Kit the reason it is horrible is because of:
1. Management attitudes to employees.
a. They use a blame culture (witness the recent article in Flight International about the risk of sacking vs incidence of unstable approaches),
b. have a feral approach to management / employee relations which consists of management say employees do with feedback neither asked for nor accepted,
c. they cut pay and conditions as a muscle flexing demonstration of their power over employees. Profits up enormously this year Ryanair employees lose their tax concessions.
2. Working conditions.
a. You pay for everything,
b. 5 four sector days out of an early start into places like Londonderry, La Rochelle and Carcasonne takes it out of a body,
c. Nothing works in the crew room, some days you need to try at least three computers just to find one that will print/display/have toner. Photocopied Jeppesen plates that do not show any relief,trip kits not available and a walk to an aircraft sometimes parked ten minutes away through the pouring rain. This with a 45 minute report for a 12 hour four sector day.
Trust me, take all your type ratings and go somewhere where they will be appreciated. This could be a lovely place to work, shiny new machinery, interesting destinations, keen new FOs but the management desire to continue to 'make their point' becomes a little wearing after a very short time. Good luck with whatever you choose to do, by coming here you feed the machine which, it could be argued, ultimately results in worse terms and conditions for pilots worldwide.