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Woodspring Suites

A Typical Day at Work:
A typical day was fast-paced and structured, with clearly defined tasks and expectations. There was a good balance between individual responsibilities and team collaboration, which helped keep the workflow smooth and efficient.

What I Believe I Learned:
I gained valuable experience in time management, communication, and problem-solving under pressure. The role also helped me develop a better understanding of [industry-specific skills, e.g., customer service, inventory management, technical troubleshooting].

Management:
Management was generally supportive and approachable. They provided guidance when needed, but also trusted employees to work independently. Feedback was constructive and regular, which helped in personal and professional growth.

Workplace Culture:
The workplace culture was inclusive and team-oriented. Colleagues were friendly, and there was a sense of mutual respect. Occasional team-building activities and open communication made it a positive environment.

The Hardest Part of the Job:
The most challenging aspect was handling high workloads during peak times. It required strong multitasking skills and staying calm under pressure, which could be demanding at times.

The Most Enjoyable Part of the Job:
The most enjoyable part was the sense of accomplishment at the end of a productive day, and the camaraderie among the team. It was rewarding to see how our collective efforts contributed to overall success.

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A Typical Day at Work:
As AGM, each day brought a mix of operational oversight, guest interactions, and team management. I typically started by reviewing daily reports, checking occupancy and revenue metrics, and conducting a property walk-through. Throughout the day, I handled guest concerns, supported the front desk team, coordinated housekeeping schedules, and ensured the hotel maintained brand standards.

What I Believe I Learned:
This role significantly sharpened my leadership, problem-solving, and multitasking skills. I also gained deeper insight into hotel operations, budget control, and how to balance guest satisfaction with business goals.

Management:
Working under the General Manager provided a good opportunity to learn strategic decision-making. There was a clear chain of command, and expectations were well communicated. I appreciated the balance of autonomy and accountability.

Workplace Culture:
The culture at Woodspring Suites emphasized professionalism, cleanliness, and guest satisfaction. While the pace could be intense, there was a strong sense of teamwork among staff, and we supported each other through busy periods.

The Hardest Part of the Job:
Managing limited staff resources, especially during high-occupancy periods or call-outs, was challenging. It required quick decision-making and often meant stepping into multiple roles to keep operations running smoothly.

The Most Enjoyable Part of the Job:
Seeing the impact of a well-run operation and positive guest feedback was incredibly rewarding. I enjoyed mentoring staff and watching them grow into stronger team members. The sense of accomplishment after solving a tough issue or completing a successful audit was a definite highlight.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working at WoodSpring Suites for ME was experiencing and servicing individuals from various walks of life.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Stress is determined by perception. However, I believe the lack of employee appreciation and confidentiality was severely stressful for me.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment and culture at WoodSpring Suites is severely tumultuous and grossly precarious to say the least. There is no sense of comradery, equality or routine meetings and coaching for those who lack basic problem-solving tactics. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Typically, your shift begins with either you tending to or resolving situations that were gifted to you because the simp you relieved lacks the ability and sureness to conclude basic equations assertively. Once that's done, I begin my duties by assisting any guest requests and familiarizing myself with any Arrivals/Departures i need to expect. If the lobby is clear, then i began making my property rounds, which also let's me know what tasks (garbage, sweep/mop floors, disinfecting, outside appearance, etc.) i need to tend to in my downtime. In addition to handling any circumstances that may arise, I complete my shift checklist, and make sure to make 2 additional property rounds by the end of my shift (required to make 3 Per shift) which consists of myself (only employee on duty) to walk the outside perimeter checking all entrances are closed and locked, no one loitering in parking lot, making sure no Trash Bins are full, no windows are  open past the 4 in window stopper, no one smoking outside the designated areas,. Inside to walk all 4 floors including both stairwells, making sure hotel cleanliness in maintained, no laundry, linen, or trash bags are in the halls, and ensuring Quiet time rules are followed 10pm-7am. All while warmly greeting guests you may come in contact with, ensuing the safety of yourself and all guest staying with us, and exchanging guest soiled linen and towels, in addition to washing and folding any dirty laundry so that housekeeping can stock their carts the next morning with any discrepancies. (I left out great deal of other task/duties). That's just a few, dont forget answering all calls, successfully checking in all arrivals, and walk-ins, and any other guest requests, or tasks to complete.

I worked 40 hours a week and was never given full time status. I received no benefits even though I was promised it over and over again. They took advantage of my kindness and made no visible efforts to give me the benefits/ compensation I deserved. I worked here for a year and I was working 40 hour weeks about 2 months in, as a part-time employee. Towards the end of my time working here, they completely got rid of the full time position, now making it impossible for me to even get the benefits I have been waiting for. Turnover is extremely high, which means that we were always understaffed and overworked (especially management). When we did get new staff, they prioritized the pay of new employees over the existing ones. I asked to get my pay matched to the new guest attendants pay, and nothing happened.  

 Only one person works the office at once, which is extremely overwhelming on busy days and especially on holidays. Guest Attendants are in charge of doing laundry and managing the front desk, so most days you are always on your feet running around. You don't get a break, you're lucky if you can manage to eat a granola bar without the phone ringing and interrupting your 1 minute of peace. It wouldn't have been such a difficult job if they allowed 2 front desk people to work in the office at once. It would have been nice to have corporate actively work on making employees feel like their work matters. Overall, the company is extremely unorganized. I felt like the company was more interested in making money by any means necessary, and not so much about providing an amazing lodging experience for guest and empowering/ supporting employees. I wish I would have realized my worth sooner. I bare no malice towards the company, I just hope they work on improving themselves for the sake of their guests and employees. 

Turnover rate insane! Within 8 months went through 3 GM's, 2 AGM's and were still looking for both when I left. No housekeepers except ones from a temp agency and most time they had no1 or the ones they sent didnt want to work, didn't know how to do the work or couldn't. All applications for housekeeping were typically denied for background checks, even if something was from years ago. 
There were only 2 direct employees for the hotel; 1 housekeeper and the security attendant. The regional director & district manager had to come from another state to help out due to no staff. Due to being short staffed there were no days off even when requested in advance for a family event. The limited staff had to play multiple roles for example security attendant was also maintenance person, housekeeper, laundry attendant, front desk and assisted in other aspects of the hotel. Work done, didn't seem appreciated even if you were pulling double shifts or trying your hardest to keep the hotel running considering the poor working conditions. "Hospitality" was hard to come by considering it was a hotel. Room rates seemed to vary for everyone as opposed to following the room rates set by the company. Guest information was given out without guest permission by a previous GM, and guests were kicked out if higher management...didnt persay like you. 
Overall if it wasn't such a mad house all the time and other reasons it wouldn't have been such a bad place to work. The guest population isnt high class or fancy by any means but most people were very nice and I enjoyed meeting many of the longterm stay residents but that is probably the only plus I have from my experience working for this hotel.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Flexibil scheduling if needed, understanding of housekeepers who may be single moms and that life happens, supportive to their employees/team, fair pay, and p.t.o days.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The upper echelon/ higher ups are so out of touch of what it takes to run that hotel, and how much an extended stay differs from transient 1day hotels and short term guests. The pay should be better with how filthy those rooms get with the type of guests it attracts, and they need to have way stricter rules for the peoples contracts that decide to come stay there. 

Also kept extremely understaffed which makes being under paid WORSE. It's a constant struggle with the upper off site management to stick to policy and not to abuse the worker ants time, money, or energy. They undervalue the work being done.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
There's no room for growth inside the company for the people who have been there a long time.. some people who like to move up to easier positions and I think have more than shown their worth n deserve it! But instead of seeing if anyone who has been there would like the job, they hire people from places like people ready. They also turn a blind eye to the corruption in some of the on site staff who live there. No consequences. So I guess it pays more here to be dishonest, you will get the better positions. Makes no sense.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Overworked, over rushed, exhausting, stressful.  the favoritism and unequal job division is outrageous. Got one sitting on the clock twiddling her thumbs n gossipping all day n causing drama while the other one kills herself keeping you guys up to code, and is constantly picking up everyone else's slack.

You might be thinking it’s easy work, and you’re right. It’s a small hotel and small staff. However you don’t get paid well enough for what you’re gonna be expected to do, especially as the overnight security attendant. You’re only allowed to work 30 hours a week on the clock, but totaling up all of your off the clock and on call hours (that you don’t get compensated for) it’s over 90 hours a week with one day off. They say your “free” room is part of your overtime compensation but that’s literally so you won’t ask for more hours or pay. Forget a sleeping schedule too. As soon as you go to sleep someone comes to check in at midnight because they don’t have an overnight front desk agent and they don’t enforce a check in time cap. People will call you at 3am for WiFi passwords and towels and help with their Xbox. Customers will complain that you come down looking like you just woke up (because they woke you up to check in). You’ll be expected to mind the front desk, the laundry, walk the property, do check ins, and much more by yourself unless you have a competent guest services team member with you. But they’re only there with you for a couple hours. The manager, assistant manager, and maintenance guy are super cliquey. They’ll be really nice at first (especially the agm and maint. guy) if you’re a pretty girl, but they’ll end up using that kindness as an excuse to leave you all on your own while they party and drink on the weekends. You’ll never be allowed overtime but the maintenance guy will brag about his 10 hours of over time a week while he sits and does nothing in the office for 3 or 4 hours a day

Our particular location was taken over by HMC and it was a nightmare. They cut our already short-staff model nearly in half. They brought in a temp. manager to replace our GM who was awfully difficult and selfish. When he asked me to work 7 days a week, aprox. 14 hour shifts, I finally turned in my notice. I was a salary manager, and by the end of things my only GSA was making significantly more than me since she hit overtime and my salary was low. We had a strong team when HMC came in, but they quickly ruined all of that. They constantly pay under industry standard for the area. They did not do proper market research before entering the local market. Our overnight attendant was a full time housekeeper during the day, laundry person for hours after closing, and dealt with EVERY after hours call by himself, 7 days a week. He was never recognized or properly compensated. My housekeepers would be scheduled a minimum of 6 days a week, at least 10 hours. Housekeeping is a physically taxing job and that was far too much to ask. The manager they brought in would scare off any new hires, so we only had 1 GSA, myself (AGM) working daily GSA shifts, our night attendant working GSA, HK, laundry, and night attendant. We had 2 HK working 6 or 7 days a week, and one houseman whose position they were in the process of dissolving when i left. 6 employees... for the entire hotel! 2-3 day labors were brought in DAILY just to attempt to keep up with room turns. Disgusting how they take advantage of their employees and work them until they break.

A typical workday can be very busy as dealing with guest you have to have a positive attitude and always listen to any issues and concerns sometimes guest can not be the most pleasant but it is our job to follow proper policy at all times. This can be overwhelming at times but having a manager that  is supportive and available to assist and also provides the correct training has been very helpful during time here employed. Management can have high expectations if there is potential in growth is noticed and has higher standards for those who meet the criteria. Workplace can be toxic based on others work ethics and not happy with there status of employment. But most of the time there are others that are positive and  team players and are working towards advancement instead of a paycheck. The hardest part of the job is accruing a lot of information while in training and coming across unsatisfied guest trying to come up with a solution to make the customer happy but it's always a learning experience for different situations. Most enjoyable part of my job is that I have grown and gained knowledge that I didn't have before and meeting new people on a daily basis and interacting with different nationality's and learning different cultures and working towards advancement in a career.

So, upon interviewing, I realized the position wasn't hard to earn.  Right around the time I started, the company changed their name as well as look, meaning Road Sign.  All the other identities of this building and the remaining all looked alike.  Although there were several emails and customer service calls for requests for stays, group rates, so on and so forth, I had difficulty specifically with ensuring that everything could've been taken care of, although I have the personal ability to manage, design, and allot guests.  Although I respect the fact that there is a lot of legwork involved, I didn't get tired of the compliments that I received for completing these items for our guests.  
What distracted me the most, is customers referring to other areas, and asking about the Managers staying on-site.  Although we did have a 24/7 staff, we couldn't get our Maintenance crew or housekeeping to fully commit to the hotel's schedule.  I've been given great advice because of my stay here, and have tried reapplying as well as battling for the position I used to keep.  It's regretful that I separated from them the way that I did, but I won't necessarily say it wasn't for the worst.

only enjoyable part of the job was take the deposit. 
all con:
you are all alone as a "team member" 
the all employees are extremely two faced. no one has your back or helps you out as the MT, despite what they say. 
you are held to a standered that isn't told to you. it's a 1 star hotel trying to be a 5start over night. 
you are working two jobs for the same pay. you will be the custodian who has to take out everyone's trash and clean the 2nd 3rd 4th floor both stairs the parking lot dumpster area elevator and all storage closet.

your office is out of a storage closet.

all employees take advantage of you as you have no power to say no since management doesn't discipline them for anything. everyone out ranks you at all times

you will be accused of work you did or didn't do.

they want you to go into occupied rooms to do Mt work that the guest has no idea about. 

be careful not to get stuck with a heroine needle.
they promise room for growth but only higher their friends 

all in all of you can work for a bunch of highschoolers who barely do their jobs and you like to be stepped on by everyone then this is the prefect fit for you


Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Housekeeper 28 salaries reported	$12.62 per hour
Guest service agent 11 salaries reported	$13.45 per hour
Front desk agent 23 salaries reported	$17.39 per hour
Room attendant 4 salaries reported	$10.75 per hour
Maintenance technician 10 salaries reported	$16.65 per hour

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