Davidson Hotels & Resorts Reviews

Pros

Great people! Great experiences! Feel supported by corporate staff.

Pros

The full-time because it’s good

Pros

Great Benefits, Company its self cares for their employees, over all just a great company to work for.

Pros

The culture at Davidson is beyond great. My team is an absolute joy to work with. They are truly like family.

Pros

Some great coworkers on team

Advice to Management

The selling point of this company is how long people have been with the company as if it is a strength. It isn’t. People don’t leave because they are comfortable and not admired in the industry enough for other companies to want to steal people away. It’s been clear for some time that investors aren’t happy and most of the hotels in the group struggle. Might as well change the name to Pivot. Things are getting worse, not better.

Pros

At least in our region they were wonderful with promoting from within and growing their leaders. Benefits and salary were good and competitive. Training was also great and processes were fairly clear. Hotels in our city had good communication and stuck together.

Advice to Management

Obviously if an employee violates a major rule - termination is expected. If a seasoned leader is struggling in a role support and/or training would be wonderful or even looking for moving said employee. Loyalty to a company should be valued. Lastly required management hours seem to nickel and dime you on your time. Most hotels are 8-5, this company requires 8-5:30 which can make work/life balance just slightly harder to achieve. Seems like a small detail but it makes a huge difference to some.

Pros

Nice people at hotels. There is a ton of very talented people. If you have an opportunity to recruit them do it!

Advice to Management

If you are a Manager be very concerned with your career path and stability with Davidson. They will work you for results and demand more. They have no growth for leaders, no career pathing process and unless you are VERY good at politics then do not speak your mind.

Pros

They truly believe employees matter.
Regional team regularly engaged with hotel teams.
Good corporate support for each operating department.
Good 401K plan and benefits.
Encourage your continued learning and development.
Company continues to grow, so there should also be an increase in career advancement opportunities.

I worked at multiple Davidson-managed hotels and had a positive experience at each one.

Advice to Management

Continue to engage your existing hotel teams with learning and development opportunities. Offering more competitive salaries will help you retain top talent in the long-term.

Pros

Good benefits. Support staff for most disciplines

Pros

Great people, great benefits, opportunity to grow, move, and be challenged. Professional environment and even though it's a large company, it was small enough to make you feel a part of the corporate/headquarter team/work family. I would definitely recommend this company to anyone in search of a position in the hospitality industry. I was always very happy working here.

Advice to Management

Let the sales teams focus on taking care of the clients/guests that want to book and that have booked instead of requiring an outrageous number of prospecting calls to people/companies that have no need or desire to book. Mandatory sales calls to uninterested parties take up too much valuable time that could and should be spent on "real" clients.