Ryanair reviews

3.3

58% would recommend to a friend

(1,921 total reviews)
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Michael O'Leary

55% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Ryanair has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,921 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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3.0
Apr 18, 2016

good and bad depends on the point of you

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Pros

I learnt English, I met the best people Im still in touch with. As a personal experience, and for learning lots in short amount of time, it is the right company to kick start your career. After i you will get lots of great job offers . Saalry is OK only if you fly a lot BUT recently ESPECIALLY ALL WINTER, they force you to take UNPAID LEAVE. I had good experience time.

Cons

NO PAY IN WINTER or very low pay. No basic salary, as most of us were contracted by AGENCIES. So we were NOT ryanair employees. Unpaid leave in winter 1-2 months.. Fly schedule is UNFLEXIBLE. They threaten people after 6 months onwards that if they dont sale more on board they get fired, and randomly they fire people with any excuse. IF AS CABIN CREW you are sick (3-5 days in a row) they invite you to a meeting (so that you are warned that nxt sick you are out).... they did this even to people who worked there for 5 years, and never got sick.. Then, they had ear ache (as crew you CANNOT fly , it is forbidden by law and by doctors) WELL YOU gt threaten every day . They do treat people with disrespect if they can.

2.0
Apr 16, 2016
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Pros

You can live in many interesting places. You can live in a country without knowing its language and learn there (Ryanair doesn't require other languages than english). It's relatively well-organised airline - good maintenance, not much mess with delays, cancellations, crew being out of hours etc. Good general and safety training. It can be a good experience at the beginning but I don't advise staying in Ryanair longer than a year or two.

Cons

Very poor conditions. People do not matter for Ryanair. As long as there will be anybody willing to work for them, their approach is "if you don't like conditions, nobody stops you here". Juniors get paid only for flight hours with pax onboard (I had once a day 3pm-7am for which I got paid nothing). Quite bad organisation culture, that supports reporting your colleagues, big salary and perks difference between juniors and seniors. New contracts are always worse that the old ones and you're forced to sign a new contract when you want (or have to) change the base. The company is very sales-oriented so there are various sales targets and supervisors are unhappy if you don't reach them. Deal is simple - you got job to do and you earn money when you do it - nothing more, nothing less.

1.0
Apr 15, 2016

Ordeal

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Pros

Get to know people. Gives you the opportunity to live abroad. I cannot think of anything else. Only a good option for people looking for their first job.

Cons

Awful base salary. No promotion options. To sales-focused. You only get paid for the hours you are actually flying.

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