United Airlines Employer Reviews

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A typical day at work means showing up for the preflight planning, meeting with rest of working crew members, looking into the flight plan, weather, airplane maintenance records, briefing the flight attendants, talking about any special needs, turbulence and safety matters.
Going to the airplane, – more... accomplishing the cockpit set up and getting ready to fly.
During flight, keeping the main cabin crew and passengers update and informed about the progress of our flight.
Preparing for our final approach and landing, evaluating different outcomes, if weather does not cooperate.
I lernt, the importance of relating to co-workers, before, during and after the operation, to facilitate rapport, and effective working environment.
The hardest part is to be effective engaging everybody in the task at hand.
At the end of the day the most enjoyable part of the job, is the internal joy of having accomplish your duty safely as leader, as pilot, as a colleague. – less

Very interesting/challenging industry with a lot of consolidation and change recently. Tough company to advance in because everyone has a lot of seniority. Frequent layoffs and re-orgs also make it challenging. Management making an effort to improve the culture and invest in the business.

An interesting place to work to say the least, multiple cultures and values intertwined under a common roof to serve the general public. It makes for a great learning experience daily in the area of personal relations. Management is friendly and understanding and readily available. I've learnt several ways of dealing with conflict and customer satisfaction – more... just from the varying amount of people i come across daily. The hardest part would be not being able to satisfy everyone, an unrealistic expectation but frustrating on each instance. As a people person the most enjoyable part would be meeting new people daily and learning something new about places and cultures – less

Great place to work but not much room to advance unless you move out of state.

Overall, working in the airlines industry is a lot of fun because of the many different people we interact with. Also there is an adrenaline rush in completing the tasks necessary to complete passenger boarding and assisting in having flight leave on time. The hardest part of the job was to smooth situations in which passengers' bags were lost or damaged.

-A typical at work would start by a part being order by a Mec. and I would pick and pull the part that was ordered by part number, then I would drop the part off to the Mec. at the terminal requested and get a signature from Mec. stating he receive the part.
-I learned a lot of part number by heart and how to get my job done as safely and quickly as – more... possible.
-The Chain of commend was outstanding at United Airlines
-I had great co-workers at united airlines, great teamwork
-the most enjoyable part of the job was just coming to work everyday and of course the flight benefits. – less

We would start out with a briefing, typically 10 minutes. I learned how to handle complaints and stress, along with rebooking, checking people in, and selling tickets. Managers would support us in case of a complain. The hardest part about the job was when I could not do anything to help the passenger out, and it was the airlines fault that his/her – more... plans were delayed. I really enoyed working alongside people who would help out at any moment. – less

The company United Airlines had hired a contract company call Faro, which they hired staffmangment to hire the people. The department that I work for is exports. That is in the cargo department in the Untied Airlines building. The compary kicked off in december of 2012 at that location. It was very hacked there very unoranized. But as months past we – more... started to get the hang of things and it was smooth sealing. The company was starting to get like a family business. They have the wife and husband as supervisors, they dad as a warehouse lead and the cousin as export lead. The job kept changing things every couple of weeks. My hours changed every month. Its a job. – less

Until the 2003 bankruptcy, UAL, like all major airlines, had flight attendants who worked until their 80's. We had so many benefits and perks, no one ever quit. The bankruptcy changed everything but I miss the job and wish I'd stayed a few more years.
The best part of the job was talking to people with such diverse backgrounds. That was a real learning – more... experience for a small town girl. We rarely saw management as we worked on our own and the supervisory positions changed often. The hardest part of the job was commuting from Texas to Denver or Chicago on stand-by.
My co-workers changed monthly but we were all part of the same family and worked amazingly well in a small confined space. – less

There's never a dull moment at United Airlines. The day is always busy. Meeting new and diverse cultures is always a plus for personal and professional growth. Management tries their best to puzzle together a negative situation. It can be a stressful job however, most of the employees are easy to work along with. Hardest part of the job is working an – more... oversold flight and having to deny customers boarding cause there are no more seats left. Most enjoyable part of the job is the free flying perks. Currently there really isn't no job security for agents as the company is highly considering out sourcing... – less

flying privileges immediately active
learned a ton about safety
learned a ton about integrity and accountability
great opportunity to work on a team
exceptional experience working in and around planes

United is a great company to work, especially if your heart is in the travel industry. It's challenging but I've had the priviledge of working with some really terrific people that have become life-long friends.

When I began there, it was a marvelous place to work. Changes in the industry and a recent merger have changed that.

I been with united airlines for seven years and I love doing customer service because you get to meet different people on a everyday bases. This job is very enjoyable and flexible.

A typical day at work will be filled with challenges that required quick thinking to resolve problems in an amicable way to either my Employers or my co workers.
When I was a supervisor my greatest challenge was coordinating my department to follow work rules so that the various airport departments run efficiently and without any set backs that can – more... be costly to the company.
my co-workers were pretty supportive. They would be surprised at how adaptable I was to what the issues at hand was. One employee asked what really do we do here my answer. "We are the behind the scenes of the airport operations and a support to the front line employees so we do whatever it takes to make a day at Continental a happy and successful one."
The hardest part of the job was bad weather days because all you can do is try to accommodate everyone while most times the end results would be mis-connections and layovers which was not always a welcomed proposition.
The most enjoyable part of the job was taking care of the passengers listening to their needs and working things out that they are satisfied or sometimes even when you have to say no, they felt satisfied that you did all that you could do, to make the experience on that particular call an enjoyable one – less

Began in reservations and resigned from Inflight Services. Totally enjoyable experience working for the then largest airline in the US. Excellent model and training in Customer Service - whether on the phone, ticket counter or in the air. As an Inflight Service Supervisor managed all aspects of the customer in-flight experience coupled with providing – more... return flight reservations, auto rentals, and general custormer service (withiout infringing on Flight Attendant duties). – less

This job experience was amazing for me. I was able to work at the airport with a great airline. I was able to benefit and gain some knowledge while working for United Airlines.

Great fun fast paced work environment. A typical day at united consist of between 6 to 8 flights in a eight hour shift. I learned how process and create load manifest for different types of aircrafts, also learned how to properly balance the weight on aircrafts. Co-workers a pretty cool for the most part. The best part of the job is working outside. – more... the free flights are a plus. – less

Love the flight benefits and the health benefits. This company is an amazing place to work for.

Good company to work for, travel benefits were great. Sometimes it was hard when you had customers yelling at you. Fellow employees were very friendly and helpful.