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It was fine

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Fine, pay wasn’t great, long hours, poor management, people were great, learned a lot in experience of working and got to go to different places becuase of it
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Amazing Cabin Crewe staff, shame that they are not valued by their employer and not retained

Parents view. Employer does not care about staff. HR policies and contracts are not shared until the 6 weeks training is passed. They are written to protect the company firstly, not to encourage staff to grow and feel valued or to retain them. I am not surprised that they are constantly hiring. There is zero empathy shown by base management who obviously have their hands tied and unable to make decisions themselves about sensible reasons for needing last minute time off or a shift change. I have been involved in corporate employment for 20 years and in my experience this set up is the worst seen.
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Best Job

I love it. Will never get enough of it. Only downside can be standby days in which you only have an hour to get to the airport which can kind of stress you. But the crew and job in itself is the best.
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Awful

Started my 6 week course in June, left on day 3 screamed at by staff for failing a test we knew nothing about? Also screamed at and made to look silly in front of the rest of class for signing wrong part of sheet for uniforms
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Don’t do it

Awful company, fire and rehire, all agency contracts including pilots contracts too! Don’t care about the staff … avoid at all costs if you want a happy life
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Long hrs, poor management, bullying, and so much more!

You are given 5 days on and 3 off but during those 3 days you will be at home resting off those previous 5 days of long hours that you had worked. Even after resting during those 3 days, you will still feel as though you need more time to rest as that's how exhausting and crazy the hours are worked.
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many cons, very few positives

The hours are very high, which yes is expected but you can work way past overtime due to delays. Minimum rest is a very common thing! Considering they expect so much from you as crew, they don’t allow you to rest or eat properly - which then of course leads to many more issues. In fairness, the job itself was enjoyable and not too crazy the majority of their time, but there are so many issues underlying the role itself. You can meet a great range of people, but you never tend to work with the same people, especially as they’re recruiting so many people as of recently. Another issue which a lot of airlines/crew don’t face is the fact that us crew pay for A LOT. such as your airport ID (£100+), your medical exam (nearly £200), your parking (£70 monthly), your sick days! and after all that, there is no crew food which other airlines most definitely do offer. Of course it can be different for everyone and every base but my experience put me off cabin crew for good, unfortunately. And although the negatives outweigh the positives, I will say that the pay is good. If you work plenty enough which i’m sure you will, you will get a great monthly wage. Although i’m sure this may vary from person to person and base to base but in my experience, I was always working maximum hours whilst the rest of the people from my training course were working about 50 hours less than me per month! This is great for a wage but for work and life balance it isn’t. Especially knowing that your colleagues aren’t getting the same crazy hours as you. But this can also be a positive for some people! It’s honestly - 

Pros

Pay, Colleagues, The job itself, No sick pay

Cons

Long hours, Minimum rest, Payments
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Avoid at all cost

Really long hours (14 hour days average) constant delays which we aren't paid for, only get paid whilst flying, if you have any problems there's no roeoy however if they want you it's an email within an hour
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Alright

Working at Ryanair was good and bad. You have great fun flying and the majority of the crew are lovely however the base supervisors are quite rude and unreasonable sometimes. Over all it’s a good job to have if you’re not in the crew room
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Aweful management and leadership.

Most aweful management and leadership I encountered in my professional life. Good for social life if you are young and at bigger or summer base. STN manager is a witch.

Pros

Social life

Cons

Everything else.
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low pay high workload

pay was low and workload was bad, management was rude but the staff and coworkers were all friendly but the diversity is kinda sparse, some staff are unserious
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Unorganised and unsupervised!

The hardest part of the job is the hours. It's very hard to balance a work- life. The xompamynitswlf is very in organised and all over the place. The base supervisors there are very useless. There is many internal issues within the company that needs to be addressed and sorted. The only reason anyone stays it to get experience to move on to a different airline. The pay is good and the other cabin crew are great and you get to meet a lot of people. After your shift you get to go home there are no over night stays unless necessary which is barely.

Pros

There are some nice staff and you meet a lot of new people, the pay is good, you are given a roster so you know what you are doing for the next week, majority of the time you get to go back home after shift (No over night stays)

Cons

Unorganised company, useless base supervisors, some rude cabin supervisors (no1)
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Join a different airline you will be put off cc

I was based in Bhx , the Job was good but the people and company wasn’t . The staff have nothing better to do than talk bad about others , I’d say join a different airline so ur not disappointed and won’t be put off most of the people I did my training with have already left it’s that bad !!! The pay is horrible you get more at maccies . It’s just overall horrible to

Pros

Nothing

Cons

Everything
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Productive and interesting

If you empathic and love to help people get their problems solved, you will love it here. A fast paced environment during business peak hours. Managers are good listener
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Management

Management don’t look after their staff nor are they sympathetic. They talk about their staff in public spaces within the ears of other crew members. They break every possible rule and face no consequences. Take advantage of their staff as well as making it very difficult for new starters.They tell you not to fly with blocked sinuses but as soon as you have a single day off due to a burst ear drum, sinus infection or tonsillitis you are made to feel like the worst person on the planet.

Pros

Passengers are the only pros

Cons

management, staff, hours, pay
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Nice work

Nice to work with but management is bad.Roster is quite nice tho, having 5 days on and 3 days off is very nice.Working hours aren't tiring but passengers treat you bad
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PLEASE AVOID THIS COMPANY! Wish I did :(

Awful company! Awful management! Most the managers are bullies. They will not stop until they’ve broken you. They are jealous and pick on young aspiring cabin crew. The pay is disgusting with how much the company earns they need to pay the staff better. No job security at all. You are so excited after passing the interview and training and when you get to doing it, it’s completely awful. Avoid! Avoid! Avoid!

Pros

None

Cons

Too many
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Shocking. Poor management

Don’t have a pre booked holiday because they won’t honour it and then sack you once your probation is almost up. Not a care in the world for their employees
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Shocking company

Staff are rude, they don’t let you take holiday, the pay is not what is advertised. There’s no support and you have no life outside of work as you get called on on your days off.
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Good way to get into the industry

It is easy to get a job here, so a good way to start to see if you like being cabin crew. At the end of the day, all cabin crew do the same thing. It is just different uniform, different type of passengers and stay overs at other airlines. It is easy to get a promotion too, which is good experience. I enjoy it here. It is more easy going then most airlines.

Pros

Good crew, relaxing, promotions, Good work schedule

Cons

Passengers and no scheduled breaks
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No pay, no management, no mental health

The amount of times I have been paid incorrectly, they can not provide me with a full wage slip ie, the hours I’ve done and the sales I’ve gained. They will pay you what they like. There is next to no management, they will bring you down for no apparent reason, and you will always feel physically and emotionally drained. If you want to pursue your dream as Cabin Crew, Ryanair isn’t the place to do it

Pros

Amazing crew

Cons

Everything
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Based on 768 reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance
2.7 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits
2.9 out of 5 stars for Job security/advancement
2.6 out of 5 stars for Management
2.9 out of 5 stars for Culture

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