A friend of mine works at Talking Stick Resort, she has been there since day 1, she helped open the resort five years ago.  She invited me to fly down to from Chicago to Arizona for a two day Staycation at the resort with her. We planning on visiting their famous Orange Sky restaurant, day of swimming and massages.  Unfortunately, Talking Stick Resort does not offer their own employees any discounts on rooms, or their amenities.  This is deeply disappointing.  Don't they realize the best advertising for people who are visiting their resort  is word of mouth by employees.  How can an employee recommend a restaurant, golfing, a spa treatment, or even give advise on what the rooms look like if they have no idea themselves.  I worked at 4 Diamond resort in Chicago and they offered their employees many discounts.  This was their way of thanking the employees for their hard work, as well as providing them with the information, tools and knowledge of what their property had to offer. I also worked for a travel agency, which flew me to all of their properties so I could have an idea of all the amenities each property had to offer.  This is basic travel industry 101.   I am deeply disappointed that a company would not offer room discounts to its own employees.  I don't think I will be visiting this resort during my trip to Scottsdale.