CYA, Status Quo, Equal Results, and Old Timers - Anonymous employee Alaska Airlines Employee Review

3.0
31 Mar 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great VP for IT. There are [only] a couple of bright spots in management.

Cons

Too much complacency and acceptance of status-quo. Promotions are equal regardless of performance and achievement. H/R works hard to low-ball promotion rate. IT is often the obstacle for other divisions. IT likes to limit choices with convoluted policies driven by leaders that have little care for customer service. Leaders are driven by an overly conservative approach that only benefits the leaders and not the company.

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3.0
5 June 2026
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Pros

Good work environment and culture. Leadership is strong.

Cons

Terrible compensation practice. Outdated approach, especially with corporate back office roles. Leaders have zero say in salaries. The compensation team has an outdated approach to pay and are not open to stay with the current market trends and challenging to partner with. There needs to be a willingness to change and align with the local job market. There needs to be an openness to listen to leaders' input. Its hard to hire and hard to attract retain good employees when we are competing with local employers in the Seattle area that offer better pay. It is very challenging to work with a compensation leader and team that do not listen.

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