Pros
The People - met some of my most favorite people and friends through the job Pay - while many complain about the pay, Vail has been working over the years to be more competitive in the market (see cons for turnover) The Work - you will be challenged to solve many complex problems that will keep you engaged (see cons for burnout) The Industry - is exciting and if you love the outdoors and skiing no better way to learn Strong vision - the strategy and vision is clear, unfortunately they can't get there quickly because of the bureaucracy and micro management (see cons for micromanagement) Development - there are great tools and courses for you, unfortunately most don't have the time or mental capacity to actually take it all in
Cons
The micromanagement - you will be micro-managed and won't be empowered to make decisions and take action to solve said problems above without layers and layers of "alignment" and "approvals", the leadership team from the Executives to the VPs wants to control every decision Lack of empathy and care for employees - Vail makes decisions for one group only - the shareholders Processes - there are so many systems and the processes are so disjointed that it is impossible to improve and get work done without intricate knowledge of all the bandaided and hacked together work processes making impact and change cumbersome and slow Burnout - you will get burnt out - Vail will ask more of you and not recognize your daily contribution to them. The burnout shows up in the form of lack of engagement in which people are so overwhelmed, they cannot take on any more and all work starts to suffer...people quit, you do their work and the cycle continues Development - Vail leaders will point out your faults/weaknesses and provide little to no support to get better at those things as they don't have time for you