What are Ryanair like to work for?

Libertine07

Just wondering if anyone here has worked for Ryanair, or knows someone who has? Are the rumours true?

My sister has been offered an admin job with them and she's not sure whether to accept it or not. I've heard they work their staff really hard and treat them pretty badly, plus she's coming from Rathfarnham which means braving the 16A every day.

I know she wasn't overly impressed when she went for the interview (said the place was like a madhouse)

Any opinions would be appreciated...

BuffyBot

Generally, for those sort of jobs it isn't too bad - yes, it'll probably be a bit harder than some other companies, but non-frontline staff don't have it quite as bad as others.

secret_squirrel

They arent as bad as you would believe - especially if you arent frontline staff.

I know some one who works there - its busy work, and they are hard but fair. The pay isnt necessarily as bad as you would expect either.
There's very little beauracracy and the extend a fair amount of responsibilty to you.

There's also generally a good vibe there apparently.

PhoenixRising

Think Victorian sweatshop.

Don't go near them. There's hardly any Irish people left in Ryanair now as most have left. The majority of employees are now foreign nationals.

They have an appalling reputation for treating staff poorly. Michael O'Leary is in court on an almost weekly basis to defend himself against disgruntled staff. In a recent case that the pilots took which reached the High Court, Leo Smyth High Court Judge, found that Ryanair management had lied under oath and that Ryanair's management style 'bore all the hallmarks of oppression'.

Stay away. You have been warned.

Ms Inquisitive

Personally, I haven't worked for them but I have a close friend who did!
Worked to the bone and any ask is never enough for them. In the economy today, there has to be more optimal empoyers although I understand that any job is a step on the right ladder!
If I was in her position, I'd go no where near them!

Libertine07

Thanks for the replies. She's waiting to hear back from an interview she did for a different company so hopefully she gets that one. Have to say if it was me I'd be a little wary

Ibjiba

Some examples:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1468517,00.html

http://www.ryan-be-fair.org

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CWU/is_2005_March_22/ai_n13464297

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1448262,00.html

If you search you'll find loads more. Like how they'll fire you if you are sick (sorry link not in english: http://www.lon-jobb.nu/artikel.phtml?id=1501) and that the flying personel have to pay for their uniforms and education themselves.

secret_squirrel

Again most of those complaints are from flying staff. Thats not what the OP was asking about.

I would also point out that a lot of flying staff use ryan air to get a foot on the ladder and then move on to other carriers.

The mobile phone bit isnt great - but lets be honest - very trivial.

As others have said for the non front line staff its like any other hard work 9-5er.

Thargy

The mobile phone bit isnt great - but lets be honest - very trivial.

Trivial? Its just ONE example of the TRIVIALITIES they subject their staff to. How about the direction to bring your own pens into work - or steal them from a hotel if possible.:rolleyes:
The company suffers the repercussions of having a dysfunctional personality at its helm.
Stay well away - or resign yourself to accepting the consequences.