1) Open door policy sucks. Have a problem with co-workers harassing you, don't expect upper management to do anything about it. You're on your own with this one. If you get too direct or rude, you could end up being the one being written up.
2) Management loves to play favorites. Yep, this one ties in with number 1 and number 3 too. If you're not brown-nosing, you won't get noticed pretty much.
3)There's absolutely no opportunity to move up in the company, trust me, I work for one of their hotels that's had a high turnover rate in management for front desk, I've gone up for the position numerous times only to be told I wasn't cut out for it. If you're not brown-nosing you won't be management material even though you've done everything you can to prove you're cut out for the position. I've quit trying. Be prepared for the glass ceiling.
4) Dental coverage - It's a joke. Don't even bother with it, hardly any dentists accept it and if you need dental work done you're better just paying out of pocket then going through delta dental. Delta Dental is the bane of dental insurance. Trust me on this.
5) Micro-management. It's gotten worse over the years. Granted I've been working for this company for 4 years...but in the beginning we could pretty much do tasks whichever way was easiest and simplest for us. It made me super-proficient and gave me an edge in the front desk position as I could share my techniques with new hires and fellow co-workers. Now however, we have to do things a certain way otherwise it could mean write-ups, disciplinary actions or termination even if it takes a bazillion steps to get it done when doing it another way could be so much simpler and less time consuming.
5) You could have your whole work ethic questioned and be blamed for other co-workers failings. Or be threatened with termination for having an off day.
6) Be prepared to be harassed by phone calls, have to read emails and have correspondence with your co-workers, management and commonwealth director outside of your work hours, on vacation, on fmla leave...pretty much anytime. I think this has been pretty much the norm anymore with the intrusion of smart phones.
