The Air Force Job Dissatisfaction

Thesis Statement: There are multiple reasons to join the Air Force ranging from sense of duty, educational benefits, specialized job training and world travel.

I know this is an opposite response to what some would post, but think about his for a moment. I hate my job as an airline pilot (and I do at times because I was trained to fly fighters with my hands versus sit for hours drinking coffee and monitoring an autopilot), I do the minimum required because I can, and that I never attend any workshops or

Winston Churchill once said, “Not to have an adequate Air Force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence” (Quotes about Everything). In this sense, the military is important to America, especially the Air Force. The Air Force provides security and safety to the people. Military lifestyles are usually not everybody’s first choice in the beginning. Particularly, the U.S. Air Force is not always is not always the first branch that comes to mind when thinking of the future. Most of the time, people come to conclusion of enlisting in any branch of the military because of an uncertainty of their future. “…I had no career or education goals, no plans; it’s just where my path took me”

Since have taken an interest in this job I started researching. Growing up in Texas, we were always very supportive of the military. However, I never really knew what it meant until I started researching and figuring out what makes America so strong. All the story's lead back to the military. What I learned from story's people from the military have told , and are still telling is that serving your country can leave a legacy. It can also impact your country forever, which is very clear. The most shocking thing that I discovered was that people would not say that they did it for personal gain but for the people. It shows the dedication that they have to this country, and it is

Organizations that are serious about making improvements are going to have to deal with the issue of job satisfaction. Job satisfaction can be best described as the positive feeling that an individual has about their job resulting from an evaluation of the job’s characteristics (Robbins & Judge, 2009, p.31). It would seem natural to think that job satisfaction would have a positive correlation with successful organizations. What impact does job satisfaction have on an organization? Research will show that there are not only internal effects from performance related issues, but also external effects that impact customer satisfaction.

On Nov 2013, the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) awarded the contract to “modernize” its existing custom developed application Cadet Administrative Management Information System (CAMIS) II to the Solers Corporation (Solers Corporation, 2016). CAMIS was developed over several years and began to encompass support for many disparate business processes at the Academy, but primarily served as a Student Information/Management System. This modernization effort or CAMIS III was the third iteration of moving CAMIS from a legacy system to a new platform. Almost 2 years later: Mar 2016, this project ended with the government decision to discontinue the modernization effort. This was done by primarily not exercising option years and stopping funding on the modernization development line item of the contract. (Paulson, 2015) Despite modernization effort ending, the government continued to support the CAMIS III operations and support portion of the contract, as well as the legacy CAMIS II contract. This paper attempts to analyze why this software project failed, based on the personal experiences and perspectives from the overall combined team and attempts to understand why. The major reasons for failure included: gross underestimates (scope, cost, and schedule). However, there were opportunities to achieve a better outcome. These opportunities were failures by the program manager, vendor team, and management stakeholder expectations.

Competition within the Air Force is similar to real-world businesses. Making rank equals more money and respect. In the Marines and the Army, it is much easier to make rank. To properly compete, the AF needs to recognize possible issues that may drive their hardworking employees to another branch, or even separate from the military entirely. Management understands that improvement on their employee’s happiness is critical in completing the mission. The military members have no incentive to work harder besides fear of reprimand, or paperwork. The military has great job security; a person needs make a serious mistake to be discharged. Therefore, the AF understands they need to keep their people happy and take care of them so the mission can be delivered.

The Unites States Air Force is a huge organization that employs a huge workforce annually who works as its security forces. The organization's mission is to fly, fight, and win all battles in the air, cyberspace, and air. As a huge organization, it acts as one of the most attractive options for individuals who are seriously considering a career with the security forces. However, such individuals should conduct an adequate research before choosing to seek for job opportunities with the organization. This is largely because individual responsibilities in the United States Air Force contain various risks that are associated with different jobs.

While I have never served in the United States Army, I have many family and friends who have served. Based on conversations that I have had with them the job dissatisfaction is drastically high as you have said. It is much the same in the realm of Law Enforcement, if they do not trust those above them; the Officers rarely will put their selves out there. I completely agree with your assessment that the job attitudes and personalities of the Soldiers is the prominent reason for the low job satisfaction. At the same time, the Soldiers have to realize that when they begin to show the destructive tendencies of the neglect response the conditions will never improve (Robbins, 2009, p. 87). While there are many factors no individual Soldier can do

In 1999 I followed my father’s footsteps and joined the Security Police field in the United States Air Force. While there I learned self-confidence and discipline. I was able to meet and work with people from all different backgrounds. Some of these coworkers have become lifelong friends. Thanks to the military, I was able to receive two Associate Degrees and a Bachelor Degree. The military has great tuition assistance and G.I. Bill program to help you better yourself and your future. There are many hardships that can come from being in the military. For example, spending time away from family is a sacrifice that I regularly have to make. When I first joined, I was single and had no problems with deployments and work schedules. Now

The advantages of a career in the U.S. military greatly outweigh working in a civilian career when considering compensation such as education, salary, health care, and retirement. In today’s economy, everyone is looking to receive the most from his or her employer. A person wants a salary that can provide for his or her family, a healthcare plan with little out-of-pocket cost, retirement benefits to plan for the future, and an education that makes it all that possible. The military offers exemplary tuition assistance and salary when benefits such as the basic housing allowance are taken into

Since leaving active duty I have felt the desire to return as soon as possible. The Air Force provided a sense of purpose, camaraderie, and accomplishment that I believe cannot be found elsewhere. When enlisting in 2007 I planned to make the Air Force a career and stay the full twenty years. However, in 2012 I needed to leave due to family reasons and went into the Air Force reserves. While the reserves are great and provide a small military community there remains a greater sense of purpose in me that the reserves cannot fulfill.

The Air Force would be an organization that I have working in and one that I am familiar with. As an airplane mechanic there has to be all of the elements said in Jaffee’s table from social structure, participants, goals, technology, and an environment where individuals can work in. To start off with social structure there is always a chain of command or in some cases depends on the rank an individual may have. As for me my rank is staff sergeant, so I oversee those who work in my shop, but it could be different depending on where my higher ups place me. As a staff sergeant in my shop I help and teach the new Airmen on their duties. In chapter ten of Images of Organization there was a metaphor described as insights that attract and that comes

I started off my professional career on May 26th 2002 at the age of 18 as an Aircraft Mechanic (Crew Chief) in the United States Air Force Active Duty Component. My first assignment with the Air Force was Yokota Air Base Japan with the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron where I fulfilled the role of Flight Line Crew Chief and later the 374th Maintenance Squadron where I worked in an Isochronal Inspection hangar performing scheduled aircraft inspections and maintenance. In Yokota I worked on C-9 Nightingale and C-130 Hercules cargo airframes. At Yokota I helped retire the Air Force’s C-9 airframe. My second assignment was Hickam Air Force Base Hawaii with the 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. At Hickam I had the opportunity to help stand

Job satisfaction is the very important factor in general quality of life because it is closely connected with working life (e.g. Argyle, 1989; Bang & Lee, 2006), with family life, everyday life, and mental health (Orpen, 1978; Schmitt and Bedeian, 1982; Faragher, Cass & Cooper, 2005). Level of job satisfaction is also highly related to turnover, absenteeism rate, work productivity or accomplishment (Muchinsky, 1977; Organ, 1977). Many researchers (e.g. Cherrington, 1994; Acorn, Ratner & Crawford, 1997; Ostroff, 1992; Spector, 1997) state that employees who experience high job satisfaction contribute to organisational commitment, job involvement, their physical, mental health and overall well-being are improved. Job dissatisfaction on the