior Leaders are treated as generalists and given responsibility in areas for which they are unqualified and often disinterested
Focus on fun leads to organizational laziness and mediocre performance
Low performers are passed along versus being performance managed
The morale of the headquarters facility is very low with the exception of the college hires
No growth path for HiPo talent and no retention strategy
Large scale organizational changes are frequent, communicated poorly and generally unsuccessful
People pretend to like one another and use that to promote “a world class culture.” Its no different than anywhere else. The politics, while present in all organizations, are especially rampant here
Roles are often changed without consulting the affected employees in advance.
Different pay scales for the same role exist throughout the company. Often times a decrease in pay must be accepted in order to make a lateral move to a different area
Preselection of candidates is the norm yet full interview processes take place wasting the time and energy of candidates. Word gets out frequently about who has gotten a role before the job itself has even been posted
Spans and layers are wildly different. Managers running director level scope and vice versa is not uncommon (spans and layers issue)

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They sometimes allow managers and team leaders to harrass there subordinates pretty frequently for reasons unknown

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None that I can name

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Every person is different, but it can be hard to balance work/outside life as if you are a Ground Ops employee (ramp, customer service, operations) you will work a very crazy schedule. Don't expect to have weekends and holidays off.

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Being gone days at a time

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None for a large company