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Updated May 24, 2013
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3.6 658 reviews

                             

88% Approve of the CEO

Marriott President & CEO Arne Sorenson

Arne Sorenson

(136 ratings)

74% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Current Employee – been working at Marriott full-time for more than 10 years

ProsThe people are great to work with. Very professional, talented and dedicated to the work they do. Good benefits.

ConsI understand the need to review and eliminate some jobs, but it is very sad to see so many talented and dedicated employees about to be outsourced, and it seems the cuts are too broad and too deep.

Advice to Senior ManagementFollow Mr. Marriott's advice, "Take care of your associates and they will take of you."

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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London, England (UK)

Current Employee – been working at Marriott full-time for more than a year

ProsAn abundant of resources and experience to draw from

ConsTight knit, channeled perspective, not many organic growth opportunities

Advice to Senior ManagementDo more to inspire younger associates, create more opportunities for growth, loosen up as a company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Current Employee – been working at Marriott full-time

ProsExcellent sense of teamwork
Benefits are reasonable

ConsHuman Resources can turn a deaf ear on occasion

Advice to Senior ManagementPlease look more into how mental illness can be a disability.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Chicago, IL (US)

Current Employee – been working at Marriott full-time for less than a year

ProsGreat leadership. Given the tools to excel at your job. Good training.

ConsWould be nice to have a little more guidance on processes as you have to be a little pro-active.

Advice to Senior ManagementNot a lot to complain about.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Atlanta, GA (US)

Current Employee – been working at Marriott full-time for more than 10 years

ProsExcellent Training, Great potential for career growth, and International Company.

ConsExtremely political!!! Salary compensation is certainly below other hotel companies!!!

Advice to Senior ManagementI really would like to see more career advancement of my peers based on work performance and not based on if one is liked on a personal level.

I really would like to see the company truly take a look at compensation particularly with managers. I applied for a for a promotion position and was offered the position. However, I struggled to decide if I wanted the position due to the low pay increase offered. It's extremely difficult when you are looking to advance and the advance requires relocation to an area where housing cost is 150-200% more then where you are currently located and the compensation increase less than is 11%.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Norfolk, VA (US)

Former Employee – worked at Marriott part-time for more than a year

Pros-Great Hotel discounts
-Good tips
-Easy Job
-Driving nice cars

This is a great job to have in college but is in no way a good career.

Cons-Long Weekend Hours
-Poor management
-Bottom of the totem pole at the hotel
-Corporate politics

The management has no idea how to treat people, and most of them are on a power trip.

Advice to Senior ManagementDo not talk down to people.

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Gaither, MD (US)

Current Employee – been working at Marriott full-time for less than a year

ProsGreat benefits and nice people

ConsNone so far, have been working for less than 1 month

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Frederick, MD (US)

Current Employee – been working at Marriott full-time for more than 10 years

ProsCheap hotel deals, when available, are a great benefit (only for permanent employees). Comfortable office building. Tries to be green, if you like that kind of stuff. Traces of corporate loyalty remain, but that's changing fast, so hurry up to enjoy it. They have money to burn on nice HQ facilities, which is nice for us who are there. Company makes good profits, so great bennies and pay for upper management if that's where you're looking to work.

ConsIT outsourcing is well underway. Beware if you are IT contracting; they might tell you it's "just a re-org", but IT employees are being rebadged with outsourcers later this year, or (mostly) just sacked, with only a handful left to oversee the outsourced services, and IT contractors have no idea what's coming. Outside of IT, seems OK, so long as you watch for the next benefit cut; they do this to some random thing every year or so. Other IT shops in DC Metro often pay much better. Absolutely, totally would never recommend this place right now to an IT friend unless s/he is desperate and willing to work a rapacious contract but with an unknown future.

Advice to Senior ManagementToo late for advice other than how to pick up the wreckage. You sure picked the wrong guys to run this. Get some good lawyers to deal with your outsourcers later. Get a good PR firm to deal with the fallout from random IT failures that are coming.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Warsaw (Poland)

Current Employee – been working at Marriott full-time for more than 3 years

ProsJob safety, good relations with co-employees, well designed working tools. Well known brand name and multilingual environment.

ConsPoor salary, no promotion possibility. Top management detached from real life of a hourly working staff which returns very poor salary, absolutely no bonus (year or occasional). No possibilities to improve skills needed to be a better employee.

Advice to Senior ManagementBetter salary, so people can afford to live a decent life.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Current Employee – been working at Marriott

ProsGreat for overtime, fairly easy job

Consbad for your social life and its hit or miss with management some are great to work for and others seem to hate their lives

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