Great job for a sometimes terrible employer - Air Traffic Controller FAA Employee Review

4.0
Sep 13, 2014
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Pros

Excitement, job satisfaction, doing something that gives one a great sense of self worth and good pay and good benefits make it a good job.

Cons

Top heavy management, getting a new boss every 2-4 years when there are national elections. Controllers often don't make good Supervisors of people. The skills that make someone an excellent controller don't often transfer to the management of human beings. There are some that are great, but the vast majority don't do well at it.

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Cons

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