What's the company culture at Hilton?

Every business has it's own style. What is the office environment and culture like at Hilton?

Are people dressed in business casual, jeans and t-shirts, or full-on suits? Do folks get together for Friday happy hours and friendly get-togethers?

What is a typical day in the life of an employee at Hilton?

I don't know what a typical day is like at Hilton, but when I recently interviewed there, everyone was dressed in business casual attire. I didn't see a single person in a suit.

I love casual work environments and was thrilled with what I saw there. Also, the people seemed very friendly and down-to-earth.

This varies significantly from hotel to hotel, even though they may all share the same brand name, each hotel has its own management and business style. Also keep in mind that not all Hilton hotels are owned or operated by Hilton corporate, most are actually franchised to independent owners and management companies.

In general, Hilton corporate standards requires all Hilton Hotels to have professional uniforms for front-line staff like Front Desk where you will probably see staff dressed in more professional business attire, especially supervisors and managers. However, how the back office staff dresses probably depends on the management, staff who have little or no interaction with guests probably dress more casually, but again this depends on management.

I know Hampton Inn which is a Hilton brand, is known for having a casual workplace, they have a new line of uniforms for all departments that allow staff to choose from a selection of clothing ranging from casual to business.

I have worked for several Hilton brand hotels including Hilton Garden Inn and Hampton Inn and found most of the staff and management to be very friendly. However they have all been franchised hotels so I am not sure what its like to work at a Hilton corporate owned and managed hotel.

Host said: Every business has it's own style. What is the office environment and culture like at Hilton?

Are people dressed in business casual, jeans and t-shirts, or full-on suits? Do folks get together for Friday happy hours and friendly get-togethers?

What is a typical day in the life of an employee at Hilton?

I work at a Hilton Garden Inn in the south Chicago market and I absolutely love it. As the other poster mentioned it is a franchised property, but most of the contacts I have made with other Hilton employees have been pretty consistent.

I wear a suit at my property being a shift supervisor. I think you are better received if you dress the part. My GM is great about acknowledging performance and developing employees. It has probably been one of the best experiences in my Hospitality career so far...and I have had mostly good experiences.

I like my team and we do schedule outings for employee morale and our monthly meetings are always a reason to treat ourselves to a good lunch spread.

Attire is mostly business casual, but I always say to put your best foot forward.