baggage handler

operations supervisor

safety specialist

station agent

duty manager

McGee Air Services

if you wanna take advantage of some flight benefits and nigh-infinite overtime without needing to bring much background to the table, then this might be the spot for you. Mcgee air services did catering and ramp rat work for Alaska airlines during my stay there. the pay was overwhelmingly ok, the benefits were ok, and free (taxed) standby travel are nice bonuses. other than that, no real room for growth beyond the station you apply to. drugs, drama, and washed up jerks are in great supply here. be warned. 

Based on seniority, you are given a schedule.  Those who worked there longer got better schedules.  90% of the time it was only full time positions. don't expect a perfect schedule starting out.  Sometimes you can swap schedules with others, although that is entirely a personal responsibility.  Attendance is strict and the probationary period ends up canning most people.  If you can't show up to work, don't bother.  If flights are heavy and its time to go, you can be "mando'd", or forced to work mandatory overtime.  It sucks, but just a part of the job. 

The job is not for faint of heart; you end up dirty, tired, and feeling stressed out most of the day. you work outside, so expect to be wet, hot, cold, and everything in between. you will get grime, blood, fish juice, and whatever else is placed into the pits of passenger aircraft, and the entire ordeal is un-ergonomic.  You WILL damage your back over time.  You WILL probably develop Tinnitus, regardless of you using hearing protection.  Specifically with Mcgee, you have the added urgency of needing to keep to a timer when doing downloads/uploads, so you have to be fast, efficient, and AUTONOMOUS.  If you don't know how to be productive without being told exactly what to do, you will either learn to, or get hazed out of the job.  Rugged individualism rules the social environment here.

Management is mostly hired up employees.  Nepotism is almost a natural state here, buncha folk related to each other.  Most are fine, some are jerks, all don't quite have control of what happens, and are oftentimes extra hands when work gets busy during the day.  Most people working there are between 20-30 so its as mature as your average high school.  Drama is everywhere, people fought, did drugs, and drank on the job.  Good fun if you don't really care.  Most do not.  best you can do is take your lumps and dodge any "red flag" folk you come across, because you WILL come across em at this place.  Turnover couldn't be much higher at a job like this.  Give it 6 months and you'll be halfway up the seniority list. 

You don't really learn much here beyond the job's responsibilities.  If you want to stick around the Airline industry and make a career of it, then you'll be job hopping to other airlines, with better benefits, and union contracts.  This place should be treated temporarily, if you have the choice. McGee air services has a negative reputation at the PDX branch, for good reason.  The good workers, end up going elsewhere.

Is it fun to work there? 
Heck yeah it is. 
Teams are small, and everyone has to do their part to make sure the flight goes out on time. you get to see an airport at scale, moving in and around machinery that cost more money than you'll ever make in your life.  Marshaling in aircraft with 170 people on board will forever be a memory I remember fondly.  You stand within 30 feet of running turbines, which is dangerous, but cool to see.  The leads push out the aircraft at departure, and for that small window of time, are in control of the flight; that's a cool feeling.  If you find friends here, they very much can be friends for life.  The culture is nice for someone who is open to expanding their horizons. 

My favorite bit of it all was seeing the sunsets.  Possibly one of the more scenic places to work, for city folk.  Feels kinda nostalgic to think on.  Gets foggy too.  Sometimes, at night, you'll hear a 737 touch down on the runway, 200 meters away, and you cant see it or the spotlights, just hear the roar of its airbrakes.  Other days, you'll go from rainstorm, to a sunny afternoon, tarmac still slick with rain, sky opening up to the sun.  I found many an excuse to snap a photo. 

To say the least, I enjoyed the job in facets, and did not enjoy it in others.  It is not for everyone, and if you plan on finding a career to invest in, it might not be for you. 

I was hired by McGee after being screwed royally by its predecessor, Menzies Aviation, and things were very good at first. People were held to a standard, relationships with AS partners were very strong, McGee was a really good place to work.

Then everything went down the toilet! The same crews would not get a lunch everyday but be expected to do repetitive heavy flights while the people that skate by just sit in the break room. It would also have been nice to get approved for that "PTO" that they like to flout so much....good luck getting that request approved if you are not buddy buddy with the ONE GUY in the admin office. 

I left McGee because it was starting to feel like Menzies again (which wasnt good) and that any advancement was going to be slim to none.

I have been able to observe things from the "other side"(other airline) and am quite frankly ashamed of what this once good company has become:

1.) Why have a union if the rep never returns your calls or emails? Should be called the screwnion

2. ) The management team (including sups and leads)  should be built with people chosen for their merit and experience, NOT because they are someones SO/Family member or friend.

3.) Like management, positions in the admin office should be filled based on merit and experience and the ability to be impartial to everyone. Too many times I have been and have seen others denied their hard earned PTO while the same people are showing up on the approved list every week, something wrong with that (but who cares about ethics?)

4.) Dropping the dress and appearance standards was a bad idea. First off, a companies uniform is what ties its employees together and establishes it identity with the public. There is a statistic that the first (and lasting) impression is formed in the first 30 seconds. How are passengers going to feel about agents, who  are untucked (sloppy) and not really uniform with each other, working their flight? More importantly, how are they going to feel about Alaska Air Group as a whole?

In closing, I would refer someone to Best Buy or McDonalds before McGee Air Services! And if they do decide to apply, I will tell them to get ready to go back to a high school environment with enough drama to fill a Costco

You have seen the frequency of posting for various positions her eon this site.  POOR Management, POOR Staffing hours. POOR TRAINING

They have supervisors that are inexperienced in management, conflict resolution, biased, and unable to properly train employees

Training for Fleet Agents is one day, then they will 'throw you to the dogs' and no consistency in training.  They will claim they provide you with employee handbook, but they do not provide anything of that sort

Training for Fleet agents return to the training room,  and go through the OJT checklist but the trainer just makes you go through the check list, and then provide you with the codes instead of any reinforcement of issues.

The frequency of posting on this site is not because they are busy or short staffed but they have an employment retention problem.  They invest in the hiring process, but they really do not know how to keep their employees by treating them fairly.  The "claim to care" but in reality, its misrepresented.

Also, for a subsidiary of Alaska Airlines, this is a really embarrassing company to work for.  You would think, a company (Alaska) that has ranked high on the JD Powers for the past few years, you would think they have this department well developed.

Menzies is the company that was replaced by McGee, but I think to keep in line and them to stop being so frugal, they need to take total ownership of all components of their organization and perfect.  There is potential to be better than the rest, but definitely NOT in this situation.

Once again, this company needs to treat their employees as valued employee, and not as cheap-laborers just leaning aircrafts.

They really need to give their employees the proper tools, equipment, consistent training, and instead of trying to repair broken issues, listen to what the worker-bee's are saying and learn from them.

COMPANY NEEDS TO GROOM EMPLOYEES FOR SUCCESS AND NOT BE SO darn frugal CHEAP AND MAKE THEM CARE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES

Hard to work for a company that promotes individuals who are clearly not qualified to do their specific jobs, you got a ton of people who’ve been there for less than a year in positions that should require experience but due to that lacking of staffing, McGee puts them in the position to straight up fail. Staffing there is the same as management, a complete joke. You got supervisors who don’t know the customer service manual by heart and that’s just sad. How do you expect people to do their jobs correctly if you have supervisors who haven’t ramped long enough to supervisor to begin with yet they’re running the ramp. This is a pathetic company and it shows. Constantly not getting lunches on a weekly basis and because the company is so bad at everything you have to be your own accountant and monitor your hours because payroll won’t pay you for the lunch that you don’t take because the gate-sheet coordinator has to email them saying that you didn’t receive a lunch...and yup they won’t email them so you end up short on your check. This company straight up lies and breaks the law regarding lunches all the time. Because staffing is horrible you’re constantly getting mandatory overtime which they try to say is jr assignment but they don’t even follow that to the T because you have people who’ve been there less that should stay but yet they get to go home early because they know a higher up. They don’t care if you have a fully crew they’ll let you work a flight short handed and tell you he/she is on their way. Horrible company Alaska airlines should get rid of all the upper management because they can’t do their jobs. They’re worst than new hires. And be careful of what like on Facebook because if that status is about the company they’ll call you up to hr because they seem to think that they run your life outside of work as well. They need a better way to hire people as well because most of them come to the ramp lazy and they disappear on flights and you have to look for them.

Well this is my situation. So on Monday morning we had an scheduled badging appointment but I clocked in at 3:50. But I realized that I forgot my passport at home. But I told by the Station Manager that I forgot my passport. So the Station Manager told me to clock out. So I clocked out. When I went home and got my passport and came back the team left Paine Field- to SeaTac when I  got there. So I called the Station Manager and I called the hotline number. So the Performance Manager texted me and said I cannot work today. So I said fine I will be working my other job then. So I worked my other job. The next day when I came back to work. I was told from the Station Manager that I have been docucoaching he said it will be in my file. And I said ok. So today I was supposed to wake up early to go to McGee my alarm clock doesn't go on. I called the hotline number and few minutes later  the Performance Manager and calls me and said they will not be moving me forward in the program. I told the Performance Manager why not give me another chance. But he said no I am not.  I can't.. That is what  the Performance Manager said. So I told the Performance Manager and said please give me the HR phone number/Corporate. He said to me I can give you the email. So he gives me the email. I also told him that will be taking this to my lawyer. And he said You can filter your concerns through HR. This is not the Avenue to continue discussion. I also told him that this is not fair because When I did not have my passport and Monday and could not work. But some people work when they did not have there documents.  So please HR/Corporate/McGee President. I would like to follow this up

This isn’t the worst place to work at, but it’s also not the greatest! The working environment in itself is a joke, as is management and the supervisors. Favoritism plays a huge part in getting what you want within this company. It doesn’t matter who you speak to or how hard you try, you’re ignored! In all honesty, they have big expectations and don’t care to sit with you to hear your input on how things could possibly go better either. Scheduling and staffing is absolutely ridiculous! This is seriously a completely unequal working environment! Some get better treatment than others and no matter how much we try to speak up, we’re completely ignored. Union reps are worthless and they take that title as if they are higher ups - could we please vote for union reps? I used to genuinely love working here. But I feel that as if in the past six months or so, things have been a drag. Side note, I understand that the ramp end of our operations handles the heavier work, but it would be nice if for once, the fleet team members were heard on things and our input can matter. If you hate life and want to join a bunch of people who feel them same way right now, apply here. You’ll be leaving soon anyways. This place has also been getting rid of some of the BEST rampers ever. If only they could really evaluate the quality of one’s work ethic, team work, and their long work days before getting rid of them. I could go on forever about this company but I’ll stop. I know absolutely nothing will be done to make it any better. So why bother?

Worked at other cabin cleaner companies with less than stellar foundations.  McGee Air Services has got it together.  In terms of HR and management, they're a well oiled machine.  They're not afraid to change policies and procedures to adapt to the ever changing industry.  Depending on the season, day and time, each team would have between 7- 12 aircrafts per day ranging from E175's to Boeing A321's.  Management try their very best to make assignments fair but you can't make everyone happy in ANY work place.  The hardest part of the job is working with select team mates who don't have the same work ethic as you do but I learned that there will always be individuals in the team who ride the back of others to take credit for the work your team does.  
Our flight benefits are nice, however, you will be on standby.  Be prepared to get bumped down on busy flight schedules and if by any chance you were not able to get on one of the flights and you miss work, you run the risk of suspension from work as well as your flight benefits.  Flight benefits are not free.  You pay the taxes for the airfair only.  Consider careful planning when using flight benefits and you'll be fine.  I found that this company is not something you would stay long term for due to the lack of retirement plans.  Alaska Airlines employees get 401ks, better positions on standby flights, yet being Mcgee Air Services being a sister company of Alaska Airlines, you are below so they opt us out of 401ks.  I'd honestly take 401ks over flight benefits any day. 

This place honestly feels like high school with all the drama, clicks, and fights that occurs here about the dumbest things. Some of the people here  are good people to work with, but honestly there are a lot of lazy people here who go missing/late for flight which is why they don't like to have more than 3 people on a crew because it encourages those who are lazy to ditch most of their flights. This isn't the worst place to work at if you're just looking for a easy job that pays okay until you find a better job. Don't do this job for more than a few years though because you'll most likely have back problems from all the heavy lifting you'll do out here, especially if you're one of the good worker who has to do the majority of the lifting for your crew because of weak workers who clearly aren't qualified for this type of work. The flight benefits are decent; you can usually get on most flights provided that it isn't peek season. The management here is awful though. They treat you like you're an idiot and if you're not a favorite, it's unlikely you'll be promoted beyond a lead. This company has lots of issues with staffing. We always seem to be short on the ramp which puts tremendous stress on everyone due to having back to back flights with hardly a break. Sometimes you won't even get a lunch break. I guess the most enjoyable part of the job for me is the downtime we get which can be a lot depending on how good the staffing is and delays for the day

This job in my opinion isn’t worth the flight benefits, as you can see all of the reviews for this company regardless of location has favorites and treats different types of employees different. At the Paine Field Airport, the Station manger , could careless about any employee unless they are a supervisor and he hardly cares about them unless they are his race.  This entire Supervisor staff  is racist, all of the leads are the same race all of the supervisors are also other than 1. It’s 2020 and we still deal with problems with race problems, they promote the workers of their own kind instead of those who actually work hard, they fire those who aren’t for little problems to keep the majority the same race. The union gets $14 each paycheck and they could also careless about you or any problem you may have. There are supervisors who sit on their phones for hours without helping, Mcgee Air Services as a company is a joke, I 100% understand why they receive the reviews that they do, this company is joke and needs better management, never worked for a company who looks for multiple reasons to terminate employees. If you are colored or any any race than white I wouldn’t work for this company, especially the Paine Field location. Working for this company made me feel like I was back in High school with all the drama and lies that get spread around and the bad part is the Supervisors are the main people that are involved with the drama.

The only good thing I have to say about this company is they don’t discriminate against applicants. Reason being is that they are totally understaffed to the point they hire anybody who walks through the door. Downside to that is that everybody who works here is completely unqualified with having everything from the elderly to women that are 6-7 months pregnant. Management is a joke. They find any and every reason to put all the blame on the lead when anything goes wrong. They expect you to take accountability and responsibility for your flights but they can’t take accountability when it’s their fault or the operations. HR has no clue what goes on outside of their office. You go months working 10-16 hours a day without breaks or lunches.
Management plays favoritism on a daily basis. If you try to stand up for yourself on any issue they won’t hesitate to just fire you on the spot. Constantly set up for failure and demanded success. New hires go through 2 weeks of training and learn nothing and they put it on the lead for not training their rampers. All everybody is here is a number on a spreadsheet and no matter how hard they overwork you or how often you’re there, if your performance drops from being overworked they don’t hesitate to write you up. Turn over rates are really high cause they hire you, overwork you then fire you before you hit Union. If you’re looking for temp work until you find a better place, this is the job for you

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