Originally Posted by veewan

Compass will need to do something. If I was a brand new pilot with zero 121 time shopping for a regional carrier, unless I desperately wanted to be based in LA or Seattle, I'd be looking elsewhere. With no fallback of a flow however gimmicky they are, it would go on my list of cons against coming. With how the majors are hiring/will have to hire the flow times will drop, and it's a ace up the sleeve incase you're application does not get pulled at one of the others sooner.
Next would be pay, first year pay has increased substantially from the days when only one or two places were hiring, but in this environment where all the regionals are not only hiring, most are offering bonuses both for coming, then for staying (sign on and retention) those places become more attractive. Even LCC are paying more to attract talent, Allegiant is paying $96 an hour second year - with other LCCs going the same direction, enough to make a retention bonus or consider increasing CA pay to hemorrhage the losses.
Beyond that reading this thread about how the company is turning into TSA with maintenence that "deferred is preferred," or watch how you behave, or else we'll punish you is another con. An aircraft with 15 deferred items (5 MEL, 10 NEF) out of a heavy check was not what the FAA intended deferred maintenence programs for. This is not the old Compass and it's changing into a new TSA. Which is a difficulty when it comes to pay negotiations, Trans States believes the current pay package is top notch. Yet in a chief pilot newsletter they admit that "Employee recruitment can be a challenge for any company."
Long story short it's a decent place to hang out for now, but if issues aren't addressed, that may not be true in the future.