Low Salary, good discount, pass - Anonymous employee Vail Resorts Employee Review

3.0
May 12, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Season Pass Gear discounts Vendor schwag Flexible schedule Fun

Cons

Low, Low pay Not much upward mobility Occasional bad management

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Vail Resorts Response
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Thank you for your review! Vail Resorts is continuously reviewing its compensation practices. Compensation is an important consideration when choosing an employer, as are other factors that you call out here (such as the free EpicPass, discounts on gear, food and activities in our resort locations and the opportunity for flexible schedules). Taking all of these together, and the fun atmosphere in mind, hopefully we continue to offer you a great value proposition. We have also developed opportunities to own your own development, opening up the possibility for movement that might not have been there otherwise, with classes that focus on leadership, management and team dynamic skills. We would encourage you to take advantage of as many of those possibilities as you can to further your personal network and see if that opens the door for other career options. Thank you for all that you do!

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Cons

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- Most people are smart, passionate, and enjoyable to work with and be around. - Fairly frequent opportunities for development and advancement through the internal job board. - Nice perks if you're into skiing or riding.

Cons

- There's an unspoken expectation to regularly work significantly more hours because the majority of employees are very passionate about the ski and ride industry, which isn't great for work life balance. There's not much down time either; you're either hustling in season or hustling to prepare for the next season. - Climate change poses a significant threat to the future of the company. The season pass model mitigates some of the impacts, but not as much as senior leadership asserts. And, since bonuses are tied to company results, you can end up working super hard all year and still end up getting half of your bonus target due to uncontrollable weather conditions. - The culture has taken a serious hit since enterprise transformation work began. Lots of people are constantly stressed out and the atmosphere in the office is depressing. - Most of the time, it feels like senior leadership makes decisions in a vacuum without consulting any of the people that would be responsible for the downstream work associated with the decision. For example, I've seen senior leaders decide on a savings target multiple times without consulting the experts, who then have to scramble to figure out how to make it work. It creates chaos and negatively impacts morale. - This organization has a wordsmithing problem. I've never worked at a company that spends such an inordinate amount of time on the framing of a message compared to the actual substance of the message.

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