You might be in the hotel business if ....
NASIR ZAHIR, CFBE - FULL SERVICE HOTEL GENERAL MANAGER
Seeking a Upscale Full Service Hotel General Manager position. Expertise in Hotel Turn Around | High Energy | Staff Development | Budget | Sales & Catering |Hotel Operations |F&B |Engaging Leader | Hands on Leader |
1. You sat at the same desk for 4 years and worked for 8 different managers.
2. "Going for cocktails and dinner" is NOT your idea of a nice evening.
3. When someone asks you your exact job profile, you lie.
4. You get really excited about a 2% pay increase.
5. You sit in a cubicle smaller than your bedroom closet.
6. It's dark on your drive to and from work.
7. Communication is something your "group" is having problems with.
8. You see a good-looking person and know it's a visitor/guest.
9. Food left over from a banquet / meeting is your main staple.
10. You forget what you look like in anything but a suit.
11. All the work you were hired to do gets done before 9 and after 5..
12. You're already late on the assignment you just received.
13. Your boss's favorite lines are . . .
a. "When you get a few minutes . . . ."
b. "In your spare time ...... "
c. "I have an opportunity for you . . . ."
14. 50% of the people in your company do not know what you do
15. The other 50% of the people in your company do not care what you do
16. Vacation is something you rollover to next year or a check you get every January.
17. Change is the norm.
18. Nepotism is encouraged.
19. You read this entire list and understand it.