25: Daydream Island Resort and Spa Employee Reviews

Location is stunning. Sunrise from staff accommodation can be mind blowingly beautiful. Staff meals were very hit and miss. Great place to meet new friends.

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Bad management

Restaurant Manager (Former Employee) - Whitsunday Islands QLD - 1 December 2023

The island is beautiful, nature amazing, but management was very bad. Staff meals not great and staff accomodation outdated. Not sure if I would go back as a worker

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Terrible place to work

Executive Chef (Former Employee) - Mackay QLD - 29 April 2022

Terrible place to work bad management poor conditions for staff living here is like a prison The GM micro manger’s the resort doesn’t know what is going on only cares about him self he would not know what service means Staff and not live on this island the management are watching you day and night there is not anything to do after work

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F&b

F&B Attendant (Former Employee) - 3 restaurants - 8 March 2022

Literally my worst hospitality experience, I quitted the industry after this.Long hours not enough money, they even "make mistakes" with the amount of hours you did.

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Ok

Labourer - Full Time (Former Employee) - Queensland - 6 April 2020

Not sure it was ok I helped with the other workers with different type of work that they wanted me to help with like, giving them tools and just being told when to do it and how to do it.

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Amazing experience

Food and Beverage Attendant, Infinity (Current Employee) - Whitsunday Islands QLD - 5 August 2019

Loving my time on the island. I have made so many amazing friends that are now like my family. Management is great and considers the opinions of the staff.

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Very friendly environment

Inventory Controller (Former Employee) - Whitsunday Islands QLD - 14 May 2019

This is a great environment with a lot of potentials. Management is friendly. You get a lot of training. They are not afraid of investing in their employees. They go out of their way to make you feel at home.

Pros

Meal and transport subsidies

Cons

Cyclones

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great pace to live

Chief Engineer (Former Employee) - Airlie Beach - 17 January 2019

Very old and tired, Needs a major upgrade to all facilities. A beautiful area to be in unfortunately Management were very hit and miss and did not believe in preventative maintenance.

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fun work place with a fun vibe

Kitchen hand/ Bar attendant/ Wait (Former Employee) - Whitsunday Islands QLD - 15 May 2018

over all each day would start with walking across the island witch was good might i say to witch ever kitchen you were assigned to and then you would start to set up or packing depending on what time your shift started . I learned all about safe food handling and most of the steps to a healthy well working kitchen . I also learnt how to speak and deal with customers in a professorial manner . A very enjoyable part of the jobs way the location and the amount of new people i would get to meet from all around the world and the hardest part would have been working so far way from my family and friends.

Pros

working on a beautiful island

Cons

having your work life and personal life as one

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Island living is good

2IC Food & Beverage Manager (Former Employee) - Daydream Island QLD - 26 January 2018

Small in comparison to the other whitsunday islands, closer to the mainland though. Great fun, average pay but plenty of staff social events help to make you feel at home when living in the staff quarters (old resort). Facilities for staff and guests alike are fairly outdated and in need of some serious TLC. Other than that, great place to work.

Pros

Staff

Cons

lack of facilities

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Staff accommodation had bedbugs

Room Technician (Former Employee) - Whitsunday Islands QLD - 8 May 2017

If bedbugs are your thing go for it, but the jobs on this island are high turnover. If you quietly complain about bedbugs because you need to walk into resort rooms and are worried that they might spread they will deny it and find a reason to get you next boat off the island.

Pros

Its an Island Life

Cons

BedBugs, Bad Managment

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Ok

Hospitality Worker (Former Employee) - All areas - 27 April 2017

Nice place to work. Generally good work environment. Management sometimes good but mostly bad. Money average. Best thing is you get paid every week. DDI

Pros

Nice view

Cons

Pay

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Fun workplace, Many interesting things to do

House Keeping / House Attendants (Current Employee) - Mackay QLD 4740 - 1 April 2017

Fun workplace and many things to do in this interested remote island and can meet many people from different country, fun and enjoyable living in staff village here

Pros

Many things to do

Cons

Far from city

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productive and fun workplace

Kitchen Hand / Steward (Former Employee) - Airlie Beach QLD - 21 November 2016

Its a great island to work at with a wide variety of jobs and people and cultures. Loved working here and management was fantastic if there was any problems they resolved it quickly and efficiently.

Pros

friendly people

Cons

long hours

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Island life

Lifeguard and Activities (Former Employee) - Airlie Beach QLD - 8 June 2016

It was a short experience and leaned very little but overall I did find job rewarding. However management was poor and the organisation plus food on sight was horrible

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Island Resort - family friendly - on site housing

Demi Poissonnier, Garde Manger (Former Employee) - AU - 2 May 2016

Family resort in great barrier reef area - awesome environment - grueling pace of resort. Very busy but rewarding. 9am-9pm workdays - buffet service, catering, weddings, fine dining. Indoor outdoor outlets. Hardest part was a constantly rotating staff.

Pros

Tropical Island - wildlife

Cons

Limited travel

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Great place to meet new people

Food and Beverage Attendant (Former Employee) - Whitsunday Islands QLD - 12 April 2016

I thoroughly enjoyed my time working on the island. I was fortunate enough to work at the a la carte restaurant which was steadily getting better reviews whilst I was working there. The management weren't easy to please, even when we did exceed expectations but I couldn't say a bad word against the kitchen, bar and front of house team.

Pros

cheap/good accommodation, good salary

Cons

management

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A great place to work

Public Area Cleaner (Former Employee) - Airlie Beach - 31 March 2016

While I was working there I caught up with friends on the boat trip over there and every day was different some days I was looking after weddings and some days I was just doing my normal tasks I learnt a lot when I was there and the managers showed me some great tips on how to be a better worker and there ended up been my close friends

Pros

I made some great friends

Cons

I had to replkace my work shoes every month

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Lovely Island

Porter (Former Employee) - Airlie Beach, Australia - 30 March 2016

Lovely Island though in desperate need of a makeover. Work was on/off. A typical day was meet and greet guests arriving onto the island and delivering luggage to there rooms. Management needs work but co workers where a great help. The hardest part of the job was delivering bags in a timely manner with large groups.

Pros

Live and work on a tropical island in the Whitsundays

Cons

Constant work, management

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fun

Food and Beverage Attendant (Former Employee) - Whitsundays - 27 March 2016

Decent work environment. friendly co staff and awesome group of people to be around both on and off shift.just get all the sleep you can and stay healthy to stay awake :)

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daydream island restort and spa

Apprentice Chef (Former Employee) - Airlie Beach QLD - 11 February 2016

busy fun day full of surprises where i learnt so much in 2.5 years of my cookery apprenticeship.The management and co works where what made daydream island a fun enjoyable place for me to work... One of the most enjoyable parts was the people i meet being a multi-cultural island but the hardest part was to see the people u meet move on..