Mar 5, 2018, 1:08 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
Update 5 March 2018 per Chicago Tribune (and confirmed by internal employee memo
United walks back new bonus lottery system that angered employees
Per Chicago Business Journal, 2 March 2018
United Airlines employees shocked: Bonuses replaced with lottery
United walks back new bonus lottery system that angered employees
United Airlines on Monday reversed plans to begin awarding bonuses through a lottery system that angered employees.
Scott Kirby, president of the Chicago-based airline, said United was “pressing the pause button” on changes that would have handed out larger bonuses to only a fraction of its workers after hearing employees’ feedback since announcing the changes late last week.
Scott Kirby, president of the Chicago-based airline, said United was “pressing the pause button” on changes that would have handed out larger bonuses to only a fraction of its workers after hearing employees’ feedback since announcing the changes late last week.
Per Chicago Business Journal, 2 March 2018
United Airlines employees shocked: Bonuses replaced with lottery
United Airlines President Scott Kirby sent shock waves through the employee ranks at the Chicago-based airline today.
Kirby issued an employee memo in which he announced that the Chicago-based airline is dropping the quarterly performance bonuses the carrier had been giving out to all employees qualified to receive them.
Kirby said in the memo, obtained by the Chicago Business Journal, that the bonus payouts are being replaced with a new program called "core4 Score Rewards," which Kirby said would include quarterly prizes like cash ranging from $2,000 to $40,000, luxury cars, vacation packages, and a grand of prize of $100,000 awarded to one eligible employee per quarter.
Kirby issued an employee memo in which he announced that the Chicago-based airline is dropping the quarterly performance bonuses the carrier had been giving out to all employees qualified to receive them.
Kirby said in the memo, obtained by the Chicago Business Journal, that the bonus payouts are being replaced with a new program called "core4 Score Rewards," which Kirby said would include quarterly prizes like cash ranging from $2,000 to $40,000, luxury cars, vacation packages, and a grand of prize of $100,000 awarded to one eligible employee per quarter.
UA employees shocked: (qtrly performance) Bonuses replaced with lottery (on "pause")
Mar 2, 2018, 5:04 pm
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I thought Kirby was liked internally at UA because he was a 'plane guy'.
What a disaster. He needs to go. I can't think a single good thing that has happened to UA (not counting new route announcements) since he joined.
What a disaster. He needs to go. I can't think a single good thing that has happened to UA (not counting new route announcements) since he joined.
Mar 2, 2018, 5:10 pm
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If front line employees are impacted by this change and they really don’t like it, guess what will happen: they’ll make sure the metrics are sabotaged. On time departures, etc. will slip. A clear message will be delivered that the staus quo ante should be reinstated. I fear the memo will be taken as a declaration of war.
Mar 2, 2018, 5:16 pm
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If front line employees are impacted by this change and they really don’t like it, guess what will happen: they’ll make sure the metrics are sabotaged. On time departures, etc. will slip. A clear message will be delivered that the staus quo ante should be reinstated.
Mar 2, 2018, 5:49 pm
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Oscar, too. He brought this disaster upon the airline.
Strikes are never off the table. If profit sharing was part of the contract, it's already been broken.
Strikes are never off the table. If profit sharing was part of the contract, it's already been broken.
Mar 2, 2018, 6:13 pm
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