Southwest Airlines Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Pros

Great 401k flight benefits health insurance.

Cons

No work life balance. Good luck being able to use your flight benefits since you will never be able to take any time off. Expectations of a shift were 4pm until 1230am (if all the flights landed on time) and then be back to work for your next "shift" from 330am until 130pm. Then next month it's a different schedule, and then next month it's another different schedule and so on and so on.. I did that for 15 months and switching from 1st to 2nd to 3rd shift all the time completly burned me out.

Pros

Hard to come up with pros. Pay is decent, but that's only because it's obtained through negotiation by the unions.

Cons

Wow, where to start? No work/life balance unless you day trade. Very toxic work environment and getting worse each day. Tech Ops upper management seems bent on making life miserable for the aircraft mechanics anyway they can. Last manager they hired two years ago came from repair station with a chip on his shoulder and an ax to grind with the mechanics. Not good. Forget about all the glowing reviews you read about this company. Most of them coerced, that is to say, non-contract employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement are forced to write and post positive reviews. Southwest is all smoke and mirrors. All the fun and sunshine and rainbows and daffodils you hear about at Southwest is nothing but PR department propaganda. It's all LIES.

Pros

the benefits was the only thing that kept me there

Cons

-management sucked -no work/life balance -pay only good after 5 years -stressful work and no recognition -really don't care for their employees. don't listen to them when they say they do

Pros

Great if you are single and want to work lots of OT. Travel benefits are awesome!

Cons

No work life balance. Days off are hard to come by and done with internal bid system. Unfortunately losing its “heart” at southwest for its employees.

Pros

Salary the highest in the industry

Cons

Schedule can be challenging to work life balance at times

Pros

Excellent benefits, great people who really care

Cons

Work life balance can be a challenge, because employees work hard and overcome obstacles

Pros

Never ending supply of challenging opportunities, because employees are encouraged to speak up and to drive incremental improvements.

Cons

You have to establish your own personal work-life balance. Pace yourself if you plan to work at SWA for the long haul.

Pros

Good salary and benefits for the most part

Cons

Work life balance to be honest

Pros

Flexible schedule, great benefits, work/life balance. Feel valued

Cons

Away from home a lot

Pros

Great benefits. Love flying free along with my immediate family.

Cons

No work/life balance. After the pandemic they have been working the employees like ROBOTS. A lot of extra responsibilities without extra pay. This job will make you hate people. Union is worthless.