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Originally Posted by Chris_Ford  Have any of you guys actually ever worked somewhere outside of the airline business? There are a lot of companies that are really good to their employees. Yes, there are those that are crap to their employees also, but there are some altruistic companies out there. |
Yep. Let's do the rundown....
Chili's, not too bad. Free food, crappy pay check. Worked like a slave.
Disney, really crappy paycheck, worked even harder to make rent, but I got to ride cool rides for free.
Universal, see Disney, but slightly higher on the $$$
Sea World, actually treated okay, worked about the same, more $$$ and free beer every month.
Southwest, oops, that's the airline industry.....
Not a damn one of those not in the airline industry did I feel like (or was treated better than) a cog in the machine. Incidentally, the Disney job was even union. But, since the company had the union in their back pocket, it didn't really matter. I could have been easily replaced at most of them (until I reached the supervisor level at the theme parks), so there was really no need for the company to make an attempt at retaining my services. I was an employee number attatched to a pay stub to them. I watched ticket prices skyrocket while my wages stayed the same and managers got "productivity bonuses."
The question is, where have you worked Chris outside of aviation that you weren't treated like an easily replaceable, cog in the machine?