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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
1.0
Sep 21, 2012
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Pros

-The company has a good deal of hotels in their portfolio -The company has nice hotels in its portfolio

Cons

-Received no training whatsoever. It was just how they did things. You either survive or you don't. -A constant game of finger-pointing to place blame on everyone else so no-one had to take credit for the issues -Poor communication -Poor management. I was told upon hire by the Director of F& B that no-one in the hotel respected the General Manager. What a great way to start your first day of work! -Overworked and highly underpaid -Constant competition between maintaining "brand" standards, for example, "We fly the Hyatt flag, so we have to maintain Hyatt standards, but we also have to cut costs at every corner to maintain Davidson financial standards -Gross neglect for maintaining company policies and procedures -No such thing as a work/life balance

1.0
Jun 7, 2012
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Pros

-If you are willing to work under high pressure and for very long hours for many years, you may eventually land a cushy upper management job that pays very well, such as a general manager of a hotel -Almost free lunches -Reduced rates at other hotel properties -Chance to work with a multi-cultured workforce

Cons

-ridiculously long hours for lower management (average of 50-70, depending time of year), yet lower than industry average salaries -an atmosphere where blame is assigned before the cause is determined -high turnover among hourly employees -no fixed schedule -Atmosphere where profit is the most important factor -high competition among lower management to land promotions, which hurts morale and camaraderie

3.0
Nov 28, 2012
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Pros

Extremely genuine people at the corporate level. If you work hard, they will reward you for it. The CEO John Belden is a remarkable human being. He is someone to look up to and respect. I am extremely loyal to this company, to a fault.

Cons

Having been with this company many years, they are beginning to show major flaws. The hotel SOPs are incredibly old, outdated, and not in line with the modern reality of operating a hotel. In an industry that is always changing, why hang on to the past? The reliance on old fashioned paperwork is disturbing. However, the corporate team has no idea what is going on at their properties. I have witnessed highly questionable actions by most of the GMs I have worked for. Training has been getting worse and worse. Hourly workers are paying dearly for it. As time goes on, my morale and nearly all my co workers morale are in the toilet.

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