Pros: meeting lots of new and interesting people, lost about 7 lbs in a few weeks because of the stressful environment.
Cons: $10.50 an hour is not enough for the intense mental, physical stress there, hotel has mold and employee areas were not clean, i also didn't feel like i was working in a safe environment at night
I worked there for about three months before I HAD to leave. The management didn't seem to have a clue how the hotel was to be run. I felt an enormous amount of pressure to be perfect from day one. In addition to the high-stress, fast-paced environment, my manager held me responsible for information and skills that I had never been taught. When I failed
– more... at various tasks, or did not perform them to her expectations, I felt like I could at any minute lose my job. We had to multi-task TOO much at the front desk, and while I know I excel at projects and customer service, it was extremely difficult for me to manage customers coming up to the desk for various needs, customers calling down from their rooms for various needs, management wanting me to complete detailed and focused projects all at once, and do them well - after only working there a couple of weeks. I found out that my job had been filled by quite a number of people in a short amount of time. I found out most of the management quit or were asked to resign shortly after my departure.
On the other hand, I do not think this reflects the management at the other Omni locations. In general, I believe the Omni company is a good one and has good values and intentions. The location where i worked briefly needs some serious work. – less
NYker – April 22, 2013
I have to comment on this because, I find it unfair to all those who apply and apply like myself to this and other company jobs and automatically receive an email as it has been reviewed. There are the same positions posted all year around, so you are telling me that throughout the whole year nobody qualified?..I know someone at this hotel and told me that they hire from within and the amount of data from people who may be good candidates do not even get revised..okay, then don't post it all year. It's frustrating to people that qualify and never get the chance to even interview, because instead of speaking and interacting with the candidate to review his/hers qualifications..you leave it up to a computer system. Sometimes old fashion systems work better, it was great when people face to face evaluated people. I guess it must be an easy job to work at Human Resources these days. Sorry but it had to be mentioned.