Frontier Airlines Culture | Comparably
Frontier Airlines, Inc. owns and operates airlines. The company offers group and charter, and cargo transportation services. It offers its read more
EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
184
TOTAL
RATINGS
1493

Frontier Airlines Company Culture

Frontier Airlines Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
2.4/5
Frontier Airlines' Overall Culture is rated D-

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

Frontier Airlines CEO

Bottom 5%Bottom 5% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
Barry Biffle Frontier Airlines' CEO
Barry Biffle
44 /100

Diversity at Frontier Airlines

Bottom 10%Bottom 10% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
D-

Diverse employees at Frontier Airlines have rated Retention, Team, and Environment as the highest categories they have scored

Women at Frontier Airlines

Bottom 5%Bottom 5% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
F

Women at Frontier Airlines have rated Environment, Perks And Benefits, and Work Culture as the highest categories they have scored

Frontier Airlines eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
Bottom 20%Bottom 20% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably

Recommend to a Friend?

-47

Frontier Airlines employees are -47% more likely to recommend Frontier Airlines as a great place to work

19%Promoters
15%Passives
66%Detractors

Working at Frontier Airlines

Working at Frontier Airlines is rated below average by 184 employees, across various culture dimensions. Frontier Airlines employees rate Retention highest among all categories, and think that Compensation and Leadership have the most room for improvement, putting Frontier Airlines’s culture in the Bottom 10% compared to similar sized companies on Comparably and in the Bottom 10% compared to other companies in Denver. See below in detail how working at Frontier Airlines was rated by employees.

Overall Company Culture at Frontier Airlines

D-

Overall Company Culture at Frontier Airlines is rated D-

Last updated 19 days ago

Bottom
10%

Frontier Airlines ranks in the Bottom 10% of other companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees for Overall Company Culture Score

Overall Company Culture Score by Department

This graph details how each department scores their Overall Company Culture

Results from 184 Employees

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Operations
44
Operations44
Admin
33
Admin33
IT
32
IT32
Customer Success
31
Customer Success31

Frontier Airlines Employee Reviews

Out of 195 Frontier Airlines employee reviews, 37% were positive. The remaining 63% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Frontier Airlines improve their work culture.

37%
63%
Positive Reviews37%
Constructive Feedback63%

Positive Reviews From Frontier Airlines Employees

  • What did you like most about the interview process?
    Honest, direct and positive. I was hired over 10 years ago. It is not the same now.
  • What are some of the best things about your team?
    Great group of young people. Work ethic is good, but the moral is low. We will lose some of the brightest members of this group because of this.
  • What is the best part about your compensation package?
    Yearly boost to salary is higher than most airlines.

Constructive Feedback From Frontier Airlines Employees

  • What does the leadership team need to get better at?
    They need to address the pay and go back to layovers and not turns!
  • What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
    The top company executives are greedy
  • Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
    The company executives are greedy

Frontier Airlines Company Information

Frontier Airlines Company Overview

Frontier Airlines, Inc. owns and operates airlines. The company offers group and charter, and cargo transportation services. It offers its

Frontier Airlines Mission, Vision & Values

Frontier Airlines Mission & Values

Our commitment to you is supported by more than 3,000 professionals who are hard-working, fun-loving and passionate about delivering on the “Low Fares Done Right” promise.

HeadquarterDenver, CO
United States of America
Websitewww.flyfrontier.com
Founding Date1994
Tel7203744375

Frontier Airlines Competitors

Frontier Airlines competitors include Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, and Silver Airways. Frontier Airlines ranks 3rd in Overall Culture Score on Comparably vs its competitors. See below how Frontier Airlines compares to its competitors with CEO Rankings, Product & Services, NPS, Pricing, Customer Services, Overall Culture Score, eNPS, Gender and Diversity Scores.

  1. #1
    Southwest Airlines' Logo
    Southwest Airlines
    4.5/5
  2. #2
    Spirit Airlines' Logo
    Spirit Airlines
    3.9/5
  3. #3
    Frontier Airlines' Logo
    Frontier Airlines
    2.4/5
  4. #4
    Silver Airways' Logo
    Silver Airways
    2.2/5

Frontier Airlines Employees

184 employees at Frontier Airlines have reviewed Frontier Airlines across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was 19 days ago.

Overall, the 184 Frontier Airlines employees give their leadership a grade of F, or Bottom 5% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Frontier Airlines are mostly dissatisfied with their total compensation at Frontier Airlines, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Frontier Airlines are not very pleased with their team. 184 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a D+. Less than half believe the meetings at Frontier Airlines are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Frontier Airlines believe the environment at Frontier Airlines is negative. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Frontier Airlines is comfortably fast. About 44% of the employees at Frontier Airlines work 8 hours or less, while 22% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Frontier Airlines are dissatisfied, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

Joining Frontier Airlines - Employee Onboarding

The prevailing opinion from employees about joining Frontier Airlines is that the company was very unprepared on their first day. Frontier Airlines employees concluded that their overall onboarding experience was negative. First impressions are important, and how prepared a company is on your first day leaves a lasting impression.

Frontier Airlines KPIs and OKRs

At this moment no Frontier Airlines employees have provided insight into whether or not they clearly understand Frontier Airlines' KPIs and OKRs.

AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No100%
Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?
AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No0%
Are the KPIs/OKRs for your department clear?

Frontier Airlines CEO & Leadership

Frontier Airlines CEO - Barry Biffle

Barry Biffle Frontier Airlines' CEO
44 /100

Barry’s approval rate is lower compared to CEOs at similar sized companies, putting Barry in the Bottom 5% of all CEOs of similar-sized companies on Comparably, and in the Bottom 5% compared to CEOs of all other companies in Denver. Barry Biffle’s employees rank Frontier Airlines in the Bottom 30% for Retention, in the Bottom 25% for Team, and in the Bottom 15% for Manager. Biffle is generally unpopular with Frontier Airlines employees, but ranks especially low with employees in the IT department, and by employees identified with Other ethnicities and employees with 1 to 3 Years experience. However, Hispanic or Latino employees have a slightly more favorable view of the CEO. When compared to Frontier Airlines’s competitors, Barry Biffle ranks below both Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie and Southwest Airlines CEO Robert E. Jordan.

Frontier Airlines Leadership

The Frontier Airlines Executive Team is rated a “F” and led by CEO Barry Biffle, Senior Vice President, Commercial Daniel Shurz, and Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Howard Diamond

  • Barry Biffle  CEO / President

    Barry Biffle CEO / President

    Barry Biffle serves as the CEO / President of Frontier Airlines.

  • Daniel Shurz Senior Vice President, Commercial

    Daniel Shurz serves as the Senior Vice President, Commercial of Frontier Airlines. Daniel started at Frontier Airlines... read more

  • Howard Diamond Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

    Howard Diamond serves as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Frontier Airlines. Howard started... read more

  • John Happ Senior VP Marketing & Planning

    John Happ serves as the Senior VP Marketing & Planning of Frontier Airlines.

  • Brad Lambert Vice President Flight Operations

    Brad Lambert serves as the Vice President Flight Operations of Frontier Airlines. Brad started at Frontier Airlines in... read more

  • Gary Appling VP Technical Operations

    Gary Appling serves as the VP Technical Operations of Frontier Airlines. Gary started at Frontier Airlines in August of... read more

  • Robert Ashcroft SVP Finance

    Robert Ashcroft serves as the SVP Finance of Frontier Airlines. Robert started at Frontier Airlines in November of 2011.... read more

  • Ashok Shah VP Finance

    Ashok Shah serves as the VP Finance of Frontier Airlines. Ashok started at Frontier Airlines in March of 2012. Ashok... read more

  • Steve Schuller Vice President Human Resources

    Steve Schuller serves as the Vice President Human Resources of Frontier Airlines.

Frontier Airlines Salaries

How much does Frontier Airlines pay?

How much do people at Frontier Airlines get paid? See the latest salaries by department and job title. The average estimated annual salary, including base and bonus, at Frontier Airlines is $106,299, or $51 per hour, while the estimated median salary is $107,790, or $51 per hour.

At Frontier Airlines, the highest paid job is a Director of Sales at $214,424 annually and the lowest is an Admin Assistant at $44,414 annually. Average Frontier Airlines salaries by department include: HR at $126,727, Engineering at $122,234, Product at $179,631, and Business Development at $128,046. Half of Frontier Airlines salaries are above $107,790.

75 employees at Frontier Airlines rank their Compensation in the Bottom 5% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 219 ratings) while 71 employees at Frontier Airlines rank their Perks And Benefits in the Bottom 10% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 72 ratings).

Salaries contributed from Frontier Airlines employees include job titles like Financial Analyst. Comparably data has a total of 2 salary records from Frontier Airlines employees.

Last updated months ago.

1st Percentile
$65k
$65k1st Percentile
17th Percentile
$85k
$85k17th Percentile
33rd Percentile
$106k
$106k33rd Percentile
50th Percentile
$164k
$164k50th Percentile
67th Percentile
$223k
$223k67th Percentile
83rd Percentile
$245k
$245k83rd Percentile
100th Percentile
$288k
$288k100th Percentile
$106,299*
Average Compensation
$107,790*
Median Compensation

* Estimated salaries Estimated salaries are based on data provided anonymously by employees and/or estimated by other statistical methods.

Frontier Airlines Salaries by City

Frontier Airlines Salaries by Department

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Diversity & Inclusion at Frontier Airlines

Diverse employees at Frontier Airlines score the company 46/100 across various culture categories, placing Frontier Airlines in the Bottom 10% of companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees for Comparably's diversity score. The Diversity score provides insights into how diverse employees feel and rate their work experience at Frontier Airlines across various culture dimensions.

At Frontier Communications, we recognize that our employees, customers,,suppliers and communities represent a mosaic of race, gender, age, sexual,preference, religion, ethnicity, education and experience that makes America,great. We proudly embrace diversity because it makes our country and our,company stronger and more successful.

Ranked Culture the Highest

Women N/A/100
Men 44/100
Department - Operations
Diverse Employees 49/100
Department - Operations

Ranked Culture the Lowest

Women N/A/100
Men 32/100
Department - IT
Diverse Employees 31/100
Department - Customer Success

Frontier Airlines Perks & Benefits

Health & Wellness

  • Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

  • PTO / Vacation Policy

Frontier Airlines PTO

Frontier Airlines' PTO and Vacation policy typically gives 10-15 days off a year. Frontier Airlines' benefits and PTO Package averages to represent a less than $500 cash value per month.

AnswerPercent
Flex Time0%
Vacation Policy0%
Office Meals0%
401k Contribution0%
Childcare0%
Other than healthcare, which of the following benefits is most important to you?
AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No0%
Does your boss expect you to work when you're on vacation?
AnswerPercent
$2500+/mo0%
$1500 - $2500/mo0%
$1000 -$1500/mo0%
$500 -$1000/mo0%
Less than $500/mo100%
What do you estimate the cash value of your benefits to be? Healthcare, PTO, etc?

Frontier Airlines Careers

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H1B Visa

In 2019, Frontier Airlines applied for 3 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 67% were approved.

Work Permit Application Outcome

3
Total Applied
  • 67% Granted (2 out of 3)
  • 0% Denied ( out of 3)
  • 0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 3)
  • 33% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer (1 out of 3)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Let Frontier Airlines Know You Want To Work There

Overview of Candidates Interested in Frontier Airlines on Comparably

Candidates By Department

All Industries
60%
IT
20%
Product
20%

Candidates By Location

Denver
100%

Frequently Asked Questions regarding Frontier Airlines

Who is the CEO of Frontier Airlines?

Frontier Airlines CEO is Barry Biffle, their score by employees is 44

What is Frontier Airlines eNPS?

The eNPS for Frontier Airlines is -47

What is the salary for Sales Engineer in Frontier Airlines?

Sales Engineer average salary in the US is 141k

What are the salaries in the Design in Frontier Airlines?

The average salaries for Design in Frontier Airlines is 117k

Who are Frontier Airlines competitors?

Frontier Airlines main competitors are Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Silver Airways

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