Kessler Collection reviews

3.7

60% would recommend to a friend

(222 total reviews)

Richard C. Kessler

76% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Kessler Collection has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 222 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kessler Collection 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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222 reviews
1.0
Feb 19, 2018

A bad system will beat a good person every time

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Beautiful artwork, buildings, and locations

Cons

Just about everything. When you get hired (which takes forever) they make everything sound great and talk a really good game. In the end though they do not deliver at all. One of the biggest disappointments was how under staffed the hotel is. The staffing levels are bare minimum so loosing just one person puts a lot of additional stress on the rest of the staff. The other complaint is that the company brags about their compensation package (vacation, health insurance, and pay) yet none are actually competitive with the exception of vacation. but more on that in a second. The health benefits are so expensive, and the coverage is not good, that you are better off paying out of pocket. Pay is not great either, especially when you consider that they want "luxury" service and only hire "the best of the best" but are paying the same as nearby limited service hotels, if not less. I will say that the vacation they offer is good. However, with being so understaffed it is nearly impossible to use any of it. When I left the company I lost a ton of vacation hours because I was never able to use them.

4.0
Jun 14, 2017

Kessler Collection

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The hotels are amazing You build great relationships with the people you work with Sr leadership is very approachable and not excluded from staff Company is heavily involved in the community

Cons

Benefits are expensive and do not offer great coverage There were a lot of system outages No respect for work/life balance

1.0
Sep 25, 2016

Politics and favoritism

Recommend
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Pros

Beautiful setting near great restaurants and nightlife.

Cons

Management unappreciative of hard-working employees. Employee rewards system is a joke-it is hard to earn any decent rewards, unless you like cheap plastic dishes. Management make no effort to fix recurring problems. Hotel OS and printers are constantly down. Housekeeping and front desk areas chronically understaffed. Scheduling is poorly done and hotel occupancy is not taken into account when making schedules. Budget concerns are far more important than guest service and staff well-being. The hotel takes advantage of the international interns system for the tax break. The interns are only on the job for a year so they never have to increase the wages. There interns aren't given the instruction and training that should be a part of their experience in the US. They are simply stuck in the job for a year and left to it. Front desk managers give preferential treatment to some staff and treat others like dirt. If you're not 'in the club', you won't be valued. Your ideas and concerns are not listened to, you are not treated well. Step one foot wrong and they come down hard on you, while others get away with murder. Management claims to 'care' about employees, as long as you don't bring any personal concerns to work, ever.

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