Hilton reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(11,510 total reviews)
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Christopher Nassetta

86% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Hilton has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 11,510 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hilton employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Hotels & Travel Accommodation industry (3.6 stars).

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1.0
Mar 11, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Regular work hours and an almost regular paycheck depending on department. My department also offered some scheduling flexibility. Everything is extremely non-personal and corporate structured, as long as everyone is playing by the rules, human resources related items are fair and reasonable. Please notify HR as soon as your manager oversteps his/her bounds, it can happen.

Cons

I've never been so degraded by management. I think I only heard 1 compliment from my employer while I was there. The corporate culture is back stabbing. It is common for people to steal your ideas/projects. And this is my "separation from employment" experience: I showed up for work and my boss said "due to your insubordination, we're letting you go". I've never been told that I am insubordinate nor was there anything mentioned during my employment. Two days prior to this meeting, my boss asked me to hand in my resignation letter as she knew I was leaving in a few months. When I got down to the HR department (yes, it's in a separate part of town), they said "please sign your resignation papers". Excuse me? I thought I was fired to day and quitting in 3 months. Well, apparently, any time after you hand in a resignation they can terminate your employment. So, my boss tricked me into quitting. This is not an infrequent case. I have heard it a dozen times from co-workers, but I never thought it was real.

2.0
Jun 5, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

co-workers are friendly very little office politics at the staff level

Cons

The company has laid off a lot of people here at the IT center. There are more job cuts on the way. Very few senior management is being laid off. No promotions, no raises, poor morale, the only transfers are one-way through the exit door.

2.0
Apr 11, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

When times are good, times are good, and the hours come steadily. Working with customers can be great, and giving good service is worthwhile. When a customer is happy, they'll let you know. Worldwide corporation, so it looks good on a resume at least, and there are a ton of skills to be learned from the position that appear good, even when you really do very little in the position. If you're into repetition constantly, saying the same routine with no change, involving little to no thought, where mediocrity (and until just recently outright incompetence) is viewed by the management as acceptable, well then, this is your gig. It sounds great on a resume, if you can hide the fact that you were a zombie.

Cons

Almost everything else, and some of the above, is a downside. Being forced to cheapskate the living hell out of customers and not being able to be flexible. Nothing ever free. Ever. Getting screamed at by customers for basically all policies of the hotel and NEVER having a manager back you up. Ever. Being harassed by management when a customer gets angry for something out of your control - and still being told that it was your fault. But when a manager gets an angry customer though, they act nonchalant and almost encourage the guest to complain - their rear isn't on the line, why should they give a crap? But if an associate gets the exact same thing, holy crap, job in jeopardy. Working with a managerial staff that is so obsessed with profit maximization and bowing to corporate that they care not about true service - instead thinking the definition of customer service is smiling at customers, using their name. At the same time, they rape their clients' checking accounts with dishonest charges and fees - and thinking these little, worthless gestures forgive this horrible business practice. Also a horrid culture of communication, and blame is the name of the game. daily accusations of poor performance. Constant threat of termination, and having hours cut at random with no regard to personal needs. Being forced to partake in shady, shady, shaaady business practices. Most of all, running on a business model, office protocols, software, and almost everything ridiculously outdated from the mid-1990s. Yes, it's that bad.

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