What is the work, WLB, comp, and benefits like for a SWE in the Airline Industry? I travel frequently and I thought about applying to one of these companies for the flight benefits. TC: 113.8k YoE: 2
You would likely take a pay cut from your current TC. Tbf tho, the travel benefits are awesome. And if you land at southwest you can a killer 401k
What's SW 401k look like? Better than 10%?
Are the travel benefits anything an extra say...20k/year wouldn't be equal to?
You don’t want to be a SWE at a company that doesn’t sell software. When cost cuts occur, you become very expendable.
If you want to just join for the flight benefits, don't. If you want to join for other benefits, still don't. Getting an SWE position at a software company with a good TC is better than joining SWE at any airlines. You would rather want to work as an SWE elsewhere for higher pay and pay full price for your flights anywhere than join an airlines and pay discounted or no airfare.
Used to work at an airline DON'T DO IT. The TC you get from a tech company as waaaay more than the flight benefits can comp you for. Also note: The flight benefits imo are only good if you're single (traveling with my SO on standby just seemed way more stressful) and even if you travel every month (trust me I did) the max you'll probably spend is 10k-15k 😑on flight tickets.
Looks like the overall takeaway here is to up your TC elsewhere and then that's your flight benefit
This thread pretty much grounded my desire to work at an airline.
What is said here is pretty much accurate. The benefits don't offset the TC hit you would take.
If you get to embedded code and control, I strongly recommend you have an aviation background so you know not to repeat a 737max. Also the more senior you get the more legal documents you need to sign and take responsibilities.
Airline SWE <> Tech SWE Also, Most flight benefits are based on your hire date, even we use mikes.
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