EHL Group

The school is well marketed. Worldwide reputation. The tongue-in-cheek approach works very well, as evidenced by the fact that the company is BCORP and "best place to work", whereas for some categories it's hell.

EHL, aware of its superiority, treats people like cattle. No respect, total opacity of the process, formatted response arriving 2 months after the announcement, and strange selection criteria. I even got more than I bargained for, with unquestionable achievements. No call, no interview, nothing. This school sees its staff as a mere adjustment variable.

- Nice infrastructures - Young environment - Learning environment - Nice people

Lack of customer centricity I have recently applied to a role at EHL Business School, a company I admire. Being myself an Hospitality Management graduate and having worked customer centric roles in the hospitality and higher education industries, I was extremely excited when I was invited for an interview. EHL Business School is the nr. 1 hospitality management school in the world, is an exemplary employer and I have many ex-colleagues and friends that work there. With that being said, of course I wished to work for such organization. In hindsight UNFORTUNATELY, I'm no longer that sure. I was invited for a 3 round interviews, which 2 of them, I came from Zurich, where I live. The different exchanges and discussions were great, the case was great. All seemed to point out for a great outcome. The final round was on June 14. Presented my case solution, met with several potential future stakeholders, ex-collegues and friends from my previous roles. I felt super confident and grateful for the opportunity and honestly thought, this is the place I want to be and the community I want to join. After 4 hours of assessment, I was thanked and informed I would hear back in the coming days. Today is August 10, 2023 and I'm still waiting for a call back. I have called 3 times in the meantime, have left 3 messages, was informed the stakeholders involved in the decision process were notified, including having one member that mentioned when the call was transferred "Antonio I'm currently in a meeting, can I call you back?" Yes, thank you. I'm still waiting. It is an unfortunate experience. It is no longer about the outcome, or feedback. It is about living up to the values and protecting it. EHL Business School values stand for respect, excellence, customer centricity, amongst others. Yet, in my personal experience, I felt/feel EHL Business School did fail me showcasing its values.

Always paid on time and the infrastructure is comfortable. Parking is easy. In some cases, no one cares if you're there (stay at the cottage or work somewhere else!).

This can be frustrating if you're not used to the environment (private academia). You can become invisible (unless there's a complaint). Management is distant, inaccessible and unsympathetic - except with certain people with whom you need to be on good terms. You have to accept many elaborate plans to accomplish simple tasks and correct problems that never existed. It's hard to keep track of where you are, because the feedback you receive is often out of context or meaningless. It's absolutely impossible to assert one's expertise because, despite intense projects, important decisions are finalized as a result of debates between anyone who wants to add anything.

Infrastructure is excellent and bling bling. HR is reliable and the salaries are always paid on time. Most of the students are wonderful (those who assume responsibility and remain unentitled and uncontaminated by toxic theories). The level is not very demanding if you have been out of work for a while. There are no entry exams, cv checks etc. and a lot of staff never learn Office or master tools and they are provided assistants to do all the work that requires LMS etc. Working here seems to be respectable so it will look good on your cv.

Management is unapprochable and evaluate staff/faculty they never talk to. Many cases of bad office clmate are never taken seriously but somehow, the analysis from Bilan and Great Place to Work puts them on top! If you have a lot of skills, you will be discouraged and pushed aside by those who are proud of technical shortcomings. You need to take charge of your own prof. dev.

On-site restaurants and sales outlets On-site fitness center -Work from home possible -7 weeks vacation -Continuing training available Possibility of part-time work

-You need to negotiate your contract well when you join, because after that there's virtually no pay rise, even if you surpass yourself in your objectives. -Lack of processes in place, which may be good for agility, but then nobody is in charge or wants to take responsibility. -Too much disparity in work atmosphere from one department to another, leading to satisfied employees and totally unhappy ones. Top management should take a closer look at this to bring cohesiveness to the whole organization.

After many years in the company, and after the WOW effect of the first year, there is nothing left but nice words and political correctness.

less communication about values and more application of those values. To see a manager, whose practices have been denounced, receive promotion after promotion, when the company communicates on the well-being at work, is very questionable! only appearance counts at EHL

Multi-culture environment, Inspiring, fast-paced and balanced overall.

No suggestions for improvement, mainly continue to maintain same standards and remain at the top of the sector.

-the image of the company (for the moment) -the people who work there because most of them are fantastic, courageous and deserving

-lack of respect for employees, lack of humanity and empathy -very low salaries except for the top levels -too much politics, in words everything is nice but in reality it's "walk or die -no respect for labor laws, you have to complain to get them respected -a lot of inequalities between departments, there are differences in management sometimes within the same department/ lack of a company policy that is really applied instead of just marketed -the "benefits" sold at the time of hiring melt like snow in the sun each year -complaints from students who are disillusioned once hired need to be managed

The interview itself was fine, the people were kind. I just never obtained any follow-up at all.

I had an interview for a job opening around 3 months ago. At the end of the interview, they said that they would get back to me within the next couple of weeks to give me an answer and feedback on the interview. Since then, I have sent several emails but I haven't obtained any answer at all. It isn't a respectful way to treat a candidate.