Hilton reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(11,498 total reviews)
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Christopher Nassetta

86% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Hilton has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 11,498 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hilton employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Hoteles y complejos turísticos industry (3.6 stars).

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11K reviews
3.0
Apr 7, 2014

Work at home

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Big savings on drive time, gas expense, work clothes and food cost. Many agents can build their own schedule within their core hours, including scheduling your own vacation days if hours are available. You can do lots of travel at very nice discounts at Hilton Brand properties. Most Development Coaches do a great job helping you to meet performance goals set on a monthly basis. Opportunity to make a lot of incentive money if you give the sales pitch for Hilton Grand Vacations, at the end of each call session.

Cons

With an expectation to also provide service to the guest, the computer system has a flaw that takes away a sales conversion based on total calls and total sales, which hurts your incentive and your performance goals. Agents have no control over the types of calls they receive and sometimes it felt like when you were doing very well for the month, all of a sudden your types of calls changed and you could see your sales drop and in turn your commission drop too. You are "teathered" to a headset during your entire shift with the exception of breaks which are scheduled for you. So you become very sedentary and you can start to feel isolated since you are not in a office environment.

1.0
Nov 1, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

*Famous name *Decent benefits *Some nice colleagues

Cons

*Politicized bureaucracy *Clique-driven *Undercurrent of sadistic bullying

3.0
Apr 19, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Competitive pay rate, great paid vacation accrual (4 weeks of PTO in first year), excellent hotel discounts and other perks. Work-life balance is exceptional. One work from home day a week is a great perk. Addison, TX office is well located, and there are some great people who work in eCommerce. The work is not too stressful if you can manage relationships with hotels effectively.

Cons

Ecommerce managers have limited levers to that can be used to drive revenue. Franchise hotels don't have to follow recommendations from ecommerce on setting aside budget for digital marketing, so we are forced to rely on cheap/free tactics that can't drive much revenue. Despite not being given the proper tools to drive results, we are expected to deliver them nonetheless. Ecommerce leadership is weak, disconnected and opaque, all the way up to CLR (one of our VPs). I don't believe they try to be secretive, I just don't think they possess the skills and expertise to effectively set annual strategies, milestones and communicate their vision properly. As a result, the department feels directionless, has been passed around to numerous senior executives, and is now being gutted to bolster the ranks of the current executive's pet discipline - destination marketing. Favoritism runs rampant and substandard employees have been fast tracked into middle management roles because they latched onto the right coattails, despite having glaring skill set and knowledge gaps (one of them promoted to director of social media after less than a year as a senior manager without knowing how Facebook ads work - seriously). Office politics exist everywhere, but Hilton is the worst example of it I have seen in my long career. Your performance doesn't matter as long as your managers like you as a person. The good news is myself and a few lucky others survived the PNG purge and will continue to make good money with a good work-life balance after the dust settles. I feel bad for those who are having to take a demotion or look outside the company to achieve one executive's power play. The bad news is the ones who prevent the department from excelling are still running it. I give it a few more years before they just fold eCommerce into a more competently run part of the organization, like Advice or Revenue Management. If we had the same strong leadership present in those departments, we might be growing in size and company influence. Too bad we don't.

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We appreciate the time and effort you’ve taken to share feedback. Our aim is to be the most hospitable place for our guests, and also our Team Members. Based on your review, there are things that we can still do to improve, so we’ve shared your comments with leadership. We also encourage you to share your feedback directly with your manager or HR team, given that is the best way to encourage improvement. Thank you again for taking the time to give us a review.
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