Toxicity, Discrimination Based on Ranks, Ridiculous Dress Code - Sales Associate Le Meridien Employee Review

1.0
Aug 7, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Staff meals, easy access to public transport & good staff lounge.

Cons

Working at this hotel has been a challenging experience, especially for fresh graduates. New employees often get overloaded with tasks and are expected to learn everything within one week. Leadership needs improvement; directors can be quite rude to staff and sometimes even yell at them in public for mistakes. Unfortunately, micromanaging however is considered normal in this hotel. There’s a clear bias towards higher-ups, leading to different treatment based on rank. As long as you bring in business and meet the budgets and forecasts targets, management doesn’t seem to care about how you treat others or your work style. Salaries are another issue, often being lowballed, especially if you lack direct hospitality experience, regardless of a relevant experience or education background. The dress code for admin staff is strict – you have to wear skirt ALL THE TIME and you are NOT ALLOWED to wear pants AT ALL and you will need to purchase pantyhose at your own cost and can’t have brightly colored hair (even light brown), unlike higher-ranking employees (only directors/managers can highlight their hair and bleach it too but not those who are in low rank). These rules seem outdated compared to other hotels. One of the hotel core values are chic. Does that reflected chic realism? That's pure discrimination. If you value yourself, consider looking for a job elsewhere. This place isn’t for you unless you want to dig your own grave. Overall, it might be wise to get your own insurance policy because working here can affect your mental and physical health.

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5.0
Nov 12, 2024
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Pros

Le Meridien has strong leadership and experience with its General Manager, Cassey Kirk. The Assistant Manager, Ariel Reed, has buttoned down all areas of the company to support each leader to be successful. The employees are happy, giving and caring to support each other. The culture is amazing

Cons

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2.0
Aug 29, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Customers are probably your best friends here. The people that visit are pretty nice. They just want to have good service, especially for what they're paying. Understandable. Often, I wanted to go above and beyond for the nice people that came here.

Cons

Staff is nice but you can't help but feel like overall everyone is using each other as a stepping stone. Or to make themselves look good. Or to even get themselves out of trouble. Since this position is the bottom of the pecking order. Prepare yourself. Don't get taken advantage of but also remain professional at all times.

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