How to get ahead at Wyndham Vacation Ownership - Anonymous employee Wyndham Destinations Employee Review

1.0
21 Aug 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pays well, including an annual bonus. Good benefits.

Cons

WVO corporate headquarters promotes a toxic and unprofessional environment. Those that come from other companies who are true professionals and try to do the right thing are kept back from advancement due to senior management's insecurity. Incompetence, lack of knowledge and lack of managerial training is immediately obvious. People spend the majority of their time pointing fingers at one another and accomplishing nothing - this is done by design so there is no accountability. There is no one to turn to - not even Human Resources because they don't have a clue and their methodologies are decades old. The people that remain are ineffective but they are there because they are really good at one thing: playing politics. Mostly, the Product Development staff is unethical, unscrupulous and not at all dedicated to the peak performance of the company. Decisions are based on favoritism. It is acceptable for the procurement team to sleep with vendors, take bribes and accept gifts that have no limits. There is no procurement protocol. All they do is travel and party, party, party - all on the company's dime. I just have three words to say to the investors: sell, sell, sell! Sooner or later WVO will come tumbling down as they don't have a strong management team to support the pillars.

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3.0
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Pros

If you last long enough you can take advantage of some good travel deals. You get decent benefits at a reasonable price almost immediately.

Cons

The job itself (CMA) is getting people to take timeshare tours at the Camlin in Seattle. You get stuck at all sorts of outdoor or indoor kiosks the management cannot even stock with the materials do do your job. The management is pretty ineffective and has no idea of how to communicate. You do not get an email address so they use text messaging to communicate. You get your schedule for the next week on a Friday morning so planning a life is nearly impossible, and you never know when your days off are. They claim you can make a good paycheck. I know many at Wyndham in this position do. However, you need good offers (which Seattle did not have) and good locations which there were not enough of to make the bonus levels. People came for one day and left, the turnover is likely nearly 100% per quarter. If you want minimum wage for a few weeks go for it. If you want a real career this is not the place. If you are any good as a CMA you should go elsewhere and use those talents for more money!

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