Full time working in Broomfield - Anonymous employee Vail Resorts Employee Review

3.0
Apr 9, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great people Company supports communities and environment Leader in the ski industry

Cons

No personality in Corporate offices - the space, not the people Lack of work/life balance for leaders

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Vail Resorts Response
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Thank you for taking the time to respond, it means a lot to both us and potential candidates to read about your experience. Vail Resorts has an phenomenal group of employees that is extremely passionate about giving back to the community and the ski industry. We’ve seen some great advances over the past few years with the technology at the resorts and the ability to elevate the ski experience for our guests. We agree that the look of the Corporate offices does not totally align with our outdoor passions as much as it could. This came up during our employee engagement survey this year and our leadership team is looking into what we can do to “bring the mountains to Broomfield” aesthetically. We have also seen our leadership team make steps to making sure employees at every level are finding a healthy work/life balance. One change that has happened in the past three years is all of our salaried employees being moved to Flexible Time Off rather than Paid Time Off – meaning we do not have to wait to accrue hours before requesting time away from the office. We are excited to see what other ideas come from our continued employee engagement surveys. Thank you for all of your hard work.

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