Pros
easyJet claim to offer a competitive salary, and they are true to their word with many salaries rivalling those in London. Staff Travel is also a useful benefit, along with free shares and an annual performance related bonus. Easyet tend to hire a certain type of person 'The Easyjet fit' - easy breezy, positive, can do folk, and this means that you are surrounded by like-minded colleagues and there is generally a positive buzz and atmosphere around the building. Our CEO is genuinely inspirational and fabulous at what she does. You will always be busy, maybe bored with the task, but always busy. Days absolutely fly by and there is definitely no time for clock watching. Little freebies such as 'Krispy Kreme' days boost staff morale, every little helps.
Cons
In the People (HR) Team where I worked, the leadership team tend to behave like an elite group. Do not naively assume that you will get a 'hello' them if you pass them in the corridor, as you would be wrong. There were perhaps one or two individual exceptions to this rule. It was disappointing that a group of people who existed to set the standard for the wider team could not get these basics right. Seriously, it takes 2 seconds to smile and say hello. Development in the People Team was absolutely non-existent. Progression in the People Team at Easyjet is down to the loudness of your voice, not your talent. This leads to some very dubious promotions. You will be told that your development is solely down to you to drive, do not expect any support, unless it is the mention of the ever-distant dangling carrot and the many hoops lined up along the way to jump through. The carrot is a mirage by the way, you never get there, as I learned. The hoops exist though. Workload in the People Team at all levels is phenomenal. People deal with this in different ways, I do think you have to be a certain type of person to thrive on it. Being busy is manageable until pressure creeps in, and in that case Management support is hit or miss, you can either be listened to or, on the other hand, interrogated as to why you can't cope (neither of which lead to a solution and probably a 'we'll just have to get on with it' response) . Being low-cost, they will push you as far as they can rather than hire additional resource. I am not sure when that breaking point is, I left before I could find out.
