This global hospitality company offers a wide range of opportunities to its hourly workers, from jobs in reservations and guest services to positions in finance, management, marketing and more. Flex schedules permit employees to choose from among three work shifts, to telecommute (as most reservations workers do) or to compress their workweeks. An in-house university offers more than 2,500 courses, and $1,200 in annual tuition aid is available to anyone who works at least 30 hours a week.

President and CEO: Christopher Nassetta

Chief HR Officer: Matthew Schuyler

Work hours required for family health insurance: 30

Formal advancement program offered for hourly employees? No

% of hourly employees promoted to manager positions: 1%

Job-skills training offered for hourly employees? Yes

Managers rewarded for helping hourly employees advance? No

Lactation program offered for nursing mother employees? No

Paid time off offered to employees? Yes

Employee mothers with one year of service offered extra time off (beyond the 12 weeks required by FMLA) following childbirth? Yes