Manchester Airports Group Careers and Employment

New recruits avoid. At the moment average pass rate in training is 30%. Example:- 20 in training, only 4 will pass first time, then another 2 will pass the resit leaving 6. The rest will have no job. Out of the 6 remaining 2 will leave within six weeks. You also have to resit this test (NXCT) every 12 months. You only get three attempts, if you fail it’s bye byeWorked there for a very long time. Salary and T and C’s were excellent at the start. Approximately £33 to £37k in todays money. Massive pay cuts in 2002 and T and C’s. Typical day. Frisking passengers and staff, X-raying bags, searching bags and loading X-ray machines. Can be very long hours starting at 3am till 3pm four days on the bounce. Working most weekends, nights and any other unsociable hour you can think of!They can change your shifts and days off at short notice. So no work life balance.Remote parking 1.5 miles away from workplace. Allow an extra 40 minutes to your journey to work Will give more information soon. Still on holiday in the Caribbean. Unfortunately there won’t be many positives

Customer service officer in Manchester

on 8 June 2022

Just a bad place to work , has been badly run for some years now

Even before pandemic it was run badly , the usual big company problems higher management not got a clue what’s going on and first line management won’t report problems to them because they feel as though they are at fault

Airside first responder/ ramp in Manchester Airport

on 7 June 2022

Great work mates

I worked at Manchester Airport for 12 months in the ramp. I made some great mates and got into shape. I was unfit and over weight when I started but the job soon sorted me out. I enjoyed the aspects of the job from loading the planes, pushbacks, and driving various vehicles around the airport. Downsides I found were:The management didn’t appreciate how much work was needed on the ramp and this usually hit the working morale. I had two injuries when I was there. I broke my ribs just 6 weeks into starting and didn’t want time off in case I was dismissed (and believe me it hurt doing a physical job like that with broken ribs) then what really did it was breaking my arm. I have no choice with that one but to take time off for recovery. It was during that time off that I decided I’d set up my own business (to help financially) and it just so happened to take off quite well. I loved it at the airport. The lads you work with are great and to be fair, the work is decent. It’s hard work but it’s good work. Just don’t be accident prone like I was.

Security Officer in Manchester

on 3 June 2022

Toxic work environment

Having worked at Manchester Airport for a number of years in a few different roles, I have to say, it’s not a good place to work. If you ask management a question about pay and conditions, you either get lied to or you are ignored in the hope that you will just go away. There is no praise or encouragement off management in your work. However, do anything wrong and they are very quick to act against you. There is very little in place to assist those employees who wish to further their career. In fact, a lot of promotion is purely based on whether you get on with the right people. Many employees work under the constant rule of fear - do anything wrong and you may lose your pass. This is massively detrimental to the morale of the staff, especially those who work in the terminals.Not a fantastic employer at all.

Aviation Security Officer in Manchester

on 6 May 2022

Fun place, met a lot of nice people

I worked here for 4 months and it gave me a great opportunity to understand the ins and outs of how an airport runs (on the security side of things) I definitely recommend others to join there

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