Today, March 16th, 2017 was my last day at the Hyatt Place King Of Prussia, where I ended up spending 4 1/2 years of my life. I started on September 17th 2012, so it was literally exactly 54 months there. I left on my own, I wasn't fired, although they let me leave earlier than I wanted. I was scheduled to work until tomorrow but Wurzak being the cheap company they are didn't want to pay me for a 6 hour shift. I CANNOT make that up but I don't want to turn this into some type of hateful post. This is a glorious post. This is a VICTORY post. Since they let me leave earlier than expected, I will be taking about 12 days off and on March 28th, I will begin my new journey at the Sonesta in Philadelphia. I'm beyond excited. In the meantime, I plan to finish Horizon: Zero Dawn and Nier as I get ready for Persona 5, which releases a week after I start the new job. I plan to binge watch Lucha Underground as it just got released on Netflix. I plan to continue to complain about Wrestlemania 33 with my pros and cons posts. Most importantly, I'm just going to take the week to refresh myself and get prepared for my next venture. I'm stepping it up here with Sonesta, going full service so I'm really hoping to up my game and take the time off to prepare myself for what's next.
Hyatt Place was my home away from home. I've lost count over how many times I had to spend the night there, how many doubles I had to pull and how much time I lost that I could have spent with my church or my wife or my Playstation 4. I missed out on all the fun of getting our new church building two years ago, I've missed several outings with my wife, the list goes on. I didn't care as long as I felt like I was needed and of course, the money was pretty good. There was string of time in 2014 where I worked 6 day weeks for over four months. Monday nights, Tuesday-Friday morning and then Saturday night. Seriously, EVERY week. I barely knew if I was coming or going. I didn't care; I was respected, being paid and apart of something. I got my staycations in, basically time I spent with my wife and loved ones but it was only a week or so. Everything was fine at Hyatt until May 2016 when Wurzak took over.
During the few months of being unsure, I heard horror stories of Wurzak, saying all the employees were miserable and that they only cared about making money. I decided to hang around for the transition, even though I had looked elsewhere. I should have listened to the stories. Wurzak knows how to make money, I will give them credit where it is due but they don't know crap about employee care or work-life balance. I was constantly lied to, looked down upon and disrespected, up until today. I was told by the first Wurzak GM that I was going to be moved to a supervisor position. That was in May when they first took over. That GM left in December. I was never promoted and I came to find out, that since I couldn't work Sundays, I was never going to be promoted. The new GM came in, saw my passion for the place and promoted me. Well, in title only. I was never given a raise, but I was expected to do all the duties of a manager. This was the boiling point. I would ask weekly about it and I would get the same response; I'm working on it. I started to slack off more and more because I didn't think that was at all fair. God gave me a break when a former manager told me of a position available at another hotel so I took it, to see where it led and to my shock, they liked me. I had interview after interview and it starting looking good. I told my GM at the Hyatt and he didn't seem to care. He didn't seem to care that his most tenured employee was leaving. He didn't even fight for me. I said, if they offered me more money, I would stay. I got nothing. After getting the job this past week, I told them my last day would be Friday. Today is Thursday. I was only scheduled until 12PM but my GM told me to stay late. He then bought all the department leaders lunch and thanked me for my work, which I thought was weird because my last day was Friday. I ended up leaving at 3PM but something was weird. My GM, who never wears his suit jacket unless his boss is coming, put it on. That struck me as weird. I said whatever and left. I got a call from my AGM, saying to stay home tomorrow and that she didn't want me to go through being walked off property. Finally, my GM confirmed what she said a couple minutes later with a call. He didn't say much, like always and didn't even say not to come in but I felt I wasn't wanted anymore.
Leaving the hotel is bittersweet. 4 1/2 years in one place. Tomorrow I wake up not having to go to the hotel after going 4-5 days a week EVERY week for a long time. I've had a lot of good times in the building, I've made a lot of amazing friends there and of course, made a lot of money. I will never forget this job. I don't leave with a bitter taste in my mouth. I'm free from the tyranny. Free from all the BS. I don't have to bring the stress home and have it affect my home life. I'm living on cloud nine right now. I have 12 days off to do nothing. I have a great job waiting for me. This is heaven!
Hyatt has been fun but it was only a stepping stone for my life and career. I'm glad to have moved on.
Rant over. I love all the Hyatt family I've made over the years. I love the building. I do NOT love, like or care about Wurzak. Please do not work for them. They suck. They don't care about their employees. This is not slander. This is TRUTH I've experienced.
Thanks for reading.
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