Pros
- flight benefits - brand recognition - profit share made up for low pay (although the formula has now changed) - 401k (10% match, with 5% vesting immediately) Decent entry-level job. Managers are so checked out, you can coast your way through while taking advantage of the flight benefits.
Cons
- large and inefficient workforce - clueless at technical hiring - limited career mobility - lack of vision/direction - corporate politics - no diversity + inclusion in leadership Working in RM is like a perpetual internship. If you're looking for a corporate job with underchallenging low-caliber work, go for it. If you play the part, you might make it to a mediocre manager role, where you'll work long hours without even breaking six figures. The work will be unchallenging and will not translate to other industries (microsoft excel, access, sabre - like we never left the 90s). If you're a woman, person of color, or lgbtq it will take you twice as long to get promoted and even then, you'll hit a ceiling at middle management while leadership takes credit for your work. If you speak out about the lack of diversity or challenge the status quo, hr will actively silence and blacklist you. If you're looking for long-term career growth, don't stay for longer than 1-2 years. Make sure you're investing in your career outside of your day to day work. You will learn little to no marketable job skills unless you're just trying to climb the management ladder. When I left to work in tech my salary doubled to high six digits, well above director-level pay, but that involved a ton of outside education that JetBlue did not compensate or acknowledge me for.