Turning into a right shambles. Dreading flying out in 2 weeks.
I was literally just wondering why theyre having such staffing issues. Knew it smelled of gig economy bullshit.
They usually have a fairly good idea how many and when people will be going through the airport security months in advance, how can they not be a little more clear on hours of work?
Think I will be using Shannon for my summer holiday this year.
I used to work in the airport. I have contacts in the offices. The problem is Garda vetting and training.
People are applying; the salary isn’t the issue.
And of course it’s never anyone else’s fault.
“Just show up five hours before your flight”……
“No-one could have foreseen this happening”
DAA are some shower.
Did fly through Dublin, Cork an Shannon found last one most friendly an easy going. My stomach turns because have flight with 2kids on Easter from Dublin
Has it been outsourced who’s behind this ridiculous scheduling?
Shocking
Fools will get no one for that
Be queues for weeks
Basically trying to weasel their way out of labour protections for their workers.
Why are so many employers getting away with being so predatory with worker’s rights these days? It just seems to be getting worse and there’s no end in sight.
I’ve been in the airport a few times over the last year and I would say on a whole, passenger stupidity is causing more delays than staffing issues. Seems every second person in Ireland has never been to an airport before when approaching security. Have seen countless people getting to the hand luggage scanner and then realising their bags are full of liquids they haven’t put in individual bags or are over the 100ml limit, people walking through the metal detector 3 times because they have their phone/keys in their pockets. The staffing issues don’t help but if people had an ounce of cop on and organisational skills it wouldn’t be half the issue it is.
Any bets that a worker who covers 40 hours costs more to the company in various legally mandated benefits than two workers covering 20 hours each?
close to a 0 hour contract without the perks.
I used to work security about 10 years ago, and even then, I would not settle for less than 20 an hour.
If someone comes in with a knife, my job is to stand between you and them, 20 an hour is cheap for that imo.
If I must be available for X hours, you’re paying my ass for X hours.
If we return to a time without all of this extreme security I’m sure airports will be a lot easier to run. Just have people promise not to hijack anything
The wages in Ireland for the average person is an absolute joke coupled with the cost of living, how would anyone survive on 14.14 an hour in dublin? I’ve said it before, there is a very good reason people leave Ireland in there thousands year after year.
Anyone that travelled before 7 am these days can say if it has been bad? I have a flight at 6 am in 4 weeks and I’m wondering if I should get a taxi or sleep at the airport
Hard enough getting home to see the folks without this. Pure hassle. Missed my flight and a day of work for a weekend visit. Poxbottles. Would add 2 out of 3 taxi drivers either drove really slow (really slow) or took me the long way. Thanx Dublin. Bleeding great to be home.
The funniest thing about all this is that DAA is one of those organisations which always gets brought up whenever people are on an “aren’t we such a great little country” buzz.
Pay peanuts, get monkeys
The neck on um🦒
Crisis of their own making.
I don’t understand it, I flew out of Dublin on Paddy’s day and the queue was five minutes at noon in terminal 1. I’ve never seen these massive queues there. When are they happening exactly?
I remember about 8 years ago they use to pay a lot more plus ot and benefits .. wonder what changed
280 euro a week won’t even get you a shithole in Dublin. Not to mention the travel cost to and from the Airport.
Do they provide you with Airport accommodation in one of the bathrooms at least?
My brother left security at DA a few months ago for this very reason. It isn’t news, this has been brewing since early in the pandemic when they offered a load of staff a career break for 2 years and they would still pay them 30-50% of salary. Awfully unsociable hours (early shift starts at 3.30am) for pittance. No guarantee of your hours from one week to the next, or what days of the week you’d be working, but you had to be available to work. The current mess was so foreseeable.
I’ve heard as well by staff that even if your on paid holiday leave, they can ring you in and cancel your leave.
Considering the crazy hours and shift work many don’t last long unless they need the money.
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Turning into a right shambles. Dreading flying out in 2 weeks.
I was literally just wondering why theyre having such staffing issues. Knew it smelled of gig economy bullshit.
They usually have a fairly good idea how many and when people will be going through the airport security months in advance, how can they not be a little more clear on hours of work?
Think I will be using Shannon for my summer holiday this year.
I used to work in the airport. I have contacts in the offices. The problem is Garda vetting and training.
People are applying; the salary isn’t the issue.
And of course it’s never anyone else’s fault.
“Just show up five hours before your flight”……
“No-one could have foreseen this happening”
DAA are some shower.
Did fly through Dublin, Cork an Shannon found last one most friendly an easy going. My stomach turns because have flight with 2kids on Easter from Dublin
Has it been outsourced who’s behind this ridiculous scheduling?
Shocking
Fools will get no one for that
Be queues for weeks
Basically trying to weasel their way out of labour protections for their workers.
Why are so many employers getting away with being so predatory with worker’s rights these days? It just seems to be getting worse and there’s no end in sight.
I’ve been in the airport a few times over the last year and I would say on a whole, passenger stupidity is causing more delays than staffing issues. Seems every second person in Ireland has never been to an airport before when approaching security. Have seen countless people getting to the hand luggage scanner and then realising their bags are full of liquids they haven’t put in individual bags or are over the 100ml limit, people walking through the metal detector 3 times because they have their phone/keys in their pockets. The staffing issues don’t help but if people had an ounce of cop on and organisational skills it wouldn’t be half the issue it is.
Any bets that a worker who covers 40 hours costs more to the company in various legally mandated benefits than two workers covering 20 hours each?
close to a 0 hour contract without the perks.
I used to work security about 10 years ago, and even then, I would not settle for less than 20 an hour.
If someone comes in with a knife, my job is to stand between you and them, 20 an hour is cheap for that imo.
If I must be available for X hours, you’re paying my ass for X hours.
If we return to a time without all of this extreme security I’m sure airports will be a lot easier to run. Just have people promise not to hijack anything
The wages in Ireland for the average person is an absolute joke coupled with the cost of living, how would anyone survive on 14.14 an hour in dublin? I’ve said it before, there is a very good reason people leave Ireland in there thousands year after year.
Anyone that travelled before 7 am these days can say if it has been bad? I have a flight at 6 am in 4 weeks and I’m wondering if I should get a taxi or sleep at the airport
Hard enough getting home to see the folks without this. Pure hassle. Missed my flight and a day of work for a weekend visit. Poxbottles. Would add 2 out of 3 taxi drivers either drove really slow (really slow) or took me the long way. Thanx Dublin. Bleeding great to be home.
The funniest thing about all this is that DAA is one of those organisations which always gets brought up whenever people are on an “aren’t we such a great little country” buzz.
Pay peanuts, get monkeys
The neck on um🦒
Crisis of their own making.
I don’t understand it, I flew out of Dublin on Paddy’s day and the queue was five minutes at noon in terminal 1. I’ve never seen these massive queues there. When are they happening exactly?
I remember about 8 years ago they use to pay a lot more plus ot and benefits .. wonder what changed
280 euro a week won’t even get you a shithole in Dublin. Not to mention the travel cost to and from the Airport.
Do they provide you with Airport accommodation in one of the bathrooms at least?
My brother left security at DA a few months ago for this very reason. It isn’t news, this has been brewing since early in the pandemic when they offered a load of staff a career break for 2 years and they would still pay them 30-50% of salary. Awfully unsociable hours (early shift starts at 3.30am) for pittance. No guarantee of your hours from one week to the next, or what days of the week you’d be working, but you had to be available to work. The current mess was so foreseeable.
I’ve heard as well by staff that even if your on paid holiday leave, they can ring you in and cancel your leave.
Considering the crazy hours and shift work many don’t last long unless they need the money.