February 7, 2018: United was named a 2018 best place to work by Glassdoor — this is the same airline that set new standards for the industry last year when they man handled a passenger and physically dragged him off a flight for not wanting to give up his seat as part of their convoluted over booking system — since changed.
With an overall company rating of 4.3 (on a scale of 1-5) – a significant increase from 3.2 in 2015 – United was ranked 55 on Glassdoor’s 100 Best Places to Work – which ranked companies with more than 1,000 employees. In addition, United also earned a Best Places to Interview award for 2017, ranking 28th on the list of 100. Glassdoor has more than 35 million reviews and insights for more than 700,000 companies, all of which can be considered for the awards.
During a fireside chat Oscar (UAL president who was slammed by everyone for how he originally mishandled the event) attended the 2017 Glassdoor Annual Conference in September, Glassdoor founder and CEO Robert Hohman emphasized United achieved “one of the biggest turnarounds in employee sentiment” that he has ever seen, which Oscar attributed to his “listen, learn and then lead,” approach toward earning trust and improving employee morale. “Listen learn and lead” — new concept for any airline to undertake these days — lets hope it works — how about listening to numerous complaints about smaller seats and fewer onboard restrooms on your planes? Anyone listening?
