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Davidson Hospitality Group

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Davidson Hospitality Group reviews

4.2

83% would recommend to a friend

(343 total reviews)
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Thom Geshay

85% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Davidson Hospitality Group has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 343 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Davidson Hospitality Group 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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343 reviews
2.0
Jun 2, 2023

Run skeleton crew

Recommend
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Pros

The coworkers and staff are awesome.

Cons

Always short staffed. Pays is horrible. Expects staff to work ungodly hours for low pay. When tell them need more staff it’s not in budget but ppl can work 60+ hours. If can afford all that overtime then you can hire more people and pay better. Just keep booking events that staff can’t handle and not give the quality of service that should be given. As chef was preparing events solo for 300-500+ people and trying to keep a restaurant open.

5.0
Sep 21, 2017

Director of Catering

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people, great benefits, opportunity to grow, move, and be challenged. Professional environment and even though it's a large company, it was small enough to make you feel a part of the corporate/headquarter team/work family. I would definitely recommend this company to anyone in search of a position in the hospitality industry. I was always very happy working here.

Cons

Sometimes, it felt like the company was more interested in getting the clients money above providing good service to the client. Would have preferred the company focused on providing good service and taking care of the guests which would be followed by getting even more money because people want and are willing to pay for good service.

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Davidson Hospitality Group Response
8y
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts on Glassdoor. I am so happy to see your “pros” and your recommendation! Please know I followed up with our F&B group on the information you related in “cons”. We are sorry that is your feeling. Our goal is to mentor and coach a very customer centric message. We’ll take your comment to heart and ensure our customer centric focus is abundantly clear in all our training and conversations. Thank you again! Mary Powers Vice President Human Resources
1.0
Mar 18, 2017

What a shame.....

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good quality of life, work some weekends, flexible schedule.

Cons

This looks like a great company looking from the outside in. The company feels inviting and has many tenured long time employees but it is all who you know. No training at all, I mean nothing, you are literally thrown in the fire with no support and expected to read 400 pages of training documents left on your desk with no explanation, just figure it out. Then you are held accountable for things that you may or may not know based on convienance of upper management. If they like you and you keep your mouth shut and kiss up to the boss then you will have a great career here even if you are terrible at your job. If you have any opinion or you are upset and open you mouth, upper management goes 0 to 100 fast and wants you gone. You can be director of the year and your team can be the best in the whole hotel and well liked amongst the rest of the team but don't speak your mind if you don't want to lose your job, upper management stabs you in the back. One minute you recieve Christmas cards that say I love you from your boss and emails to corporate that you are the leader this hotel is looking for and still get fired just by letting your boss know about how bad the hotel and team really is. Then the lies begin and you become a problem and stories are made up to get you out the door because upper management can't handle the truth that they failed you from the start and just wants you to go away without an exit interview, without your side of the story being told. I believe Davidson is a good company, I saw many folks from other hotels who are happy with great stories to tell about how wonderful this company is. My rating of 1 which should be 0 is for the hotel I left not for the company. I just don't understand how you can be loved one minute and then wanted out the door the for speaking your mind. If you are the boss and you want to be respected as one do not raise your voice first, don't act delusional like everything is perfect, and just listen, especially when one of your valued employees is having a hard time in life. Be a human and dont lie and make up stories to eliminate someone you once thought was great because you are delusional about your hotel and it's employees performance. Do not invent reasons to fire someone because of making emotional decisions not business decisions.

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Davidson Hospitality Group Response
9y
Dear Sir/Madam: Let me first thank you for your candor. Obviously you have great passion for your work and I am sorry that your experience with our Company did not meet your expectations. We are a Company that prides itself in the disciplines and concepts that seem to have fallen short during your employment: great training, transparency and strong, cohesive communication/feedback. I would like to understand your specific issues more clearly and encourage you to call me directly at 678-349-0945. Again, thank you for your feedback, with a bit more information from you, this is exactly what we need to continually improve the employment experience! Mary Powers | Vice President Human Resources
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