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What I love about this property is how involved, hands on the GM is with hotel guests, staff & managers. The care, detail and vision is clearly expressed and a true "open door" policy is always in place. 
If employees are considering this hotel - you should. This hotel is an "all hands on deck" property, managers included. Everyone puts in the work as a team, as one unit - all for the overall success & satisfaction of each program, event, client & hotel guest. 
I enjoy working at the National Hotel as the Sr. Catering & CS Manager and the most enjoyable part of my job is transforming the meeting / event spaces into the perfect setting, working with my teams & providing a phenomenal experience for each client.

Poisonous work environment led by a GM whose ego supersedes his capacity and management skills. Rumors and gossip thrive and are secretly encouraged  by an Executive committee whose respect and trust for each other is as fake as the smiles on their face. Management is under appreciated and the turnover is constantly high. Consistency is non-existent. Employees and managers work in fear that their replacement (additional help as the GM calls it) will be introduced to them at any time. Ownership is clueless in how a hotel is run and has no filter when addressing employees and managers.

There is no growth what-so-ever at this place. No true leaders or great example of Management from the Owner down to Managers. Expect to put in more work than a proper paying income. Plenty of gossip at this place, its better to be private as possible because your business will be inform no matter who's position. Food is not great even though it is free. This place is very unsanitary. Worse place to work. NO good benefits at all for Employees. The upper Management has favoritism to those they like and shows it very clearly.

At the time I was working there, the hotel was controlled by the owner's daughter who could fire an employee or a group of employee in a department according to her mood.
I know a "spanish" lady who was hired with no experience as housekeeper, while they refused a haitian who's been doing housekeeping in NY for 12 years 
A receptionist/front desk manager fired long-time employees to hire her friends and family members
No one, at any level, is secured at the National Hotel

The hotel is owned and operated independently, not part of any chain.  The owner rules the hotel via complete intimidation.  Most people work out of sheer fear of being fired for any trivial reason.  Management is completely unorganized and ineffective, mostly due to the interfering micromanagement and hostility infused by the hotel's owner.  Do not work there under any circumstances.

When owner comes in the whole world stops, even if for guest....as am server we need to stop our service to the guest we could make extra tips to serve her, which we are obligated to take off the gratuity,oh which by the way it has 18% incl. but yet u must give 3% percent to the house!

banquet events, like weddings, by the swimming pool and by the beach are very stressful areas to work in for banquet staff. Every table, chair, linen, utensil, and candle most be carried by hand from the hotel kitchen which is very far.

The National Hotel is a boutique hotel in the heart of South Beach.  Between working with special events such as Art Basil or weddings and business meetings taking place at the hotel days are never quiet.  It is a fast pace environment than requires you to think on your feet and adapt to new situations.

The National is a boutique hotel in the heart of South Beach so no two days are alike.  Between business conferences in or around the hotel to wedding events it is the type of pace that keeps you on your toes, where quick thinking and ability to adapt to any situation is a must.

I was lucky enough to be part of the National Hotel organization. Every day, I felt proud and useful doing my job. I encourage everyone to join the National Hotel as it is such a Landmark in Miami Beach, if not the ONLY landmark in the Art Deco District of South Beach.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Front desk agent 5 salaries reported	$17.80 per hour
Security officer 4 salaries reported	$17.25 per hour
Line cook 2 salaries reported	$18.00 per hour
Cook 1 salary reported	$18.00 per hour
Room attendant 3 salaries reported	$16.00 per hour

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