shuttle driver

loss prevention officer

hotel housekeeper

cook

maintenance technician

Wild Dunes Resort

I consider Wild Dunes to be the "Boot Camp" of Charleston hospitality. Since they hire more than 400 or so each summer for their seasonal positions, anyone can get a job. If you show up, work hard and show potential they may invite you to apply or offer you a full-time position but this normally depends on your ability to figure out what's available. The turnover is so high that there are ALWAYS jobs so if you figure out which department you'd like to work, and you're good, they'll hire you. With that said - pay sucks, morale sucks because they can't keep anyone, driving to their end of the island is a pain coming and going all summer long, the corporate mentality with regards to the "bottom line" is often overpowering which in turns affects morale. In order to make a living you can often get OT working in other departments - banquets, maintenance, transportation etc... It makes for very long weeks and huge sacrifices but they don't care. As long as the guests keep coming back and paying big bucks for their "southern" experience. I loved my colleagues, I loved most of the guests but upper management is clueless as to how it REALLY is on the ground. No F&B director means that role is relegated to a director that is completely unqualified for the additional responsibilites. Food is always disappointing to the guests and way overpriced for what they deliver and the staff is left to "fix" the issues with comps and apologies. When a guest complains about an employee, there is no support to the employee, only to the guest - even when the guest's request or complaint is completely unwarranted. Once the corporate mentality lessens and the upper directors realize that their staff is their #1 resource and treat them as such, they may have a 4-diamond resort, until then, it remains a Best Western with a beach.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Wild Dunes employees are FAMILY. I love my Wild Dunes Family. Everyone is so easy to work, flexible & care about each other.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No stress. Except if a guest is upset about something & the managers are AWESOME about talking to that guest to resolve the problem.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The culture is a Southern atmosphere. Eazy going & everyone helps each other to get the job done.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I worked mostly overnight (2300 hours to 0700 hours). We stayed busy putting together checking-in packets, reviewing the bills after the night audit of guest departing in the morning to ensure the charges were correct, checking guest in & out of the Resort, and assisting the guest.

I worked at Wild Dunes for three summers. Each summer, the manager turn over was insane which made it difficult to stay. I really enjoyed all of my co-workers which made it worth staying. You make great money on tips but hourly pay is minimal. I enjoyed the fast pace environment on busy days but slow days were rough. Overall, I would go back because of co-workers and tips. I hope the leadership of Wild Dunes can shift and be consistent. All of the changes with managers made it very difficult to have a consistent day and created a lot of issues. If you work here expect to have to work hard and meet expectations. 

They don’t care about their employees. All they care about is making money but that is hard since they give so much money back to guest for stupid reasons like the fire alarm going off. They will work you to death with not even a thank you or you doing a good job. I know many people that were let go because of the pandemic and were told to reapply but they are not hiring any of those people back. The pay is awful and not worth the work you have to do. They have so many people they could have promoted to a management level, but continue to deny them and hire someone from the outside who never ends up working out. This place is a mess!! 

Wild Dunes is a great place to work due to the people you work with. It is exactly why it was such an easy decision for me to come back to work here. They truly believe in internal growth and I have served under the best managers I have ever worked for. There is a constant culture of care and information. The hardest part of the job could be the high business volumes and pressure but with a good team, which you will indeed have, it is manageable. The best part of the job as previously mentioned is the people: Guests and co-workers alike.

There is plenty opportunity to advance & grow here. I loved my time here! I’ve moved around quite a few for advancement purposes and for the most part enjoyed my switch.  The distance is far depending on stay & Parking sucks! Managers are willing to work with scheduling if needed and are pretty understanding. Staff is overall friendly and nice. Some managers are bossy instead of leaders, & truly need to learn the difference. 

It's a corporate/family owned resort so there's tons of room for advancement but I felt treated unfairly in the pay department. It was let known someone with no experience previously in the kitchen was making $15, when I (who had 9 years experience in the industry) was only making $9 and I worked more hours and had a better work ethic than that person. 

Head Chef had no idea that was happening and said I was supposed to be paid the same amount ($15/hr). But instead of correcting my pay they offered to do nothing but apologize and give me days off. 

That's not what I want in a company.

I worked as a banquet captain ( supervisor )  in Wild Dunes resort . It includes a big conference center , a hotel , a beach side and golf fields . We were doing all different kinds of events -from weddings , small parties to conferences and large corporative events . I was supervising teams between 3 to 10 people , and our responsibility was to pull everything that we need for the event , set it then provide the service and break down after the event is over .

Very nice place to work really nice mangers to work under very professional.Productive and fun to work for very clean environment to be in.My managers are very helpful and appreciative of my hard work.The work place culture is very pleasant and mixed.The hardest part of the job is leaving to go home in the afternoon.I enjoyed meeting new people from around the world.The place has a very loving feel to it people are very nice the guests are very nice and pleasant my cowrkers are amazing i loved working out there.

Let me start this with saying I was not too important of a person at the resort. I worked seasonal jobs every summer and a little into fall while in high school and college. I worked in various spots around the resort and got to meet a lot of people. Wild Dunes has by far been my best experience as employee. The people that work there really can be amazing, there are lots of characters and people from around the world. I would defiantly work there again!

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Shuttle driver 1 salary reported	$15.00 per hour
Loss prevention officer 1 salary reported	$18.00 per hour
Hotel housekeeper 2 salaries reported	$14.00 per hour
Cook 2 salaries reported	$14.00 per hour
Maintenance technician 1 salary reported	$17.50 per hour

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