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Old 11th April 2008, 19:45
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General manager position available at Broadway Hotel & Hostel in New York City.

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"'New York's Only Boutique Hostel' is seeking a dynamic, experienced General Manger."
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Old 12th April 2008, 7:31
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There are some hilarious reviews about this hostel! Rats, mice, frequent overbookings, incompetent, disorganized and uninterested staff.

This hostel needs a purge! If firing people is fun for you, apply!
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There are some hilarious reviews about this hostel! Rats, mice, frequent overbookings, incompetent, disorganized and uninterested staff.

This hostel needs a purge! If firing people is fun for you, apply!
Wait, didn't this used to be the Gershwin? Back in around 95 it was a nice, if snobbish, little hostel -- then it got stranger and stranger; in around 2001 it was totally screwed the heck up. I'm not surprised, then, that it's just gone downhill from there.

I think they changed owners, or else people just got greedy and stopped maintaining. They also stopped making it about the hostel and the hostellers and started trying to make it about money. They even turned people away with rooms available.

Edit: if the posting said "Manger" instead of Manager, it MAY actually be appropriate

Eek.
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Yeah.
This hostel keeps going through General managers because the staff members there are basically a little gang unit. They all live in the Bronx and if you aren't "gente" then they don't like you.
I watched them beat the hell out of a guy one night...looked like they broke his legs.
Plus most of the people I know that stayed there ended up with stuff that was stolen.
I would stay out of this place...it looks like the kind of place that sets you up for failure.
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Old 23rd June 2008, 13:44
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Whoa!

Tell more!
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Old 23rd June 2008, 14:04
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And no on the Gershwin.
This place used to be what is known as an SRO in New York City (Single Room Occupancy hotel.)
They actually got into quite a bit of trouble for making the conversion to a hostel without first consulting the city.
In addition, they have permanent residents still living in the building. It is just not a safe place even a little bit and as a hospitality professional, I would not want to even be involved with this place.
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