If you want to die early of a heartache become an ESA GM!!
Pros
Meet a lot of guests and other GM's are mostly supportive.
Cons
Upper management expect you to run like the Ritz Carlton on a Motel 6 budget. Incompetent District Managers and the higher ups focus on the dumbest stuff that is of no consequence. Half your hotel could burn down and they will ask if you still did your poaching of guests from other hotels. Oh yes, every week expect to do a report about how you drive around to scummy 1 star motels and are expected to ask guests to switch to your hotel if they look like they are from a company. Also, please know you will need to do the same at any construction company. They have a sales team but I'm not sure exactly what they do except complain we don't give them enough leads and we are just spending 80 hours a week running a multi-million dollar property. Yes, please give me someone else's job to do!! Oh and you can't pay a decent wage and yes as a GM you better bring a change of clothes because you will be cleaning rooms, working overnight and all day. I worked countless 36 hour shifts and I tell you the DM could care less.
