Pros
Your direct team will affect whether you enjoy working there or not.. I connected and worked very well with them. The managers had years of hospitality experience and I was able to learn all the principals of hospitality. My director was a good source of knowledge, connections and an amazing teacher. Hourly workers can make double time. Smaller company so you get to meet everyone in the corporate office plus colleagues from the sister hotels. More freedom to be creative as a franchise hotel versus working under their hotel brand.
Cons
Unfortunately, too much micromanagement from corporate/senior management. The brand has a long way to go to get certain procedures/trainings in place. Expectation is sometimes to work unreasonably long hours. Taking long vacations is subtly frowned upon from the senior leadership. PTO takes a very long time to accumulate. The very little incentives offered are not the same all across the hotel brands under the company. Some of the senior leaderships/managers have too many tasks that takes them away from focusing on their actual role. In turn, that affects the employees that report to them.