I was discriminated as my background, culture, beliefs, & ethnicity are not welcomed at American Airlines. Non equal opportunity, & ethnical bias is evident. AA is not a diverse place. Seems like only certain ethnicities can thrive there. My manager said that I had to go to the AA Dallas headquarters for a week due to a team activity. However, my AA manager did not allow me to expense the business trip… ⚠️I had to PAY FOR THE ENTIRE BUSINESS TRIP WITH MY OWN SALARY ⚠️. No free flights. I payed for hotel, food, gas, etc. I went anyways as it was was non-optional. I spent my entire week's salary to pay for that business trip. Entry leve & contractors are micromanaged & spied through their work computers. When my work computer started having VPN & network issues, I reached out to IT, they told me that they flagged my computer’s IP for “inappropriate use of the internet”, although, I solely used the computer for work. There was no explanation on why my computer had an "internet disciplinary behavior infraction”. I found out that AA IT had access to my bookmarks & personal private information through my work computer. 1 of the IT employees oddly told me through the phone to access a gaming site (Battle.net), which was deep into my bookmarks' folders, in order to get authenticated & temporarily unblock my IP. I had to access that site every time. I felt like they were laughing at my face. IT said that they can’t help me because I was a contractor & not a full-time. They told me that I needed to constantly switch proxies. Everything went well the first 8 weeks. I successfully completed multiple project. However, mysteriously after 8 weeks, my VPN stopped working. The computer’s IP address & proxy were blocked. It took me hours to connect every single day, & then it was randomly unblocked. I couldn’t work for the first few hours of the day as everything on my work computer was unaccessible/unauthorized, except for calls with my team. Most of the relevant internet’s sites were restricted/blocked. I have evidence to believe that my manager removed my access to the VPN. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out there was corruption & collusion going on internally at AA in order to kick out people that “din’t belong” due to their ethnicity & views/perspectives. My computer wasn’t able to connect to the AA Dallas headquarters network. I asked my manager if they could give me another computer, she refused. I felt forced to work on my personal computer, & was very uncomfortable, I felt like I had no privacy. Working on my personal computer didn't solve the issue but allowed me to connect to the VPN more often. I couldn't get much work done. Everyone on my team said that they didn't know what the problem was. My manager told me to not worry about it & give it some time. Weeks later, I got fired for 'poor performance' without any notice. When I first came to AA Dallas headquarters, the front desk woman asked me for my batch, I didn't have one. She then asked me for my ID & wallet. I was relatively new so I was scared to refuse, she emptied my wallet on the table & said “none of these IDs work. My manager came 2h later to let me in. Once I got in, my manager did not even introduce me nor showed me around, she left me in the first floor with IT (which is not my field). I ended up touring myself around, & on the last floor, I was interrogated by a white haired man about many things such as why I was walking around on my own, my employee ID, & where was my manager — I told him that I was getting to know the workspace as it was my first day at the AA office. it made me feel like a criminal. The discrimination I faced at AA didn't stop me from success. Months after being fired, I got a job at a FAANG as a software engineer. None of the AA problems happened there. My current job has been amazing for the past year, full of inclusion, diversity, non-bias, & leadership. Everyone should be treated equally & with respect, & have access to equal opportunities. All I want is for AA to stop discriminating its 'different' employees. #engineering #software #swe #aa #americanairlines #softwareengineer
Paying for your own business trip is a bit odd unless you did join the company at that location. The employer does have total access on all of your company issues devices so that is not unusual
No employee should ever use their salary to pay for a work related trip. AA doesn't care about entry levels tho.
After reading 10% of this post I decided never to fly AA. BTW, they didn't let my dog fly in the cabin so had to fly in Spirit.Screw AA
It is possible truth for other airline companies.
Lol, my comments might sound offensive but most of the racist people i ever met worked in AA. These are those kind of people whom AA should actually let go but have been nesting them from ages. Oh and by the way, engineering in AA is everything about how software should not be designed and infrastructure should not be established. Its a big joke.
totally agree. AA has the most racist people and almost seems like they take pride on it. The more racist, the more they promote you, that's what a colleague told me.
I think its hilarious they wouldn't even give you a flight there, seeing it is an airline and you are going to their global headquarters
New FAANG?
Ive been working at AA in Dallas location for almost a year and have total opposite experience than yours. Being in the minority too I can't believe that happened to you.
you are very lucky
My theory is because OP was a contractor and contractors in general have been known to be treated differently and poorly compared to full timers
I’m happy for you. You got back up and didn’t let that shit manager stop you. I never liked AA to begin with.
Idk if you'll find many people on here who ever considered working at AA but thanks for the heads up