Starwood Hotels & Resorts Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Starwood Hotels & Resorts full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great place to work and a solid, growing company. Service culture is being thought weekly and most people are really nice here. If you work hard and show up on time you WILL advance fairly quickly - within few months after training.

Cons – Most jobs in the CCC are low paying positions from 10.50-17.00 depending on bonuses.

Advice to Senior Management – You're doing a good job!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Starwood Hotels & Resorts part-time for more than a year

Pros – best management ever i loved working here

Cons – n/a no cons i can think of

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Starwood Hotels & Resorts full-time for more than a year

Pros – A lot of opportunity for growth, nice people to work with, lots of extra's for employee's

Cons – Some of the management had horrible soft skills ( how to talk to people, how to communicate properly) but it got worked out with time.

Advice to Senior Management – Train Train Train your newer management members and refresher training for all management.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Starwood Hotels & Resorts full-time for less than a year

Pros – Lots of flexibility with schedule.

Cons – Don't always get the schedule you want.

Advice to Senior Management – More food.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Starwood Hotels & Resorts full-time for more than a year

Pros – - Relaxed environment
- Employees are well cared for

Cons – - Work is not challenging
- Projects move at very slow pace

Advice to Senior Management – Adopt a flatter organizational structure and give more autonomy to reports

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Starwood Hotels & Resorts full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Union positions, good benefits, flexible scheduling

Cons – Management are often unqualified and ineffectual

Advice to Senior Management – Find better qualified managers

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Starwood Hotels & Resorts full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good training, good support staff. Managers really focus on making you better. Got great deals for hotels all over the country.

Cons – If a guest called in and needed to do something with their reservation, the only thing you could do was to email the hotel, which was rather difficult to provide good customer services.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Starwood Hotels & Resorts full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Software system is the best I've worked with. On-site server is blazing fast and the user interface breaks everything down very simply. That being said, the software is also very deep and customizable if need be.

Cons – Central reservations could be a little more personable, but I speak of a few isolated instances

Advice to Senior Management – You have all the best ingredients. Start baking more cakes.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Starwood Hotels & Resorts full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Meet many new people. Opportunity for front line to take care of guests and not rely on a manager, great training programs, amazing hotels, pay is better then other companies

Cons – benefits are better at other companies, some hotels do not meet expectations due to rennovation needs,.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep hiring good managers and look for refurbishment opportunities and Starwood will continue to be an elite place to work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Starwood Hotels & Resorts

Pros – Fun work environment. Relaxed management style.

Cons – The clientele. The hours are not consistent.