How are the career development opportunities at Flight Centre Travel Group?

High performance culture, great recognition

Can be hard to get ahead unless on fast track programs

Company has a laid back culture that can be really good compared to other companies

Limited flexibility moving forward, with minimum 2 days in the office for engineers and 3 days minimum in the office for everyone else. Poor management co-ordination of priorities and OKRs. Limited opportunities for promotions and no clear career progression mechanism. Does not have a pay review system and incentivises management to not give pay rises. It is common knowledge at Flight Centre that the only way to get a pay review is to get a new role. Even still, they limit pay increases for internal movement to 15%, so you are at a disadvantage being an internal employee compared to outside hires.

Office space Office gym Lifestyle on location.

Travel opportunities limited to sales staff “Brightness of future” and “training and development” sold as employee philosophies and benefits that needs to be “earned”, however once roles are open based on company needs at the time, internal “promotions” are not compensated in line with or above market related roles despite unique experience, skills and development received. Career progression becomes hard in a non sales role as roles are offered to staff with the most tenure , which is seen as experience - just because you have done something for a while does not mean you would be the best for a role. Progression for the company then is limited to older staff who are not adept at cross skilling, change management or keeping up with trends so innovation is limited to what junior staff are able to push through without being acknowledged or compensated for. Junior staff capable of the roles are then having to educate older staff as well. Diversity and inclusion are marketed through the diverse staff compliment but very poorly represented in senior leadership roles other than the minimum required amount to achieve the desired BBBEE level

Travel discounts, good commission structure

There can sometime be system problems, and lack of career growth if working as a travel agent

Great Company Culture Great Progression Opportunities Great Product and PR

Can be a bit more organised - sticking with dates and timeline Can be stressful during the busy times as you'll get told something needs to be done asap - i.e. yesterday etc..

Nice friendly people to work with.

Below market salary No career growth - in theory they have a principle called “Brightness of Future” but it does apply to some employees.

Opportunities are plentiful if you work hard. Growth of company provides great breadth and depth for training and exposure

Nothing comes to mind for me

Office space Office gym Lifestyle on location.

Travel opportunities limited to sales staff “Brightness of future” and “training and development” sold as employee philosophies and benefits that needs to be “earned”, however once roles are open based on company needs at the time, internal “promotions” are not compensated in line with or above market related roles despite unique experience, skills and development received. Career progression becomes hard in a non sales role as roles are offered to staff with the most tenure , which is seen as experience - just because you have done something for a while does not mean you would be the best for a role. Progression for the company then is limited to older staff who are not adept at cross skilling, change management or keeping up with trends so innovation is limited to what junior staff are able to push through without being acknowledged or compensated for. Junior staff capable of the roles are then having to educate older staff as well. Diversity and inclusion are marketed through the diverse staff compliment but very poorly represented in senior leadership roles other than the minimum required amount to achieve the desired BBBEE level

Good place to work not good pay

Bad for career progression and less

Growth, career opportunities, culture, travel perks

Work life balance, can be highly stressful at times