Four Seasons reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(3,460 total reviews)
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Alejandro Reynal

88% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Four Seasons has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,460 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Four Seasons employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Hotel e acomodações de viagem industry (3.6 stars).

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3K reviews
4.0
Sep 19, 2013
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Company culture is outstanding. Human Resources and hiring Managers ensure that all new hires naturally embrace the company's principal of 'the golden rule.' Excellence in service is, therefore, both natural and globally consistent. A work/life balance is also expected of employees and there is a genuine camaraderie among colleagues.

Cons

Employees do not want to leave! Although the wisdom and know-how from seasoned employees is most often a positive, there are some employees that may not demonstrate business acumen in the 21st century. The company is sometimes too nice though as employees become almost tenured despite performance or overall contribution to the growth of the business.

2.0
May 15, 2010

The reality of working for Four Seasons Hotels.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Four Seasons has a reputation as a leader in high-end hotel and resort service. The company is recognized, world-wide, as an innovator in consistent, high level, guest service.

Cons

Unfortunately, the reality "behind the curtain" is that many Four Seasons employees are pushed to the breaking point by a set of standards that are, often, impossible to achieve with the tools and resources that are provided. A single concierge, for example, can not do a job that, normally, requires 3 on a shift. Two bellmen on a shift simply cannot adequately cover a job that requires 4 people. Broken furniture and equipment needs to be replaced immediately - not left to the "jury rigging" of staff for months on end. At some point, it simply becomes impossible to do a given job as prescribed in protocols, no matter how hard the staff is trying. And, over bearing managers whose main concern is the next step up the ladder and jumping from one resort to another, every 2 or 3 years, do not help the situation.

2.0
Feb 25, 2009
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Looks good on your resumes. Top quality locations/properties. Your friends and family will be like "Wow, you really work for the Four Seasons?"

Cons

You become a robot and it's all about whoose ass you kiss the most. Phoney people work well with the phoney management. Don't bother having an opinion about anything not in there already established culture because you will be shot down. The pay is average, nothing to write home about, and the hours suck. They are so strict about there labor budget that they will sacrifice guest expirience to save a few bucks on overtime and when you're having your guests pay that kind of money it just doesn't work.

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