Thread regarding Marriott layoffs

This all started before the merger, it started back in 2009, when they made my position of Conference and Banqueting Manager redundant after 10 years loyal service and doing 14 hours hifts for an 8 hour a day salary, loyalty counts for nothing now and The Marriott world is dieing in the UK

Putting people first - bloody hypocrites! All process is just a shambles! Profit and greed that's what Marriott puts first these days.

Shame on you Marriott!

There's streamlining and then there's picking the very flesh off the bones of your UK hotels leaving nothing but a skeletal staff to run delapidated hotels.

Further to the original post, it is now turning into a facsimile of Lord of the Flies.

Colleague turning against colleague, zero communication from up on high, productivity through the floor and all because the team members have no clue as to who will be staying. Recent information is that team positions at the smaller properties will not be guaranteed a position in the 'streamlined' organisational structure and that the positions will be offered out to other properties 'more valued' colleagues.

This is deeply disturbing as now it seems to my former co-worker that it has become a witch hunt.

GM's, Excom, everyone that has had an 'issue' previously with the greed of this once proud company is fair game.

Number of sickness days has risen already across the UK arm as once proud and diligent workers try to come to terms with being thrown out of positions to potentially be replaced by younger, less experienced and most importantly less expensive to employ college grad's.

Really does sound like the core teams of the UK properties are being ripped out and discarded all in the name of profit.

So very sad but not entirely unexpected from the aggressive cost cutting business model now championed by Int.

Being the biggest hotel chain in the world is a great achievement however not being able to run them all at a standard they should be at is disappointing. I would certinatly like to be treat like I do when I go to Dubai Marriott and be treat with respect with world class decor and atmosphere not come to a hotel in the UK and be given aldi meals at a high price. I can eat that type of food at home and don't get me started on he buildings they are overly dated and just look depressing inside. Hardly the livley atmosphere like other hotels across the globe.

Really disappointing as I have visited loads of Marriott hotels over the world and can tell you all are SO different in many ways.

After hearing this and being a elite member, out of principle I am no longer going to use the Marriott brand.

Once you have lost a customer, they won't come back!

I too work for Marriott and have watched them 'starve' the UK properties of investment, sell out their housekeeping staff to ineffectual companies and now deprive their loyal, long serving staff of a livelihood. Very poor show from a company who stated that they put people first; seems money and greed is more important.

I work for the Marriott in the UK and can only tell you that it is by far the worst decision they have made. They will run their buildings into the ground and ruin the customer experience in many ways.