FAA reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,455 total reviews)

Pete Buttigieg | Michael G. Whitaker | Kathryn “Katie” Thomson

68% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

FAA has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,455 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FAA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Gobierno y administración pública industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews
5.0
Oct 9, 2012

Air traffic controller

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Air traffic controllers have one of the best salaries all around. They have a comfortable environment and receive awesome benefits. if you want to make six figures a year just sitting down. this is the job for you.

Cons

A highly stressful job. You have almost over 1000 people's live in your hands on a weekly basis. You may work for almost 24 hours sometimes but you get compensated for it.

4.0
Sep 23, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stable, predictable, very large organization, few surprises, good local management, and a generally hard working group.

Cons

Predictably: not very flexible, deciisions are based on funding cycles and not necessarily on what is best for the organization at the time, pay constraints are based upon FAA wide standards so performers are not well recognized, there is difficulty in eliminating poor performers as there is a disincentive for management - lots of work over a long period and then the posibility of no back-fill, budgets are tight so staffing is constrained, and senior management is not well versed in information assurance.

3.0
Aug 20, 2012

Life in the FAA

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, some good people

Cons

Different shift everyday, no weekends off, stress, watch your own back with your coworkers

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