I love working for United Airlines! We get a lot of bad press in the media with unfortunate situations on flights, but I have worked at another J.D. Power awarded airline and much prefer the working conditions at United. I feel respected by all my coworkers, there are many opportunities to become a supervisor or work various other positions in the company, men and women are treated as complete equals as far as pay/seniority/contract rules, there is a lot of flexibility and support for mothers, and I feel safe and excited every time I come to work.

Satisfied Rater Early Career

As in all large companies, there are pockets of the organization which are better than others. United is really a misnomer. It should be called Continental. They forced out much of the United leadership and what remained was pretty much a boy's club. In spite of feedback from employees, not much has been done at headquarters about that. Oscar is obsessed with the front line employees. Most of them (save the flight attendants) are men.

Indifferent Rater Senior-Level

Company culture does not support design or development best practices. Teams do not communicate with one another. Management forces responsibility onto others. Management do not talk openly with staff. Impossible to do good work here.

Very Unsatisfied Rater Mid-Level

Men are highly unprofessional in their communication and nothing is done about it.

Very Unsatisfied Rater Mid-Level

Overall seems equal opportunity but there are no women in highest management positions nor on board of directors. No female-centric career programs are available & w/the exception of breast cancer awareness month, no event s or activities specifically celebrating women

Unsatisfied Rater Mid-Level

As a younger employee, I don't feel that being a woman has held me back from fast promotion. We have a focus on equal hiring and I think our pool of women is increasing in my department. There is not a lot of women leadership to look up to but I believe there will be in time. It is not a flexible job at all but there is support for mothers to take leave and come back and still have the ability to be successful.

Satisfied Rater Early Career

Despite being a mostly male dominated industry, the company is incredibly female friendly. Lots of opportunities for anyone willing to work for them.

Satisfied Rater Mid-Level

United Airlines is a company I am proud to work for not only because of the female-influenced work space, but also because I know my voice is valued at every level. It has been a female-dominated career for some time, but people of all genders and backgrounds are now diversifying the workspace. I've never felt prejudice or sexism in the work place from my colleagues or superiors. As one of the many faces our customers see, I am treated with respect as a valued employee.

Very Satisfied Rater Early Career

The job for women and men as a flight attendant is seniority based and equal. That being said upper management tends to gender bias.
The more seniority you the more flexible you time off is.

Satisfied Rater Senior-Level

Overall not a good company to work for, mainly if you're a woman and foreigner.

Very Unsatisfied Rater

No consistency in training in company overall. Too many levels of management. Employees often promoted to positions that they are not adequately prepared to handle effectively. Left hand often doesn't know what the right hand is doing.

Satisfied Rater Mid-Level

Very female-friendly at the worker level, but would love to see more women in senior management and/or supervisory roles.

Satisfied Rater Early Career

United doesn't really have your back, despite them expecting you to have theirs.

Indifferent Rater Early Career

Upper leadership run primarily by males. Lack of respect from coworkers. Hard to take time off when needed.

Indifferent Rater Mid-Level

All "indifferent" answers as a result of "Seniority based" items. IE: shifts are based on seniority with the company.
IE: cannot work remotely, as it is a mechanic position

Very Satisfied Rater Early Career

Benefits are great. Flexibility of your schedule is fantastic however, due to shortages, you don't get to always take your vacation. Management is predominately male and not strong role models, don't get paid enough for the amount of work you do and the hours worked. 24 hour operation means you work all holidays. Morale low.

Unsatisfied Rater Mid-Level

Company does not have any incentives for women, you don't even have the option to buy short term disability to cover your FMLA eligible leave for maternity leave. They say the reason for this is because you have sick time that you can use during this time. However to get the full 12 weeks worth of FMLA covered with sick time you would first have to work here 10 years and never use a sick day.

Unsatisfied Rater Mid-Level

If you want to be a mother and still work as a flight attendant in particular (though I know management and gate agent hours can be intense as well) here you will have to make huge sacrifices you may not feel comfortable doing especially if you have young children.

Satisfied Rater Mid-Level

Bullies.

Very Unsatisfied Rater

Very tense environment. Union works against management, untrusting management with employees

Very Unsatisfied Rater Senior-Level

As an Airline employee you get looped in with all the benefits. Being able to travel and see the world. But being a female you have to work twice as hard to get half the credit. Extremely degrading place to work. I would never recommend it to anyone. And I would never let my daughter work for an airline. I could have file for harassment many times with coworkers and management. But then you are classified as "that girl" and things just get worse. There are many wonderful people that do work there. But not enough to make it a happy place to work.

Very Unsatisfied Rater Mid-Level

It's tough sometimes.

Unsatisfied Rater Mid-Level

We are penalized for taking our earned sick time, harassed and belitted. As our work group - flight attendant - is seniority based in terms of guarenteed time off requests, not many are awarded to the bottom half of the work force. Our "support" supervisors are not easily approachable and tend to not have answers to, nor work tools to provide us with, for or unique issues. We are hoping for change as there has recently been a shake up at the top - CEO ousted among 2 other top tier management positions.

Anonymous Rater