Ryanair reviews

3.3

58% would recommend to a friend

(1,918 total reviews)
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Michael O'Leary

55% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Ryanair has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,918 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ryanair employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transporte y logística industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Sep 10, 2017

No care about personnel

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Pros

Flight x hour pay was ok, you come back home after work, 3 days off, some collegues are very nice. 1200 euros new joiners allowance. But not if you leave the company before 1 year.

Cons

No chance to have a permanent contract after years in the base you want to be even if you stay there 10 years in a renewed fixed term contract, no extra hours paid, no sick pay, standby days not paid, no food or drink and only on a standby staff travel and have to pay for it, sometimes moore expensive than a pax normal ticket. The work clima is competitive between collegues, fighting for on board sales bonus, bullying sometimes or just stressed people. Long hours 4 sectors most of the time wake 4am morning and back home 6 pm or from 11.00 am till 12.00 midnight. You have to pay the course and all expensive. No transports paid or benefit at all. Ive never been rewarded for nothing even if i had good sales skills or worked for long days, never had a complimentary letter, nothing, management really totally don't care, only letters to report you if you do a little thing stupid, if you get sick to many times with a medical certificate, you are punished with no christmas or summer annual leave, no base transfer opportunity, or having a meeting with management in Dublin. In general it is only a punishment environment the only way to have small benefits its by recomendation or be very friend of management. No basic salary, that mean 0 euros if you are based in a seasonal base expect minimum of 3 month without flying i had 5, standby months only 1 day of work in one month.

1.0
Dec 10, 2015
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Pros

You meet lots of international people, sometimes the crew is funny, stable roster (5-2 off-5-3 off), good salary during summertime only. Lots of bases around Europe, possibility to get a transfer anywhere based only on you sales performance.That's all.

Cons

You have to pay for your training course (2000 € approx) to give in advance or giving 1200 € in advance and then deduction from salary for the next 8 months. Totally sales orientated airline, with managers and supervisors blaming on you if you don't sell beers, chips, scratchcards etc, making you feeling like an undeserving person. You have to pay for your uniform every month, actually a really crap uniform, not sized and low quality material. Initial salary with training deduction is 600 to 800 € depending on how many hours you fly and the base, first months are really difficult to survive, struggle to eat. You have to pay for your staff travel, if you want to go back home you have to pay minimum 50 € one way, infact it's better checking the online Ryanair website for cheaper fares, even because as a staff travel your seat is not guaranteed. No food for crew, you have to pay even for your Kitkat, or bottle of water. They keep you on stress continuosly, and if you call sick it's going to be a fight between you and the company, they gonna investigate on you, on why you called sick, what do you eat, and giving you ultimatum that in case you call sick again you going to be dismissed, that is what happened to me. Promotions and base transfers based purely on a sales performance and attendance basis. If you leave the company before one year contract, you need to pay 200 € plus the holidays you had in the past plus the allowance they gave to you at the beginning for a total of 1000 € approx. Base supervisors always ready to blame on you, checking your grooming, checking your bags, and stressing you all the time. Competitions always in progress between crew members, who sells a lot could win trips or dinners.

1.0
Apr 24, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good value for parking at the office grounds, allowed to bring in own milk and tea bags, allowed to pay for own stationary

Cons

You have to pay to park your car at the company car park. Says it all really. Im suorised they dont expect you to pay for your office chair too. Probably was considered. Treated like a slave by bullies who would push you under a bus to get a promotion. Managers have zero respect for team, think working late every night is something to be proud of. Laughed at and mocked hourly for no reason. Constantly questioned if u take any sick days. Actually luaghable in hindsight ...

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