Menu

  • €
    • EUR
    • GBP
    • USD
    • DKK
    • CHF
    • HUF
    • CZK
    • NOK
    • PLN
You are here: a&o Hostels » Career » Employee Advantages
Employee benefits

Employee benefits

Team and community

  • Multicultural team
  • Open feedback culture
  • Regular team events
  • Running groups and sports events (varies depending on the hotel; head office)
  • Evening barbecues, summer and Christmas parties
  • In-house intranet and staff newsletter with features and updates

Stacks of discounts with the staff ID

  • Always free accommodation in any a&o hostel
  • Staff ID card with plenty of discounts for leisure activities 
    (e.g. cultural highlights and top events; travel, musicals, cruises)
  • An explanation of the 2 stage staff membership system: 
    • Blue Is assigned to every employee regardless of their position in the company.
      • Employees sleep for 1 € per night / person incl. breakfast
      • Employees receive a personal quota of overnight stays
      • Contingent nights transferable to family and friends
      • Employees receive a 50% discount on the special bar price list (not in their  own establishment)
      • Employee drinks and hot beverages are free of charge
      • Employee ID card with many discount partners in the leisure sector (e.g. cultural and event highlights, travel, musicals, boat trips)
    • Black is the 'VIP version' of the staff ID card. It is assigned after five years working for a&o and can also be awarded by management. The 'black card' is also a 'partner card' for special business associates.
      • employees and accompanying friends or family staying in the same room receive free accommodation and breakfast with the VIP card<
      • all catering, drinks and room extras are complimentary (not including agency services such as event or travel tickets)
      • also extends to 'Family & Friends' bookings in a reasonable scope, even if the employees themselves are not included in the party. Here we offer a 20% discount on the current room prices (applies exclusively to accommodation)

Company bonus schemes

  • Company pension fund (bAV) for full-time staff:
    e.g.: if an employee decides to save €100 as part of the pension scheme, the amount will be deducted from the gross salary; the employee saves on taxes and national insurance contributions. a&o also subsidises the company pension fund by contributing a further 20%. .
  • Performance-based bonuses on all career levels, from apprentices and receptionists to sales and hotel managers.
  • Subsidisation of team-building events with proactive ideas.
  • Free breakfast and buffets (in the a&o establishments)

Exchange programmes and training

  • Language courses and funding to acquire language skills in the countries relevant to a&o (especially for the multilingual reception and sales team)
  • Free training measures for hotel employees (first aid courses, quality management, leadership and health & safety courses, HACCP hygiene courses)
  • Participation at conferences, events, seminars and meetings (head office) 
  • Convenient job rotation between the locations (e.g. do you fancy Amsterdam instead of Munich?)

Infrastructure & miscellaneous

  • Attractive workplaces with locations at the heart of every major city       (very easy travel to work by bicycle or public transport)
  • An easy-going working environment with casual dress code: jeans and T-shirt instead of shirt and tie
  • Complimentary soft drinks for staff members at the hotel bar
  • Water, tea coffee and fruit baskets are provided free of charge at head office in Berlin

Family-friendly policies

  • Flexible work times for parents
  • Home office (for suitable job profiles
  • Parent/child rooms at head office
  • Family rooms can of course also be booked for personal use