Hyatt reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(6,978 total reviews)
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Mark S. Hoplamazian

82% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Hyatt has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 6,978 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hyatt 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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7K reviews
2.0
Feb 21, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

12 free comp rooms a year (if available) Good PTO, and great co-workers!

Cons

Mandatory over time (might be a positive to some) never having the opportunity to have full weekends off. Poor equipment, and lots and lots of tech issues! If you are down due to their system you are paid half your wage and sometimes you might be down for days as they try to figure out what the problem is. Management...This is the main reason I left, they moved teams around I drew the short stick. Many people from my team have left, and most not speak up, but every one of the left because of the management. ONE Team managers could care less, the only time I ever spoke with either manager was when I had a problem, the never coached me, or even took the time to know who I was. One of the managers (the guy who's name starts with a J) was horrible to you if you had a tech issue, he always made us feel like we were making it up. The leads were ok, the one I had was dry and boring and basically told me what I needed to do to keep from getting let go. Anyone who's been in management knows that some positive feedback is always appreciated by their employees.

4.0
Jul 27, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, job security, I feel valued and it's a good work culture. Embraces diversity which I think is important considering the current state of affairs in the US right now. They moved Assistant Managers to hourly so we can earn overtime but we didn't see a decrease in pay from what we were making. I feel I'm making more, as long as I continue working hard. I have opportunities to grow and gain experience in different areas of the hotel to feel more well-rounded. I'm certain I'm happier here than associates at competing hotels - I think more emphasis is placed on care in general.

Cons

Lately a lot of focus on cutting spending and labor which makes sense but it doesn't align well with the care culture we are supposed to provide for our guests and our associates. You need to be fully staffed and compensate fairly to provide excellent service and I feel like cutting heavily and having too aggressive a budget doesn't leave hourly associates feeling secure or us managers feeling supported - more stretched thin. But I imagine it feels like this in hotels everywhere right now.

1.0
Sep 23, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Hyatt is a fantastic brand with beautiful hotels. Twelve complimentary nights a year. Medical, dental, 401k. Love the Hyatt guests and travel/hospitality is a fun industry. Customer contact center has the potential to be great, even though falling far short.

Cons

Call center leadership is very poor and appears nonexistent while you toil away on the phones. Extremely low wages and a meager incentive plan that is very difficult to achieve. Part of their incentive program is based on a little token system where you earn tokens. You can't just cash in the tokens, no... You have to take the tokens and play the most outdated DOS video type games (worse than 80s Donkey Kong) on your own time of course. From there you can earn something with the points from the games, not cash though. Not even sure what they earn. Give people really money incentive, not games and "tokens" and time wasters. No one has time for this. The set up makes you feel like you're an 18 year old flunky. You will be spoken to like a child being scolded and you are never meeting standards. They will never celebrate your successes (oh, except with random "tokens" I guess). Expect them to "pick on" your weak areas on the few occasions someone will actually "coach" you. And they won't offer any solutions on their end, they expect you to fix it while you're taking back-to-back calls 8-10 hours a day. Interaction with "leadership" is rare and negative. Call center leadership needs a complete overhaul, dysfunctional would be a kind description. If you have a shred of self respect, you will find it difficult to work here. No matter whom you are, your age, your experience and all the great things you can bring to Hyatt, in the end this place will beat you down and make you feel badly about yourself.

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